
The children you teach will face situations when they need the Lord’s help to be brave. Share your testimony that helping our families makes us happy. Sing a song about helping our families, such as “ When We’re Helping” ( Children’s Songbook, 198). Invite them to talk about things they do to bless their families, and tell about some of the things you do. Invite some of the children to act out something kind they could do to serve someone in their families, and ask the other children to guess what they are doing. Help the children think of needs their family members might have that the children can help with. Read Esther 2:7 to the children, and ask the children to listen for what Mordecai did. Explain that Esther’s parents died, so Esther needed someone to take care of her. On the board, draw figures that represent Esther, her parents, and her cousin Mordecai. You can use their experience as an opportunity to talk about serving members of our families. When Esther’s parents died, her cousin Mordecai took care of her.

Integrated Curriculum Illustration Teach the Doctrine: Younger Children
