Week 3: Nephi was blessed for choosing the right.

During this next week, please review the stories in 1 Nephi 16-18 with your children so they will be prepared to act them out in primary on February 19, 2012. They can also bring simple costumes to class and practice ahead of time if they want to.

From the 2012 Sharing time Outline:

Encourage understanding (participating in dramatizations): Have the children act out times when Nephi obeyed his father and the Lord (for example, see 1 Nephi 16:18–24, 30–32; 1 Nephi 17:8, 17–18, 48–53; 1 Nephi 18:9–21). Consider having them use simple costumes and props (for information about dramatizations, see TNGC, 165–66). Read together what Nephi said in 1 Nephi 17:3.

The scripture figures at http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/lds-magazines/friend-february-2012/2012-02-31-book-of-mormon-scripture-figures-eng.pdf could be useful for practicing at home and helping the children to learn and understand the story.

Here's the link to the illustrated Book of Mormon Stories that covers 1 Nephi 17: Building the Ship: http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/scripture-stories/book-of-mormon-stories/2010-12-09-chapter-7-building-the-ship-eng.pdf

And the video that goes along with it:

Here is the link to the illustrated Book of Mormon Stories that covers 1 Nephi 18: Crossing the Sea: http://media.ldscdn.org/pdf/scripture-stories/book-of-mormon-stories/2010-12-10-chapter-8-crossing-the-sea-eng.pdf

When We Choose the Right, We Are Blessed

In the February Friend there are tons of wonderful stories, activities, and more that you can read and do with your children to help them learn important life principles that will bring many blessings.

A message from President Eyring: The Book of Mormon- Our True Guide

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A message about Honesty in Annie’s Spelling Test, how scripture reading helps us be Always Ready for life's challenges, an example of the power of prayer in Where’s Tessa?, and one that brought tears to my eyes: Darren’s Friend (have your kleenex ready).

click on the following link: You can use this lesson and activity to learn more about this month’s Primary theme: When We Choose the Right, We are Blessed

CTR Game

Glue page 41 onto heavy paper. When it is dry, cut out the cards. Players will take turns finding two cards that match: one card shows a situation where a choice needs to be made, and the matching card shows someone choosing the right. For example, the card that shows a boy earning money matches the card that shows him paying tithing.

How to Play: Mix up the cards and lay them facedown. A player turns over two cards. If the cards match, the player keeps the cards and turns over two more cards. If the cards don’t match, the player turns them back over and it is the next player’s turn. Younger children can play with fewer cards or with the cards facing up.

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Scripture figures to go along with our Book of Mormon reading and Sharing time lessons:

Heavenly Father Commands Nephi to Build a Ship

1 Nephi 17

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Illustration by Elise Black

CTR Game

Agency Is the Gift to Choose for Ourselves

http://www.lds.org/friend/2012/01/agency-is-the-gift-to-choose-for-ourselves?lang=eng

This year in Primary we are learning about how we can use our agency to CTR—choose the right!

CTR Game

You can play this game with your family to learn more about agency. Cut out the cube form, and glue it to heavy paper. Fold the cube as shown above, glue the tabs in place, and let your cube dry.

Sit in a circle with your family. Have one person roll the cube and read the side facing up. Talk about the different choices that could be made in the situation. What might happen with each choice? Pass the cube to the next person to roll.

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This year read the children will be reading the Book of Mormon. Below is a picture they can colour each week of the year to show their feasting on the words of Christ.

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Illustrations by Scott Greer

Many children in Book of Mormon times got to see Jesus Christ and listen to His words. By reading from the Book of Mormon each week this year, you can also enjoy “feasting upon the word of C

Weekly Reading Suggestions for “Book of Mormon Feast” (see pages 24–25 of the January 2012 Friend magazine)

Week	Reading
1	Introduction to the Book of Mormon
2	1 Nephi 1:1–3, 18–20; 2:2–4; 3:2–7; 4:1–18
3	1 Nephi 8:2, 5–33
4	1 Nephi 16:9–10, 16–19, 23, 26, 28–32; Alma 37:38–46
5	1 Nephi 17:8–11, 16–19, 49–55; 18:1–4
6	2 Nephi 2:11–13, 22–27; 4:15–16; 31:5–8, 17–21
7	2 Nephi 32:3–9; Jacob 7:1–20
8	Enos 1:1–13
9	Mosiah 1:9–10, 18; 2:1–2, 5–8, 16–19; 3:17, 19; 4:9–10;5:15
10	Mosiah 11:1–2, 20, 27–29; 12:1, 9, 14, 17–19, 35–36;13:15–24
11	Mosiah 17:1–12, 20
12	Mosiah 18:1–17
13	Mosiah 21:1–15, 23–24
14	Mosiah 21:29–35; 22
15	Mosiah 23:1–7, 19–26, 36–39
16	Mosiah 24:8–25; 25:1, 14–19
17	Mosiah 27:6–24; Alma 36:11–12, 16–24
18	Mosiah 27:32–37; 28:1–9
19	Alma 1:2–15; 2:1–9
20	Alma 2:10–18, 29–31; 5:1, 19, 26–27, 33
21	Alma 6:7–8; 7:9–12; 8:1–22
22	Alma 8:23–32; 9:1–8, 14–15
23	Alma 10:27–32; 11:21–46
24	Alma 12:1–7; 14:1–17
25	Alma 14:18–29; 15:1–13
26	Alma 17:1–3, 12–13, 17–39
27	Alma 18:1–4, 8–35
28	Alma 18:40–43; 19:1–2, 8–15, 18–19, 22–33
29	Alma 20:1–28
30	Alma 23:6–7, 16–18; 24:1–7, 16–27; 27:2–5, 14, 27–29
31	Alma 30:6–9, 12–14, 31–32, 35–39, 43–45, 49–50, 55–59
32	Alma 31:1, 5–7, 12–21, 37–38; 32:1, 5–6
33	Alma 32:26–43
34	Alma 37:3, 6, 8–11, 14–15; 43:1–9, 16–17, 43–47; 44:16–20
35	Alma 46:1–5, 11–16, 19–20; 48:7–13, 22–23; 49:25–26, 28
36	Alma 50:25–36; 51:5–6, 11, 13–16, 20–22
37	Alma 53:10–21; 56:2–11, 43–48, 55–56
38	Helaman 2:2–11; 5:4–13
39	Helaman 5:20–50
40	Helaman 6:18–23; 7:6–13, 26–29; 8:1, 4, 10, 25–28
41	Helaman 9:1–24
42	Helaman 9:25–39; 10:1–6
43	Helaman 13:1–7; 14:2–8; 16:1–3; 3 Nephi 1:4–9
44	3 Nephi 1:10–15, 21–23; 2:1–2; 8:2–7, 23; 9:1–2, 18–22
45	3 Nephi 11:1–17, 23–26
46	3 Nephi 17:1–24
47	3 Nephi 18:1–9, 19–21, 24, 35–39
48	3 Nephi 19:11–26; 20:1; 27:1–8
49	3 Nephi 28:1–9; 4 Nephi 1:1, 15, 23–26; Mormon 1:1, 11–17
50	Mormon 2:1–2, 9, 23–24, 26–27; 3:2–3, 16–22
51	Ether 1:1, 33; 2:5, 16–25; 3:1, 4–14
52	Moroni 10:3–23

hrist” (2 Nephi 31:20).