4th Week Sharing Time for June By the power of the Holy Ghost, we may know the truth of all things.

From: Little LDS Ideas

For this Sharing Time you will need: 5 chairs: set up in the front of the Primary Room A whistle, bell, something that makes a noise Sandpaper, soap, stuffed animal, etc Lemon, orange, soap, something that smells Popcorn, chocolate, something that they can taste Blindfold Scripture Wordstrips/pictures-explained below What do you know? Do you know your name and where you live? Do you know colors and shapes? Do you know how to count, read, and spell? Do you know how to write,cook or drive? Knowing things/knowledge is very important. Today I am going to test your knowledge. I need 5 helpers. Choose 5 children to come up to the front of the room and sit in a chair.

Child #1: Ask the child, “How many children are in the class on the first row?” (or another question related to something he can see). Child #2: Stand behind the second child and blow a whistle or ring a bell without letting him/her see. Ask her what she heard and why she thinks that’s what it is. Child #3: Blindfold the third child and ask him/her to touch a piece of sandpaper or soap. Ask what he felt. Child #4: Have the fourth close his/her eyes tightly and smell a lemon or other recognizable smell. Ask her to identify it. Child #5: Have the fifth child close his eyes and taste a chocolate chip or salty popcorn. Ask what it was.

Explain that our senses are important tools that help us learn/know things. There are other important ways we can know things. Ask if any of the children believe that their families love them. How do we know this? (by the things they do, by the feelings we have). Ask if any of the children have a good feeling about reading the Book of Mormon by themselves or with their families. Ask how they feel when they help or are nice to others. Explain that those good feelings are the Holy Ghost. Another way we can know something is through the power of the Holy Ghost. (This idea came from a past issue of The Friend.) Read Moroni 10:5. Make some posters to help the children learn this scripture. Some ideas: -Split the scripture up into small phrases: ‘By the power’ below this phrase have a picture of some muscular arms. ‘of the Holy Ghost’ have a picture of the Holy Ghost/Godhead. ‘ye may know,’ show a picture of a head with an arrow pointing at your brain. ‘the truth of all things.’ You could have True or False boxes at the bottom, with the True box checked. -Split the scriptures into small phrases: Have each phrase typed onto a piece of paper and have each phrase a different color. ‘By the power’, have a child wearing green come up and hold the sign. ‘of the Holy Ghost’, a child wearing Red. ‘ye may know’, a child wearing purple. ‘the truth of all things’, a child wearing blue. Say it 2 or 3 times picking new children to help hold the signs each time. - Split the scripture into small phrases and have the scripture scrambled. Have the children put it in order. You can have it on small pieces of paper and choose one child to come up and do it. Or type it

one larger pieces of paper and have a few children come up and hold each piece of paper. Then have the children sitting down move the phrases/children around so the scripture is in the correct order. -Make several cards with a picture on the front, i.e.- sunshines, butterflies, flowers, etc. Split the scripture into phrases. On the back attach the phrases onto several cards. Have some extra cards with a frowny face, or a bumblebee (tell them that they get stung when they pick the bee), something that represents something bad. Have the children take turns coming up to choose a card. If they choose a card with a phrase they get to try to put it where it goes. If they get a bad card make them do something silly or the children lose a turn and the teachers get a try, etc. Once you’ve gone over the scripture explain to the children that by the power of the Holy Ghost we may know the truth of all things. When the Holy Ghost testifies to us, we can know the truth even more surely than when we rely on our senses. You can Sing “The Holy Ghost” (CS, p. 105). What are some of the important things that the Holy Ghost will witness to us as we pray, keep the commandments, and continue to grow in the gospel? Have different wordstrips or pictures for the following: Heavenly Father lives. Jesus Christ is the Savior. Joseph Smith is a prophet. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true church. There is a living prophet today [name him]. Have the children pick one and post it onto a board. Talk a little bit about each one. (These could be posted around the room or in a bag). All knowledge is important, but to know that the gospel of Jesus Christ is true is the most important truth that you can ever learn. Go over Through the Holy Ghost, you can know that: (go over the picture/wordstrips). 1. Heavenly Father lives. 2. Jesus Christ is the Savior 3. Joseph Smith is a prophet. 4. The Book of Mormon is the word of God. 3. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the only true church. 4. We are led by a living prophet today, President Monson. When you study the scriptures, obey the commandments, and pray in faith to know the truth, the Holy Ghost gives you a calm, peaceful feeling in your mind and heart that tells you that the all of this is true. (From www.lds.org) Bear your own testimony briefly on the Holy Ghost and that we can know the truth of all things through the Holy Ghost.