July 1, 2012

Opening Song: The Chapel Doors (p156)
Closing Song: I Feel My Savior's Love (p74)


Wiggle Song: Two Little Eyes (p268)


Program Song: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (p281)
Review Songs: Nephi's Courage (p120)
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Identify the doctrine: When we build our houses on rock, or when we build our lives on the rock of our Redeemer, no matter what storms or hard times may come, we will not be washed away or fall.


Help the children understand it:

1. Teach new Wiggle Song. 5 minutes
• Sing song to kids using actions (point to each eye; point to each eye and blink 3x; point to each eye; touch: head, shoulders, knees and toes; body wiggle; sway; point to each eye; point to each eye and blink 3x; body wiggle)
• Have kids join in and sing 3 times.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior/Senior Primary

1. The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (p281)
• 2 minutes - Attention getter: Lay blocks out on a table. Ask kids to raise their hands if they enjoy building towers with blocks. Where would it be best to build with blocks? On a table, on the carpet, or your bed? Why? (Listen for understanding of having a solid/firm/hard base, keeps blocks steady, the carpet/bed are too soft, easy for blocks to fall over, etc.)
• 5 minutes - Think about what we just talked about. In this scripture, the prophet Helaman is teaching his sons Nephi and Lehi. He tells them to build their foundation (think tower) on something, listen for what it is. (rock of our Redeemer) What do you think it means to build our foundation on the rock of our Redeemer, or Jesus Christ? (follow Him, center our lives around Him). I'm going to keep reading, Helaman promises his sons that if they do, "they cannot _____." (fall) We're going to sing a song today that teaches us the same lesson! The Wise Man and the Foolish Man! Why was the wise man wise? What did he do? Why was the foolish man foolish? What did he do?
  Help them apply it in their lives/Testimony: What can we do to build upon the rock of our Redeemer? (go to church, read scriptures, pray, choose the right, be a good example, etc.) I promise each of you that if you do these things, when you have hard times/trials that 
• 5 minutes - Practice singing the song - review actions, use instruments and other movement (keeping beat).
• 3 minutes - Review "Nephi's Courage".
2. Fast finisher - Songs of the Heart 

Nursery

1. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
2. Give Said the Little Stream
3. I Feel My Savior's Love
4. I Love to See the Temple
5. Families Can Be Together Forever
6. I Am a Child of God