I love being able to teach, whether it's Relief Society or Singing Time for Primary. I love being able to ponder the lesson. I have found enlightenment come at different times, but as long as I am thinking about the subject, inspiration follows. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but I kept thinking about things coming "by small and simple means" and I think it applies to metaphors used in lessons, or how to create a visual aid for singing time. I had a primary president always say when we presented an idea that we were inspired. I had never thought about that before, but now it hardly leaves my mind when I try to gather ideas. They are put together so well because I was inspired.
The latest inspiration was my fireworks. Each toilet paper roll was going to be a firework, but I didn't know how to make the firework "pop" and fun for the kids. I don't know how the answer came, but it made perfect sense to me. I drew a circle from construction paper, cut wedges around, and poked a hole in the middle with pipe cleaners. I folded the paper up to fit into the roll and stuck a paper with the song into the tube. Now when the kids get up to choose a song, they pull the fuse (pipecleaner) and the song "pops" out. I know it's very simple and not a big deal, but I did feel inspired, and I'm so excited to share that with the primary kids.
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I love it!! Heavenly Father uses the small and simple of the church, and gives us small and simple ideas.
What a cute idea. I am sure the kids will love it. I really enjoyed my primary calling. It just boosted my spirit to be around them.
I think one of my weaknesses is always looking around for the grand things and missing out on the small things. Bless you for putting your spiritual energy into things that really matter - whether a child's imagination will be captured - rather than things that don't.
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