Growing in Grace: Teaching James to Your Kids

COME FOLLOW ME LESSONS & ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS LESSON 47 | NOVEMBER 13-19 | JAMES

Get ready to help your children understand the power of kind words and “long patience” (James 5:8) through marshmallows, dominoes, and coloring in this week’s Come Follow Me lesson on the teachings of the apostle James.

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THIS WEEK’S COME FOLLOW ME HIGHLIGHTS​

Elementary Bundle Lessons & Activities​

The elementary bundle is perfect for captivating kids ages 4-11 at home or in primary! With six activities, there is plenty to use with your own children at home and your primary class at church. Check out three highlights below!

COLORING KINDNESS

Coloring Page [color it]

Explore James 3:1-13 to help your children appreciate the impact of their words. Gather around and discuss how words can either bless or hurt others. While you chat, color a beautiful coloring page together, reflecting on the nice things you can say to make someone’s day brighter.

MARSHMALLOW AND PATIENT PLANT CHALLENGES

Go & Do Family Activity [do it]

James 1:2-4 and 5:7-11 teach us about patience. Dive into these scriptures as a family and discuss the significance of patience in our lives. Then, embark on the marshmallow test, challenging your children’s patience. Finally, fill in the Patient Plant worksheet together and plan an activity that requires patience. See the Go & Do page for more details.

WORDS IN ACTION

Hands-On Learning Activity [create it]

Gather your family around with a set of dominoes. Read James 1:26 and 3:1-13 and discuss how our words can affect those around us. As instructed by the lesson, use dominoes to demonstrate this concept in a fun and visual way. Then, explore the resources in our Kindness Bundle to encourage your children to be kind and use their words to uplift others.

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Toddler Bundle Lessons & Activities​

For kids ages 1-4 at home and in nursery or sunbeams. The toddler bundle Includes a full lesson plan with THREE activities that align with scripture written by an early childhood educator. These include a coloring page, another printable activity and a movement activity that help young children understand the scriptures. Here are a couple highlights from this week’s lesson.

I CAN BE KIND

Kickstart your lesson by spelling the word KIND with your bodies, forming each letter one by one. Lay on the floor, with one person becoming the K, their body forming the “long stick” of the letter K while extending their arms out to create the “in-out part.” Stay in place on the floor until all the letters are formed.

MARSHMALLOW PATIENCE

In James 5:7-11, we learn about the importance of patience. Patience is a Christlike characteristic that blesses our lives. Explain this concept to your toddlers by giving each child a marshmallow to hold but not eat. Offer an additional marshmallow if they can wait 1-2 minutes without eating the first one. Reward those who wait with their patience by giving them the promised marshmallows. Finish with a joyful family cheer: gather in a circle, put your hands in the middle, and cheer aloud, “I can be patient!” Repeat as many times as your little ones desire.

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Tean Bundle Lessons & Activities​

The Teen Bundle includes a study page with four thoughtful questions each week that align with a scripture from Come Follow Me, an applicable challenge to accept each week, and an awesome video done by a current seminary teacher that brings a topic from the study to life for teens. Plus: each week comes with a scripture print to hang on their bathroom mirror, in their locker, etc.!

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