Articles of Faith Sketches
Brace yourself. These are the sketches I drew to help my daughter learn and memorize the Articles of Faith
…and a few teaching hints to go with them:
* Let the child help draw the picture or at least draw it while they are watching. Learning happens with the art making. Just like how children learn the concepts of a Primary song by singing it more than if they only listened to someone else sing to them.
* Talk about the BIG ideas that are represented with these little pictures. No point in having children repeat things they don’t understand.
* Tape one of these pictures to the dashboard of your car so that you can help your child memorize on the fly.
* Quiz backwards, for a review, and have the child try to draw the same picture after you have said the verse.
* Relax and don’t get hung-up on creating perfect pictures. Children don’t care. They like primitive art! It naturally speaks to them.
Tags: Articles Of Faith, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
November 19th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I love those sketches! I think you are a good artist. Can I use your ideas?
November 19th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
YES! USE THEM, IMPROVE THEM, RUN WITH THEM GIRL…whatever you like. I think there is great Activity Day potential here. Have fun!
November 24th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Thank you, Liesa, for sharing your talent with us! I will happily share these with others and tell them where to find the pictures!
November 25th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Well, they’re only wacky doodles, but I’ve appreciated how they helped to speed the memorization process and open discussion of what the Articles Of Faith really mean. Just this morning, on the way to school, Lizzie and I were talking about the literal gathering of Israel and the restoration of the ten tribes. Heady stuff for a sixth grader but why not!