Teaching Seek the Lord Early

I decided to "get a clue" teaching Seek the Lord Early to my 185 primary kids! We will be finding seven, two-part clues. The first part of the clues will loosely teach the words of the song. The second part will reveal the location of the next clue. To make sure they will read the parts individually, I will have the second part behind the first part. I will bring my magnifying glass and fun hat for better sleuthing.

We will practice a Father's Day song for teachers to look for a great singer that can help me with our next activity (the Clue Game). A child from each class will read and then search for the next clue. A child from the last class will place the prompting cards on the board.

Here are the clues that I will be hiding:

Let’s be detectives with seven mysteries to unfold
C’mon detective before the trail gets cold
The 1st Clue in our game of sleuth:
You can seek the Lord when you’re old
But it’s better while in you’re _________.

Look around to find who last left the womb
Who is the youngest person in the room?
(Ahead of time place this with the child)

2nd Clue
You are coming along in our game of sleuth.
Satan is the father of lies
The Lord helps us to know the _______.


I search in mine for comfort, lessons and cures
The Lord speaks his words to me through the ___________.
(We have a shelf of scriptures in our room)


3rd Clue
We ask for help
And our thanks we share
When we go to our Father
In fervent __________.


There is a place to pray
In our Primary room
If you used this mike stand
Your words of prayer would boom.
(Podium)

4th Clue
When we seek the Lord early
We know how to obey
We hear from living ________
Counsel on how to live today.


We knew the Presidency with Hinckley
For most of our lives
Now we know Frances, Kathleen & Harriet as their wives
(I will tape the 1st Pres. Picture up with the clue attached on the back)

5th Clue
He gives us commandments
On Earth and from above
When we closely obey them
We feel his abounding _______


“The Lord lives” the prophets testify
In the scriptures evidence is not shy
Moses received more than a call on the phone
When the 10 commandments were written in stone.
(GAK of Moses and the burning bush)

6th Clue
When we seek the Lord early
We build on firm ground
We’ll gain a testimony
HE WILL BE FOUND!

Just like mail carriers deliver a letter
In rain, sun or snow
They’re here to deliver something better
Eternal truths to help us grow
(Place with teacher ahead of time.)

You’ve made it to the 7th Clue
I knew you’d know just what to do.
But did you know as you’ve come along
You’ve actually been learning a new song?
Seek the Lord Early is the song’s name
We will order these cards to finish our game.
You’ve been FANTASTIC smart sleuths
Of course because you know so many truths!
(Prompting cards attached in ziploc)

Prompting Cards
1. Picture of baby
2. Check boxes next to the words Truth and False
Truth box is checked
3. GAK #606 of family praying over the scripture
4. GAK #506 Latter-day Prophets
5. Simple drawing of tablets with large heart in center
6. Big "X" to mark the spot with the words Turn Over Cards in size 5 font at bottom

I will sing the song for them first. Second, together we will read the 1st part of the clues from my master copy to sort the prompting cards. I will sing prompts from the song as we are sorting. Upon placing each card, the kids will sing the phrase with me.

I will have the kids scrapbook dot the pictures on the back of a poster size picture of Jesus Christ from the Distribution Center. Upon flipping poster the Savior will be "found".

A "thanks" to the 11yr. old girls who designed and colored my clue cards as an achievement day activity. Oh, they also drew the picture of my baby to represent youth.