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"Lesson 2: Understanding Those You Teach" - Consider the last lesson you taught. As you prepared and presented the lesson, what did you think about? Did you think about the lesson material? Did you think about those you were teaching? How much did you really know about the individuals you were teaching? If you did not know them, how might knowing at least something about each of them have made a difference in your lesson? Think about the next lesson you will teach. Try to picture in your mind the setting and each individual who will be there. Perhaps someone who sits in the same place each week comes to mind. What do you know about that person that might help you decide which point to emphasize in the lesson? What experiences has he or she had that might help someone else better understand a gospel principle? Your knowledge of these things will influence your choices as you prepare and present lessons. This is why you need to do more than simply understand your lesson material; you need to understand the people you teach—as children of God, as members of their age-group, and as individuals.

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“Every calling provides an opportunity to serve and to grow. The Lord organized the Church in a way that offers each member an opportunity for service, which, in turn, leads to personal spiritual growth. Whatever your calling, I urge you to see it as an opportunity not only to strengthen and bless others but also to become what Heavenly Father wants you to become.” -- President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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Hot glue tacks to the back of clothespins to hang pictures for your lesson at church. Just push into the bulletin board strip along the top of the chalkboard so you can hang pictures.

It is a gift to be able to teach the children. They are pure, and their minds are open. As Primary leaders, it is as if we are writing on blank pages. We are also protecting the faith that is innate in every child. In a Primary board meeting, Michael Wilcox put it this way: “Our job is to keep the world from taking out of a child what is already there.” – Sister Rosemary M. Wixom

Need a handout to encourage your Primary class to watch General Conference? Here is one idea:

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It started out as an ordinary Primary lesson. I was standing in front of my class of eight-year-olds, telling them a story of one of the latter-day prophets. When I finished, I began to question them about the moral the story taught. All hands shot into the air as the children competed to give the answer—all hands, that is, but Robert’s. I thought nothing of it. He was new in class, and I thought perhaps he was just timid about participating on his first day. But as the answer was given and we discussed it, I noticed that Robert’s face grew more and more perplexed. He wasn’t grasping the idea. He wasn’t understanding. The week before, I hadn’t had time to finish the lesson I had prepared. I knew that I was pressed for time again now, and so I told myself I couldn’t make the other ten children wait while I explained it again for Robert’s sake. I decided to go on. After all, I told myself, we’re bound to go over this idea again some other time. I made one quick glance about the room to make sure the rest understood. As my eyes swept past Robert’s, my heart froze. In just a flash his face faded away and I saw my three-year-old son, Sam. Startled, I just stood there, staring at Robert as if I expected it to happen again. It didn’t then, or ever again. Later that evening as I was reflecting on the incident, I began to feel guilty about what I had done. Suddenly it was six years from now; Sam was sitting in Robert’s chair, and I had been replaced by another teacher. She was telling the same story I had told and was getting the same response from my son that I had received from Robert. She looked at Sam and saw that he didn’t understand. But she proceeded right on with the lesson anyway, saying to herself, “We’re bound to go over this idea again some other time. Maybe he’ll get it then.” I watched Sam sitting alone on his chair, his feet not even touching the floor. I watched him as the rest of the class hurried on, leaving him bewildered. Suddenly I realized the impact of what I had done. I had passed over a child of God simply because I couldn’t be bothered. I had lost an important teaching moment. I had been given the opportunity to place a child closer to his Father in Heaven, but had turned my back. I’ve never forgotten the lesson I learned that day—that only when I have done my best on behalf of all the children I teach can I pray for the best from another teacher on behalf of my own child.