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Lesson Plan - D&C 41-44

This is a short post with details on the lesson plan for this Sunday's LDS primary lesson. The explanations behind this plan are in my previous post.

What you'll need to provide for the children:

  • EITHER some small plastic bottles and some scissors
  • OR some glass bottles part-filled with water
  • A slinky
  • A wine glass part-filled with water
Here are the parts of the lesson:
  • Begin with an opening prayer.
  • Set the context around Joseph Smith and the Doctrine and Covenants.
    • This week's lesson is set when Joseph and the early saints moved in 1831 to Kirkland, Ohio.
  • Ask the children to read aloud D&C 42: 4-6. Each child could read out one colour from the highlighted excerpt below.


    • Discuss what this means, in particular the purple section about lifting voices like a trump.
  • Say we'll now talk about how a trumpet works. (See previous post for additional details.)
    • A trumpet is an instrument which takes your voice (or more technically, vibrations in the air caused by blowing out of your mouth) and turns it into a loud sound.
    • It does this through vibrating the air and creating a sound wave inside the instrument.
      • Illustrate this with slinky experiment (see this YouTube video for an example). 
    • The sound wave causes an effect called resonance when you blow in the instrument the right way, which causes the loud sound.
      • Illustrate this with wine glass experiment (see YouTube video for an example).
    • When you go forth with the spirit and preach with the gospel, those help to elevate your voice, just like the trumpet. 
  • Discuss how we can keep the spirit strong.
  • Use the instruments to get the children to play a mock orchestra. Perhaps get them to play the song "I am a Child of God".
  • Play a crossword puzzle game where the children have to find words relating to the story. You can either use the printable version below, or this online version.


  • Summarise the lesson.
  • Closing prayer.
     

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