Nephi is Commanded to Build a Ship

Song: Book of Mormon Stories
Prayer: Dylan

Scripture: Tyler 1 Nephi 17:7-8

Lesson: Kerri

Nephi is Commanded to Build a Ship
(This lesson is a modified version of the one found here on LDSfamilyfun.com)

We reviewed the story of how Nephi is commanded by the Lord to build a ship. We emphasized that Nephi did not have any prior knowlege of how to build a ship before he was given this commandment. Because of his faith in the Lord, he accepted the calling and followed the Lord's council. Laman and Lemuel mocked their brother. They were not faithful and could not understand how Nephi would be able to complete this huge task. They confronted Nephi, so he put out his hands and shocked his brothers. They repented and then helped Nephi build the ship.

Print and prepare the Ship Activity Sheets found in the Activity Section Here - I would recommend printing this in color. It is also a lot more intricate than previously thought. We ended up having Arthur put the ships together, while the boys colored the coloring sheets. As they colored, I reviewed the following questions with them:

1. What was Nephi Commanded to build (A ship) - Fold A to inside
2. Who showed Nephi how to build the ship? (The Lord) - Fold B toward inside
3. What did Nephi need to make tools to build the ship? (Ore) - Fold C toward inside
4. Had Nephi ever built a ship before (No) - Fold D toward inside
5. Who mocked Nephi? (Laman & Lemuel) - Insert E into F. Fold flat and tape to hold
6. What happened to Laman & Lemuel when they mocked Nephi for building the ship? (Nephi streteched out his hand and the Lord shocked them) - Fold G toward inside
7. Did Laman and Lemuel repent and help Nephi build the ship? (Yes) - Fold H toward inside
8. Why did the Lord want Nephi to build a ship? (So they could cross the water to the Promised Land) - Insert I into J. Point on bow whould point away from boat. Tape to hold
9. Why did Nephi know he could build a ship? (He had trust in the Lord) - With printed sides facing out - tape sales together at mast

Closing Prayer: Arthur

Title of Liberty

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Kerri

Lesson: Kerri
I bought some white fabric and made a Title of Liberty. I attached it to a pole.

Show American Flag - what does this mean to you? (Freedom, America, Liberty, Opportunity, Peace)

Flags have been used for many years to symbolize different things for people. They unify groups of people and help to remind them of what is most important.

The Nephites were being threatened by the Lamanites. The Lamanites wanted to take their land and enslave them. If this happened, the Nephites would have lost their ability to worship freely. Captain Moroni created the Title of Liberty to remind his people about what was most important to them.

What were the most important things that Moroni valued? God, Religion, Freedom, Peace, Wives, and Children

The flag rallied his people together in a common goal and they were able to defeat the Lamanites and protect their livelihood.

Song: Popcorn Popping on the Apricot Tree
Prayer: Arthur

Activity: We went to a local ice cream shop for dessert

The Anti-Nephi Lehies

Song: Dylan conduct - Book of Mormon Stories
Prayer: Arthur
Scripture: Tyler

Lesson: Anti-Nephi Lehies

A group of Lamanites had been converted to the gospel of Christ by the sons of King Mosiah. Before learning about Christ they were very wicked people who lived a life of violence.

Give children safe "swords" and have them fight one another. Does Heavenly Father want us to hurt each other?

Once they learned about Christ, they understood that they had not been good. They wanted to say sorry for hurting their brothers.

Have the children say sorry to each other.

They prayed to the Lord and said that they would never pick up their weapons of war again. They buried their weapons deep into the earth and vowed to never hurt anyone again.

Have the children bury their "weapons" under a blanket".

They changed their name to the "Anti-Nephi Lehies" to signify that they were no longer part of the violent Lamanites. The Lamanites came to battle with them and many were killed. But, they lived up to their covenant and did not fight back.

Have a parent come and pretend to fight with them, but instruct the children not to fight back.

Heavenly Father blessed the Anti-Nephi Lehies by softening the hearts of the Nephites so that they would give them a land of their own.

Have the children move to another room to show that they were able to live peacefully in their own land.

The Anti-Nephi Lehies were able to live peacefully and lived up to their promise to God by never picking up weapons of war again.

Song: Dylan conduct - The Helping Song
Prayer: Tyler

Activity: Decorate cupcakes

The Courage of Abinidi

Song: The Temple Song (conducted by Dylan)
Prayer: Arthur

Lesson: Arthur
We used hand puppets to reenact the story of Abinidi. Since Tyler and Dylan are still very young, we substituted out the part where Abinidi and King Noah are burned to death. Instead, we said that they were spanked.

Song: The Helping Song (conducted by Dylan)
Prayer: Tyler