The Golden Rule
January 3rd 2015 Primary Sabbath school lesson is
about the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you from Matthew
7:12. I deviated from the activity and craft of the Sabbath school lesson and
focused on the key point they emphasized in the story lesson. They focused on
the first part of Matthew chapter 7 with the do not judge, the speck in your
brothers eye while you have a plank in your own eye and then it goes on to
verse 12 about the golden rule. I decided it would be more effective to have
the children make mask like the bandanna mask that ninja turtles wear with the
eye holes cutout. I cut 9x12 inch paper into 2inch strips; according to the child’s
head size they should be able to glue two strips together to make the circular
shape. I then used my 1 inch circle punch to cutout the eye holes. I have small
pieces of paper that I will tape over the eye holes. I will have the kids look
into a mirror to remove the pieces of paper from over their eyes. The point I want
to get across is that you can’t see clearly the speck in your brother’s eye
when your eye is blocked with a plank (the pieces of paper). The mirror will
represent them looking and reflecting on the deeds they do in their lives and
how they can improve (listening to mom/dad, not hitting little siblings, not
lying, etc.). Hopefully once they have reflected on their deeds they can tell
others of their downward paths or even share it as a testimony of how they overcame
it.
The memory verse for
our lesson is taken from Matthew 7:12 and I decided to make a jigsaw puzzle. I will
give each child a puzzle piece and have them work together to solve the puzzle.
i made the puzzle with printer paper and chipboard paper for extra thickness. I
have a die cutting machine but I decided to cut them by hand which was harder
and not as neat looking. I found a jigsaw puzzle shape and printed that on a separate
sheet of paper from the memory verse paper. Then I used double sided tape to
adhere the memory verse to one side of the chipboard paper, and a small amount to adhere
the puzzle shapes to the other side of the chipboard paper. I cut out the puzzle shapes
with my Tim Holtz scissor and then removed that paper from the back of the chipboard
paper and I was finished. Next time I may use Mod Podge or cardstock paper for
the memory verse so that it will not get the wrinkles I see around the
edges of each puzzle piece.
