Teach the children that their bodies are temples

Sing “The Lord Gave Me a Temple” (p. 153).

Learning and living My Gospel Standards will help them care for their body inside and out.

• “I will keep my mind and body sacred and pure, and I will not partake of things that are harmful to me
• I will dress modestly to show respect for Heavenly Father and myself
• I will only read and watch things that are pleasing to Heavenly Father.

Choose an object or picture to represent each of the three standards, i.e.

1. an apple
2. a good book
3. a picture of a modestly dressed child.

Younger children:
Write one of the standards on the board.

• Choose one child to go out of the room and one to hide the object.
• Have the child return and find the object by having the children repeat the standard over and over.
• As the child gets closer to the object, the children recite it more loudly.
• When the child is far away from the object, the children recite it more softly.
•  When the child has found the object, have him or her name one way we can live this standard.
• Cover the standard and play again.
• Post the next standard and repeat.

Older children:

• For older children, you might do two standards at a time.
• Sing “Keep the Commandments” (pp. 146–47) and pass the three objects.
• When the music stops, children name
  a) the gospel standard that goes with their object
  b) what they can do to live it.
• Encourage the children to recite the standards they have learned to a family member.