Come Follow Me 12/26/2022 – Devotionals & FHE for Children
If you find these Come Follow Me 12/26 devotionals and other ideas for kids useful, please share them with others!
You can get all of the devotionals here.
Last week’s devotional
- Family Home Evening
- Scripture of the Week
- Devotionals
- Primary Challenge
- Sunday Activity Ideas
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Family Home Evening for Come Follow Me 12/26 for Kids
Song
Faith (Childrens #96)
Scripture
Lesson
- Jesus taught that we need to be ready to listen to the gospel and receive it when we hear it.
- Read Matthew 13:3-8 (different types of ground where the seeds fall.)
- Matthew 13:23 Good ground is those who hear the gospel, understand it and do good works.
Activity
Go outside. Throw some seeds and see where it lands. Talk about how they think the seeds will grow in different ground.
Treat
Scripture of the Week for Come Follow Me 12/26 for Kids
Work on memorizing this scripture with your children during the week for Come Follow Me 12/26: James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Here are some ideas for marking your scriptures. You can download these tracing sheets as a PDF.
Devotionals for Come Follow Me 12/26 for kids
Remember that these are guidelines for you to use in your daily Come, Follow Me 12/26 devotionals with your children! Please don’t feel as though you have to use every single question, journal entry, or activity. Just make sure you look at the activity in advance so you can gather any materials they may require.
Here is a general outline for each devotional for Come Follow Me 12/26:
- Start by singing the song together and saying a prayer
- Read the scripture together, then your family can have a discussion using the questions/comments provided.
- Copy the journal entries into a spiral notebook. The child or the parent can write the question at the top, after which the child can write or draw an answer.
- Have fun together doing the activity as a family!
Modifications for older children for Come, Follow Me 12/26 daily devotionals:
- Explore the footnotes for each of the scriptures listed in Come, Follow Me 12/26
- Ask additional discussion questions found in the Personal Study section of Come, Follow Me – For Individuals and Families for Come Follow Me 12/26
- Instead of answering the journal entry with a drawing, you can create a study journal (a simple spiral notebook will work) to answer the question with a few sentences or paragraphs, depending on the child’s age.
You might also enjoy these Come Follow Me Workbooks for Kids:
Monday Devotional
Song
Come Follow Me (Hymns #116)
Scripture
Discussion
- What did the rich young ruler want to know? What was Jesus’s answer?
- Does this mean we have to give up all of our money? What kinds of things does God ask us to give up to follow Him?
Journal Entry
What can I give up to better follow God?
Activity
Tuesday Devotional
Song
Teach Me to Walk in the Light (Children’s #177)
Scripture
Discussion
- I am responsible for my own learning. I need to listen and learn, then go try it.
- How do you learn a new game? Are you excited to go play it?
- Can you be be excited to try something new in the gospel? (Like being nice to someone or inviting someone to church)
Journal Entry
What is a commandment I can try to keep this week?
Activity
Play Simon Says
Wednesday Devotional
Song
I Want to Be a Missionary Now (Children’s #168)
Scripture
Discussion
- What is a testimony? Why do I need one?
- Story of the 5 wise virgins and the wedding: the oil is a symbol of their testimonies.
- Those who didn’t have a testimony could go to the wedding. When things are hard if we don’t have a testimony we will miss out on blessings.
Journal Entry
How can I fill my lamp this week?
Activity
Thursday Devotional
Song
Search, Ponder, and Pray (Children’s #109)
Scripture
Discussion
- I need to know the truth for myself – what I need to do to gain my own testimony.
- Where does your testimony come from?
Journal Entry
How can I increase my testimony today?
Activity
Friday Devotional
Song
Teacher, Do you Love Me? (Children’s #178)
Scripture
Discussion
- What should I do when I have questions?
- Does Heavenly Father always tell us the answer right away?
- Having a question is like trying to put together a puzzle. God knows everything, but he won’t put the puzzle together for us. He will, however, give us a picture of what it should look like to help us along the way.
Journal Entry
What question do I have for Heavenly Father?
Activity
Put together a puzzle.
Primary Children’s Assignment for Come Follow Me 12/26
The Come, Follow Me – For Primary manual contains a section in each week’s lesson entitled “Encourage Learning at Home.” Here is this week’s invitation for Come Follow Me 12/26:
How can you encourage children and their parents to learn from the New Testament at home? For example, you could invite the children to memorize one of the scriptures you discussed in class (it might help to break the scripture into short phrases) and share the verse with their families.
Sunday Ideas for Kids for Come Follow Me 12/26
Use Sundays for a time of reflection; share what you discussed that day in each of your classes. Did you learn anything new or hear a different perspective about what you studied this week?
If you went to a class that did not use the Come, Follow Me 12/26 Manual, then share what stood out to you the most in your class.
Take a few minutes to talk about what parts of Sacrament Meeting you felt like were meant for you. If your younger children are struggling during Sacrament, try using these Ideas and Activities to Keep Toddlers and Kids Quiet During Church
Here are some activities that go along with this week’s topic in Come Follow Me 12/26
Sunday Kids Activities for Come Follow Me 12/26
- Do this week’s free activity pages from Color Me Christian
- Read “Excited to Learn” (April 2009 Liahona and Friend). Russell is excited about his first day of school, but he discovers he can’t learn everything all at once.
- Read “A Lesson in Learning” (April 2007 Friend). Kasey learns that learning something well is better than learning it fast.
- Coloring page: “Adam and Eve Teach Their Children”(February 2010 Friend)
- Make a list of all the things you have learned in your life. Can you put everything on it? How long is your list?
- Child at school coloring page
- “I Can Obey” (February 2017 Friend). Use the chart to decode the message and see what Joseph Smith said about obedience. Also includes a letter puzzle.
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You’re welcome!! Our kids are 5 and 2 – I can’t imagine 4 at this age range!
Thank you! Is there a way to download the entire weeks worth of Journal entries in one link?
Like in a PDF? We can work on that! The problem is that we won’t have the activities themselves in the PDF since we get them from other websites.
We’ve got a PDF up now for this week! Just click on the picture at the top of the post to download it!
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
This is great! Is there a way to print these off? in a PDF form?
We will work on that! The problem is that we won’t have the activities themselves in the PDF since we get them from other websites. But we can put the link in them.
We’ve got a PDF up now for this week! Just click on the picture at the top of the post to download it!
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You’re welcome!! Thanks so much for your kind words – we’re glad this is helpful!
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You’re welcome! I’m so glad it was useful for you!!!
We completed the 1st week using your suggestions. It was great to break it up into smaller chunks as part of our morning devotional. We hadn’t had a morning devotional for at least a year. It gives us more opportunities to be together each day. I chose to do it during or just before breakfast. I think it helped with kids’ attention span- at least for the 2 primary aged kids. We have 4 YM who probably could have studied it all in one setting. Still, I like the “here a little, there a little” approach to learning.
We are still studying the Book of Mormon in the evening before bed.
That’s wonderful!! Before breakfast is a great idea!