Parable of the Talents Activity



Family Home Evening Lesson on Talents by Deseret Book
Talents and Gifts



Talents Game
 

A Penny and a thought
Blueberry Muffin - Attach the following saying, "Sometimes we can't see the blueberries on the surface but if you take a bite there they are. Our talents are much the same way. We must make the effort to find our Godlike qualities."

Developing Talents
One of my all-time favorite books is "If Talent Were Pizza, You'd Be a Supreme" by Jack Weyland.  The book talks all about finding and developing talents.  One chapter talks about finding out the things we are good at.  He says we must have spent time in the pre-existence learning and developing skills.  When we are young, we get all sorts of praise for the little things we do - sit, walk, first word, tying shoes, etc.  Then we start school and get graded and judged.  Suddenly, we are afraid to try anything new.  We say "I can't play tennis" instead of "I've never tried to play tennis".  He challenges us to try new things to find out what we learned in the pre-existence.  It's a great book to buy or you may even be able to rent it from your local library.
Overlooked Spiritual Gifts



Invest in yourself
Make use of yourself



Don't just hang around



Ideas for activities that would help develop talents

Microscopic Art of Willard Wigen - amazing!



One Liners



I have talents

Parable of the Talents - How would you use your talents?

A Curriculum Fable
Parable of the Apple
The Blind Fish - A story of "use it" or "lose it".



Gifts and Talents by Henry D. Taylor



CNN video of 12 year old artist