I Love to See the Temple

The song for this month is I Love to See the Temple, p.95.  Most children know this song so helping them understand the purpose of temples is the goal for this month.  There are 9 keep points to learn and/or remember about the temple.

The first verse teaches that you go to the temple to:

• feel the Holy spirit
• listen
• pray

The second verse teaches that we:

• covenant with the Father
• promise to obey
• are sealed together forever

We also learn that:

• the temple is a house of God
• it's a place of love and beauty
• It's a holy place

Use building blocks (9 blocks including one triangle for the top) or use a  large picture of the temple in your area and cut it into nine strips.  As you sing place the pieces or blocks on the table or board.  Begin from the bottom up.  Save the top piece for last representing sealing families forever.

I choose not to write the phrases on each piece so I can use is again and again.   You can also build it by asking the children about what they know about the temple - you wear white clothing, you are baptized and confirmed for the dead, you can seal ancestors that have died (husband and wife) together, seal children to parents, pray for those who need special help, learn, etc.  As thoughts are given, you can build the temple and then sing the song.

You write the 9 phrases on the board in mixed-up order so the children can see and unscramble them, also.

"Building" a Temple

This is the time that I review songs again and again so that the children are ready for the "Sacrament Program."  I am using the Salt Lake Temple line drawing and enlarging it so I can cut it out in sections and "build" the temple.  Depending on how many songs I am reviewing will depend on how many pieces I will need to make of the temple.  Most primaries will be singing 7 songs, so you will need seven pieces of the temple.  You could cut the temple up into puzzle-like pieces or cut 7 strips and start with the bottom strip and "build" up.  Each time the children sing a song 3 times or perfectly, you can add a strip to the temple.  If you are doing a puzzle, you can put the name of each song on the back of a puzzle piece.  As the children choose a puzzle piece, they will sing that song.  By the end of singing time the whole temple should be "built" or put together.  Watch your time so the picture can be completed.

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