Father’s Day

 Idea One

Prior Preparation: Make the following wordstrips: Lehi, Nephi, Adam, Abel, Noah, Shem, King Benjamin, Mosiah, Mormon, Moroni, Alma the Elder, Alma the Younger. Put all the underlined names (the fathers) on one side of the board and all the other names (the songs) on the other side. 

Sharing Time: Tell the children we are going to match the sons with their fathers. Tell a story about the pair they’ve chosen. The story can be about the father or the son. To help the children, you could get pictures from the library depicting scenes from either the son’s or the father’s life. 

Idea Two

Prior Preparation: Tape butcher paper to the bottom of a portable chalkboard so when someone stands behind it they can’t be seen. Choose 3-4 fathers. Have them write a short autobiography concentrating on when they were a boy. Have them keep this secret if they have children in Primary. 

Sharing Time: Have the Fathers hidden behind the chalkboard when the children come into Primary. Tell the children they get to guess which Fathers are standing behind the chalkboard by listening to a little about their lives. Read each autobiography and have the children guess who it is. (If there is time, children could take turns asking questions to Father #1, etc. to help find out who the fathers are.) 

Daddy’s Shoes

By Bonny Dahlsrud

Whenever I do things for Mom,

Dad says I “fill his shoes.”

How can that be? They’re much too large!

I’ll check each pair for clues:

My daddy’s work boots lace up high;

They’re leather, and they’re strong.

You couldn’t choose a better pair

To work in all day long.

For Sundays and dress-up affairs,

His shoes are shiny and bright.

Dad looks great just grand from head to toe—

He’s such a handsome sight!

He has some large black winter boots; 

He wears them when it snows.

They buckle snugly ‘round his feet;

They don’t have ties or bows.

Before bedtime, or after baths,

Dad’s slippers are his choice.

The shoes he wears for basketball

Sure have a squeaky voice!

My daddy’s shoes are still too large

(I’ve tried them all again).

But Dad says that I fill them

‘Cause I help like grown-up men.