The Temple is the House of the Lord

In this weeks CFM lesson, it talks about Isaiah's prophecy about "the mountain of the house of the Lord".  So we thought it would make a good week for incorporating the TEMPLE in Singing Time!

To help the children understand what happens inside the temple, there is a great visual in this week's lesson (found HERE on lds.org).

Print it out, color, cut, laminate and tape on the doors.  

(I ended up cutting off the tabs and skipping the slits by just taping on the doors.)  

Inside the doors, put a Primary song title.  Choose a child being reverent to come up and look inside a door, read the outside door, explain the picture inside and sing the song that is listed.

Some examples of songs that could be listed in the doors are:

Eternal Marriage: I Love to See the Temple
Confirmations for the Dead:  The Hearts of the Children
Sealing of Families:  Families Can be Together Forever
Baptisms for the Dead: Truth from Elijah
He will teach us of His ways:  Teach me to Walk in the Light of His Love

Again this is a great and fun way to help the sweet Primary children understand what happens in the temple and its importance. 

End with bearing your testimony of the temple and what it means to you and the Spirit is sure to be felt!

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I Spy Temple Square Singing Time

Display pictures of things you’d see near Temple Square around the Primary Room. 

Tell the Primary children to “put on their binoculars” (use fingers to shape two circles – like binoculars) and look for all the things you could see on Temple Square in Salt Lake City!

For example, the Temple, the Tabernacle, Conference Center, Moroni, flowers, Statue of Jesus (Christus), missionaries, etc.  Have each picture represent a song to sing and choose a reverent child to come pick one!

For Example:

Missionaries:  We'll Bring the World His Truth

Christ:  I Feel my Savior's Love

Temple:  The Lord Gave me a Temple

Flowers:  I Often Go Walking 

Moroni:  I Love to see the Temple 

Tabernacle:  Singing a Song is Fun to Do

Have you ever visited temple square in Salt Lake City???    What else have you seen that would work for these visuals in Primary Singing Time?  We'd love to hear from you!

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