Sunbeams Lesson 4 - Prayer (Daniel & Lions Den)

I started out this week's lesson by covering the Parts of the Plan of Salvation we had already learned.  We talked about living in Heaven with  Heavenly Parents who love us and then coming to Earth to live with families who also love us.  Then we talked about Joseph Smith and how he saw and talked to Heavenly Father and how the scriptures teach us that we can talk to Heavenly Father too...through prayer.  We talked about the actions we do when we pray and then what we should say.  I had brought a bag of things from my house that I am thankful for, random things like an apple, a pair of pajama bottoms, cd for music, small ceramic temple, picture of Jesus, box of crayons (all the beautiful colors in the world), and some air freshener (all the wonderful smells).  There was enough items for each child to choose one and then we all said a prayer with that child speaking the words thanking Heavenly Father for that item.  Each child was given the opportunity to pray. 

 

Next I asked them what they are thankful for and we made a "Love Line"  because prayers are all about showing love for each other and for Heavenly Father.  I wrote their name on the back of the heart they chose and what they were thankful for on the front and then placed it over the line of string which is hanging form the wall with duct tape. 

 

 

 

 

Next we got out our scriptures and they love to hold the Book of Mormon and find pictures of Jesus.  Then I point to a page and show them the words on the pages and say this page talks about...today it happened to be the story of Daniel and the Lions Den.  I took out my picture and we talked about the lions and told them about how Daniel loved to pray.  Then we acted out the story with Lions, Daniel, and the Angel who protects Daniel from the Lions. 

 

 

They got to make their own Lion's mask so they can go home and tell the story to their families. 

 

 

This is my handout to remind them to prayer.  The Lion pillows had a tag that said, "Remember to pray before you "Lion" down to sleep.  On the back of the pillow I wrote the word "Prayers."

 

 

 

A little more of the fun in Nursery

I wanted to include a few more nursery/sunbeam ideas that we had fun with the past two years.  

  Scripture Specs

We had a treasure hunt for Scriptures.  I printed out some mini bible and book of mormon pictures.  And the nursery kids put on their scripture specs and went hunting.

This was a cute lesson, I had the Sunbeams dress up as Daniel and the Angel who protected Daniel while in the lion's den.

Reverants = Reverence
We are INFESTED with "Reverants" today in nursery.   The kids learned about reverence and aren't they just the cutest in their little ant hats.



The picture below is when the Sunbeams learned that Heavenly Father has a plan for them and had Jesus create the Earth.  The glued pictures on the earth are things they need to learn on Earth now that they have a body like praying, being kind, follow the prophet, etc.

The picture below was in Nursery, we cute the ship we had built down and used it as a tent for Lehi's family by throwing a blanket over the top,  The kids loved dressed up and playing inside.