Identify the doctrine (seeing a demonstration):
Invite a child to come to the front of the room. Tell the other children to follow his or her instructions.
Whisper simple instructions to the child, such as, “Tell them to put their hands on their heads” or “Tell them to quietly say hello to the person sitting next to them.” Repeat with several other simple instructions, ending with “Tell them to fold their arms.”
Ask the children how they knew what you wanted them to do. Explain that one of the ways Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ send messages to people on earth is by speaking to Their servants and then commanding those servants to speak to the people. Ask,

• “Who are the servants who speak for Heavenly Father and Jesus?”

Have the children say together, “Prophets speak for Heavenly Father.”

Encourage understanding (role-playing scripture stories):
Before Primary, tape a picture of a prophet and some scripture references that tell about what he did or said to the bottom of some of the chairs. Examples could include

• Noah (Genesis 6:13–14; 7:5, 7–10);
• Moses (Exodus 14:8–9, 13–14, 21–22);
• Samuel the Lamanite (Helaman 14:1–8; 16:1–3);
• Joseph Smith (D&C 89).

Invite the children to look under their chairs to find the pictures.
Divide the children into groups, with one picture in each group, and have them prepare and present a role play of their prophet. Invite the other groups to guess which prophet they are portraying. Discuss how the people
received the prophet’s message and what the results were.

Encourage understanding (singing a song):
Make a “Wheel of Prophets” like the one shown here. Divide the circle into eight sections, each with the name of a prophet from the song “Follow the Prophet” ( CS, 110–11).
Invite a child to spin the wheel. Share a brief story about the prophet indicated on the wheel (use the scripture references on CS, 111, for ideas).
Then sing the verse about that prophet in “Follow the Prophet.”
Invite another child to spin the wheel, and repeat the activity as time allows.