As we follow the covenant path, it will ultimately lead us (and our children) to the steps of the holy temple!
It is never too early (or too late!) to begin preparing our children for that wonderful opportunity and invitation from the Lord - to enter His house and make sacred covenants with Him.
This week’s lesson gives young children an introduction to what’s in the Lord’s temple, and what takes place inside these sacred places!
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➤ L E S S O N
Open the lesson with a song and a prayer.
🎶 O P E N I N G S O N G : "I Love to See the Temple"
➤ I N T R O D U C T I O N
Invite children to stand. Tell them that they will now be asked to point in several different directions and to follow the instructions to the best of their ability.
Point down! Use both arms and keep your arms straight. Reach as low as you can!
Now point to the right! Keep your arms straight. You can lean with your body too if you want. Reach over as far as you can.
Now point to the left! Keep your arms straight. You can lean with your body too if you want. Reach over as far as you can.
Now point up! Use both arms together and reach up as high as you can!
After you complete the activity, ask the following question:
1) When you were pointing, which way made you think of Heavenly Father the most? (Discuss.)
Display a picture of a temple with a spire and show the children that the spire appears like it is pointing up! Explain that Heavenly Father has commanded us to build temples on the earth, and that temples help us to grow closer to Heavenly Father. Even if we just look at a temple it makes us think about Heavenly Father right away, because it is pointing up!
🎥 V I D E O : "What's Inside the Temple? | Animated Scripture Lesson for Kids"
Say: “Do you know what’s inside a temple? We’re going to watch a video that will show you six things that we can find inside a temple! Let’s see how many you can remember!”
Discuss the following questions after watching the video:
1) Can you remember some of the things that we can find inside a temple? (See if the children can
recall the recommend desk, the locker room, the baptistry, the endowment room, the sealing
room, and the celestial room.)
2) Why do we need a recommend to enter the temple? (To make sure we are ready.)
4) What do we do in the locker room? (We change to white clothes!)
5) Why do we wear white clothes in the temple? (Discuss symbolism.)
6) What do we do in the baptistry? (We are baptized for the dead.)
7) What do we do in the endowment room? (Learn, make promises, receive ordinances.)
8) What do we do in the sealing room? (We are sealed to those that we love!)
9) What do we do in the celestial room? (Think about being with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, feel peace, pray quietly.)
➤ S C R I P T U R E
Read the following scriptures together and discuss the questions that follow. Invite children to put their hands together like a spire while they listen to the verse.
1) What is the “Mountain of the Lord’s House?” (Temple)
2) Whose house is this temple? (The Lord/Heavenly Father)
3) Who will go to the temple? (All nations)
1) Whose ways do we learn about in the temple? (Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ's ways.)
2) What do you think it means to walk in His paths? (Discuss some of the children's ideas.)
➤ A C T I V I T Y
Invite children to color the Salt Lake Temple coloring page! You can lead a discussion about what is inside the temple as they color.
➤ T E S T I M O N Y
Bear testimony of the truths found in the scriptures.
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