February 2012 Sharing Time: Choose to Obey

This sharing time will help the children learn about the blessings they receive when they choose the right. Preparation: Obtain a bean bag and two buckets or baskets. Label one bucket, “YES” and the other bucket, “NO.”  Presentation: Explain to the children that commandments...

January 2012 Sharing Time: Choosing Which Way

This sharing time will involve the children in an activity to help them understand agency and the effects of our choices. Preparation: Obtain a map that shows major cities and roads.   Presentation: Explain that agency is a gift from Heavenly Father. Agency means that we have the freedom...

December 2011 Sharing Time: The Savior Will Come

This sharing time will teach the children about Christ’s birth and Second Coming.  Preparation:  Print the scriptures or song titles below on individual sheets of yellow or gold cardstock. Cut each cardstock into a large star shape, so the scripture is in the middle of the star. Obtain a...

November 2011 Sharing Time: Understanding Reverence

Teaching reverence to Primary children can be difficult, but this month's sharing time will help involve them in an activity that will help them understand the concept. This sharing time will involve the children in an activity to help them understand reverence. Preparation: Make a poster of...

October 2011 Sharing Time: Communicating with the Lord

This sharing time will involve the children as they learn more about prayer. Preparation: Gather a number of communication visual aids (some may need to be photographs) such as a letter or postcard, a walkie-talkie, an old telephone with a cord, a radio, a computer, a cell phone, a picture of...

September 2011 Sharing Time: Finding Those Who Want to Know the Truth

This sharing time will engage the children in a game to help them want to be missionaries. Preparation: Obtain seven or eight small objects from other countries (if necessary, borrow some from other people so you get a wide variety of countries represented). Get a world map or globe. Make a poster...

August 2011 Sharing Time: My Body Is a Temple

This sharing time will engage the children in an activity that teaches them to take care of their minds and bodies.   Preparation: Print out a large version of the boy and girl paper dolls and their clothing from the image provided. Cut them out, keeping the shoes as one item. Write the...

July Sharing Time: I Love to See the Temple

This sharing time will engage the children in an activity that helps them learn more about temples.   Preparation: Print pictures of the temples listed below from lds.org/church/temples/gallery . Mount the pictures on cardboard or stiff paper. On the back of the picture print the...

June 2011 Sharing Time: The Fourth Article of Faith

This sharing time will engage the children in an activity that will help them learn more about the first principles and ordinances of the gospel.   Preparation: Obtain a poster from the library (or create your own) with the words of the fourth Article of Faith. Ask the pianist to be prepared...

May Sharing Time: Book of Mormon Code Activity

This sharing time will engage the children in an activity geared to strengthen their understanding and testimony of the Book of Mormon.   Preparation: Create a poster with the following code printed on it:   #>)  [==$  =+  @=&@=3  !:  #&8)  ...

April Sharing Time: Jesus is My Savior

This sharing time will engage the children in an activity that teaches them about our Savior and Redeemer, Jesus Christ.   Preparation: Obtain or print out from lds.org a number of pictures depicting Jesus Christ (such as the ones from the Gospel Art Kit suggested below). Familiarize...

March 2011 Sharing Time—Prophets Now and Then

This sharing time will teach the children about scriptural and latter-day prophets and what they taught. Preparation: Familiarize yourself with the prophets in this sharing time. Obtain pictures of each of them (Noah, Lehi, Daniel, Abinadi, Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Lorenzo Snow, and Thomas S....

February 2011 Sharing Time—Using the Plan

This sharing time will involve the children in an activity that teaches them more about Heavenly Father’s plan that is contained in the scriptures. Preparation : Gather the following items: a map, a textbook, a recipe card, house plans, an instruction booklet (such as one that comes with...

January 2011 Sharing Time: Feasting on the Scriptures

This sharing time will help the children learn about the importance of reading the scriptures. Preparation : Write the following scripture references on small strips of paper: 2 Nephi 4:15; Doctrine and Covenants 1:37; John 5:39; Doctrine and Covenants 33:16; 1 Nephi 5:21; and Articles of Faith...

Day 12: Kid-Friendly Nativity Script

It's the last day of our 12 days! If you've missed any, make sure to check them out here.

Today, round out the 12 days with our script for the story of Christmas itself - the Nativity. What better way to bring...