I will honor my father and mother and show
respect for others in my family

When we respect, honor, and love Heavenly Father, we are showing reverence for Him. And Heavenly Father is pleased when we respect, honor, and love our parents. One of the Ten Commandments tells us to honor our parents. Nephi begins the Book of Mormon by telling us that he was “born of goodly parents”. They were “goodly” because they taught him to love the Lord and obey His commandments.
 

Activity for Senior Primary- Click here to print off the Word Document needed for this activity.  Give each class a scripture and have them answer the questions listed. (Everyone has the same questions to answer).   Give each group time to report its findings.  You can either have one person from each class come up to the front and answer the questions or have the whole class come forward.  Tell the children that it is important not only to understand a commandment but to understand the consequences of keeping or not keeping that commandment.

Put each of the following song titles inside an envelope...(one inside each one).  Make sure all of them are sealed shut and hide them throughout the Primary room.

"Quickly I'll Obey", p. 197
“Love is Spoken Here,” p. 190
“Teach me to Walk in the Light” p. 177
“The Family,” p. 194
“I am a child of God", p. 2
“The Dearest Names", p. 208

Invite one child at a time to find an envelope. Once found, have the child walk it over to the Primary Pianist and he/she will open the envelope.  He or she will then play the first note of the song.  If the Primary children can't guess which song it is, play them play two notes and so on until they guess the correct song with as few as notes as possible. 

Once the song is correctly guessed, sing the song.  Then decide with the whole Primary what commandment or commandments that song reminds you to keep. Write the commandments on the chalkboard. 

Summary - It is important to honor our parents.  They love us and we show them our love by obeying and honoring them.  Share your testimony.

Other Optional Ideas:

- This idea is by Diane Nichols, “Sharing Time: Promised Blessings,” Friend, Oct. 2001, 40 - Have a stack of ten to fifteen small sticks, and a paper bag labeled “Garbage Can.” Ask a child to break one of the sticks. Explain that using “garbage-can words”—words that are inappropriate or hurtful—in our homes can make our families weak like the single stick and more easily broken. We should not use words that hurt family members, but throw them away. Throw away the broken stick in the paper-bag garbage can. Explain that instead of saying things that weaken our families, we should use words that build up and strengthen them. Ask the children what words strengthen families (“thank you,” “please,” “you did great,” “may I help you,” etc.). Have each child who gives a word or phrase add one of the remaining sticks to create a bundle of sticks. Tie them securely together and ask a child to try to break the bundle. Like the bundle, families are much stronger when family members build each other up by saying kind things to one another. Sing “Love Is Spoken Here” (CS, pp. 190–191).

- Select a panel of 3 or 4 children to pretend that they are “expert parents.” Give each one large cards that say Yes, No, and Not now. Ask the panel to decide, individually or as a unit, what is best for a child in certain situations, hold up their answers, and tell why they answered as they did. Other children might draw the situations out of a container, or you can present them. Use the situations from the manual, construct your own, or use some of the following: • My father has been out of work and is finally offered a good job in a new city. I’m 8 years old and want to stay here. Should I be willing to move? • My friends want to play, but I haven’t done my homework and have a big spelling test tomorrow. Should I play? • It’s a hot day, and my chores are not done. My friends are going swimming at the local pool, and I want to go with them. What do I tell them? When the panel has finished, explain that parents want to do what is best for their children. Heavenly Father knows what is best for us. He always answers our prayers, and He answers them in ways that are best for us. Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes no, and sometimes “not now.” Share a story or personal experience of receiving an answer to prayer. Remind the children that when we have faith in Heavenly Father, we are willing to trust His answers—we know that He knows best and that He loves us. From the front of the My Achievement Days booklet, have the children recite with you, “I can pray to Heavenly Father anytime, anywhere.” (Or write it on paper and have them draw borders around it in several different colors.) Sing “Heavenly Father, Now I Pray” (CS, p. 19) or another song about prayer.