To help the children practice ways to be good examples to others, write situations on candle-shaped pieces of paper, such as:

• "You are walking home from school and find a cigarette.
• You and your friends decide to try it,"
• "You are going to meet your best friend when you see your mother trying to fold clothes and cook dinner.
• You decide to help her by folding the clothes."

Draw large pictures of a hill and a bushel and attach them to the wall.
Have the children read Matthew 5:14–16 and discuss what it means to have their lights "shine before men."

Have the children take turns choosing a candle, and ask them to read the situation and decide whether to place the candle on the hill or under the bushel.

Sing songs or hymns about choosing the right.

Give each child a candle-shaped piece of paper and have him or her write one thing that will help his or her light shine.
Bear testimony that we can be a good influence in the world.