Teach Me To Sing

Each month in The Friend magazine there is a page designated to an Article of Faith.  It is so important for all of us to know what we believe in particularly if someone asks us.  Children can learn them at a very early age.

Cut out 13 pumpkins and number them 1 through 13 on the back.  You can make the pumpkins look like jack-o-lanterns or leave them plain. Tape the pumpkins on the board in random order.  Begin by telling the children how important it is to know what they believe in. Tell them that each pumpkin has a number on the back - 1 to 13.  Challenge the children to see if they can sing all thirteen Articles of Faith.  Before singing each one, ask a child to summarize the Article of Faith.

If this is a little difficult, write a few word summary on the board or on strips of paper and tape to the board. Ask a child to choose a pumpkin and another child to find the correct summary.  You can make your own summaries, ask the children to help make summaries or use the following example.

1 - The Godhead
2 - we are responsible for our own sins
3 - Atonement
4 - 4 principles and ordinances
5 - Man must be called or God
6 - organization of the church
7 - gift of tongues
8 - the Bible and Book of Mormon
9 - Revelation
10 - literal gathering of Israel
11 - worship as we want
12 - subject to rulers
13 - Paul's admonition