Parable of the Talents
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Lesson
The purpose of Primary 7 Lesson 26: Parable of the Talents is to learn to want to use our talents to benefit others and ourselves
The following are LDS.org resources unless otherwise noted
Teacher Study
"I Believe I Can, I Knew I Could" by President James E. Faust
"Developing Our Talent for Spirituality" by Sister Carol B. Thomas
Video
God Will Lift Us Up (about 5 minutes)- Brittany focuses on helping others instead of her medical condition
The Talents (about 2 minutes)- Illustrated scripture story
Benjamin A of Bulffdale, Utah (about 3 minutes)- Shares his love of music
Music
"I'm Thankful to Be Me"- Children's Songbook pg. 11
"Every Star is Different"- Children's Songbook pg. 142
"'Give,' Said the Little Stream"- Children's Songbook pg. 236
The Primary 7 Lesson 26 handout packet includes:
Persistence quote that is mentioned by President Heber J. Grant (Enrichment Activity 4)
Talents worksheet to go with Enrichment Activity 2
Cli ck the image to print
Lesson Ideas
Gifts from God- Make this paper chain or one that represents your class
Reaching Your Goal- Write down your plan to develop a new talent
I Have Talents- Finger puppets to use with a story
Give of Yourself- Mormonad
A Little Talent Can Be Big Fun- Mormonad
Make Yourself Useful- Mormonad
Talents Game- See if your talent helps solve the problem
Talents- Roll the dice and act out one of the types of talents or everyone can make their own and write down all the talents they have and how that helps others
Talent- Share It!- Mormonad
Family Valentine Matching Game- Make a valentine showing the talents of the person you want to give it to and how you appreciate their talents
Sparse on helps this week so if you have more ideas, please post them in the comments. You may also want to check our the LDS Primary Teachers Facebook page and ask.
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