Ask what all of these names have in common.
Let the children brainstorm ideas (see “Brainstorming,” TNGC,160–61).
Read
together
Abraham 3:22–24, and explain
that we all lived with Heavenly
Father in the premortal life.
Tell the children that we do not
remember our lives before earth,
but because of the scriptures,
we know a little of what
happened there.
Ask the children to find out
which of all of God’s spirit
children was the firstborn by
looking up
D&C 93:21.
Several Primary songs talk about our premortal life. Play a listening game using songs listed under “Premortal Existence” in the topical index of the Children’s Songbook. Have the pianist play first one measure, then two measures of a song. Keep adding a measure until the children guess the name of the song. After the children guess the song, sing the entire song, pointing out the lines that tell about our life with Heavenly Father before we came to earth.
Explain
that we were all spirit brothers
and sisters in the premortal
life.
We call each other “brother” or
“sister” because those titles
reflect our spiritual
relationship to each other.
Bear testimony that we are spirit children of Heavenly Father.
Sing “I Am a Child of God” (pp. 2–3)