March 27–April 2

Genesis 3–4; Moses 4–5

The Fall of Adam and Eve

Before you prepare your lesson, read Genesis 3–4 and Moses 4–5, and record your spiritual impressions. Come, Follow Me for individuals and families and the ideas below can help you understand and teach the doctrine in these chapters.

Record Your Impressions

Improving Our Teaching

Seek your own inspiration. Don’t view these lesson outlines as instructions that you must follow as you teach. Rather, use them as a source of ideas to spark your own inspiration as you ponder the needs of the children you teach. (See Teaching in the Savior’s Way, 7.)

Invite Sharing

One of your objectives is to help the children learn from the scriptures on their own and with their families. One way you can do this is to invite them to share their feelings and experiences about the principles and stories in these chapters. This may include experiences they’ve had learning at home.

Teach the Doctrine

Younger Children

Moses 4

What can I learn from the story of Adam and Eve?

Before children can learn principles in the story of Adam and Eve, they need to understand the basic details of the story. Read Moses 4 with the children you teach in mind. How will you help them understand who Adam and Eve were and what happened in the Garden of Eden?

Possible Activities

• Summarize the story of Adam and Eve from Moses 4 (see also ”Adam and Eve,” chapter 3 of Old Testament Stories). Have them clap each time they hear “Adam,” “Eve,” or other important words.

• Show the video “Chapter 3: Adam and Eve” (LDS.org).

• Help the children use pictures to tell the story (see this week’s activity page).

• Sing the first verse of “Follow the Prophet” (Children’s Songbook, 110–11).

Genesis 3:1–7, 22; Moses 4:7–13, 28

My choices have consequences.

The story of Adam and Eve partaking of the forbidden fruit is a simple way to introduce the principle that our choices have consequences. As you read about this story, ponder how you can use it to help the children understand the importance of their choices.

Possible Activities

• Review the story of Adam and Eve with the children, and ask questions like these: What choices did Adam and Eve make? What happened because of their choices? Help the children understand that Adam and Eve’s choice was part of Heavenly Father’s plan.

• Share several simple examples of a child making a right choice or a wrong choice, and ask the children to indicate if the choice was right or wrong (they could do this by standing up, holding up signs, raising their hands, and so on).

Moses 5:4, 8

I can pray to Heavenly Father.

What do the children you teach need to know about prayer? What do you find in these verses that can help them?

Possible Activities

• Use Moses 5:4, 8 to teach the children that Adam and Eve prayed. Help them learn how to pray (for example, say, “Dear Heavenly Father”; thank Him for blessings; ask Him for blessings; and close in the name of Jesus Christ). The class could say these parts in unison several times.

• Using a picture of someone praying (for example, see Gospel Art Book, no. 111), teach the children that when we pray, we bow our head, fold our arms, and close our eyes.

• Can you or the children share any experiences with prayer?

Teach the Doctrine

Older Children

Genesis 3; Moses 4

The Fall of Adam and Eve was part of God’s plan for His children.

There are important principles in the story of Adam and Eve, but children need to know the story before they can learn those principles. What new insights do you gain as you review these chapters yourself?

Possible Activities

• Invite children to tell the story of the Fall of Adam and Eve in their own words (chapter 3 of Old Testament Stories can help; see also the video on LDS.org). Ask questions to ensure that the children understand important points of the story.

• Assign each child to draw a part of the story, and use the drawings to tell the story.

Moses 4:6–32; 5:4–15

Jesus Christ’s Atonement allows me to repent and live again.

The children you teach can better appreciate their need for Atonement of Jesus Christ when they understand the effects of the Fall. How can you use Moses 4–5 to help the children feel the need for a Savior to help them overcome sin and death?

Possible Activities

• Help the children make two lists, titled “Because of Adam and Eve” and “Because of Jesus Christ,” using things they learn from Moses 4:25; 5:8–9, 15; 6:48, 59; Romans 5:12; 2 Nephi 2:22–23; and Alma 11:42.

• Show the video “Because of Him” (LDS.org). Share your testimony of the Savior, and invite the children to share how they feel about Him.

Moses 4:20–31; 5:1–15

Our choices have consequences.

The children you teach will face critical choices in their future. How can the story of Adam and Eve help them think more deeply about choices and consequences?

Possible Activities

• Play a simple game together in which the children have to make choices in order to win. Then play the game again—but this time, make all of the choices for the children. How does this activity help them understand Moses 4:1–4?

• Share several scenarios in which children must make a choice. Let them discuss the possible consequences of each choice.

Encourage Learning at Home

How can you encourage children to continue learning from the Old Testament at home? For example, if they completed this week’s activity page during class, they could use the pictures to teach their families about Adam and Eve.

Sharing Time

Singing Time

Use the Children’s Songbook (music.lds.org) to select a variety of songs that reinforce the doctrine the children are learning—as well as some songs that are simply fun to sing. Here are some that relate to principles they are learning this month:

• “I Am a Child of God,” Children’s Songbook, 2–3

• “Choose the Right Way,” Children’s Songbook, 160–61

As you sing, stop the song periodically and ask a child to share their thoughts and feelings about the messages in the song.

Sharing by Children

Create opportunities for children to share how they are learning and living the gospel.

Younger Children

• Let the children color pictures that say “CTR” (choose the right). You might invite a few children or other ward members ahead of time to share good choices they’ve made to follow Jesus Christ.

• Help the children make a list of things they might say in their prayers.

Older Children

• Invite a few children to come prepared to share an experience when they had to choose between right and wrong. What consequences came because of their decision?

• Ask several children or their family members to share their favorite scripture or song about the Atonement and Resurrection. Why is it their favorite? The children could then sing the hymn or song together.