Primary at church is so fun if you can just think of the right Thing to do. Today was one of those good days. I teach Jay's class, the CTR 4 class, and Jeff unofficially joins us every week for moral support. Normally we have 4 or 5 kids in our class, but today there were only 3. The lesson was about shepherds, and it was one of the few in the manual that actually has good ideas (pardon my opinion on the 50 year old lesson manual). Normally I have to really think hard to make the lesson work/ be interesting for the kids, and I am not very creative when I'm pregnant, so it's been a challenge lately. But today it only took a little extra umph to get things rolling.
Instead of merely looking at a picture of a shepherd, I had Jeff dress up and tell about how we used to take care of muddy little George and Penny the sheep back at the Boone Home in Missouri.
Instead of pretending to be shepherds while looking for a sheep in our classroom, we dressed up as shepherds and went outside to look for a sheep (which was hidden in the bushes).
Instead of coloring our pictures of lambs, we stuck cotton balls all over them (the lesson book suggested this idea)
I am not one to make intense time-consuming preparations for lessons. I like to spice things up as simply as possible. Today it just worked, and it was great! All I had to do was throw a few towels, headbands, and cotton balls in a bag. Easy. I love it when that happens.
Primary is the best!
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