2 Nephi 1-2 Come Follow Me Primary Activities for Children's Daily Study

Whether you hold a calling in Primary or are a mother to young children, this article is sure to help you find your next idea in teaching your children the Gospel! This week, we're focusing on Come Follow Me's 2 Nephi 1-2 and it's filled with deep Gospel principles that can be taught in some super fun ways! Check it out below!

2 Nephi 1

Activity Ideas:

Boat Craft

• Materials Needed:

  • Cardboard Paper

  • Crayons or markers

  • Craft sticks

  • Scissors

  • Glue

• Activity:

1. Discuss the scripture about the mercies of God in sparing the lives of Nephi's family while inside the boat. Discuss moments in your life when you've seen God's mercy and blessings.

2. Encourage toddlers to decorate paper plates as boats using crayons or markers.

3. Attach craft sticks on the back of the colored and cut out picture

Water Play

• Materials Needed:

  • Plastic containers or a small kiddie pool

  • Toy boats

  • Water

• Activity:

1. Set up a water play area with containers or a kiddie pool.

2. Discuss the scripture as toddlers play with toy boats in the water.

3. Emphasize the importance of listening and obeying to stay safe in the water. Share how you've felt safe while listening and obeying Heavenly Father's commandments.

Mercy Collage

• Materials Needed:

  • Magazines or printed pictures

  • Glue

  • Paper or cardboard

• Activity:

1. Discuss the concept of God's mercy in protecting and blessing us.

2. Help toddlers create a collage by gluing pictures that represent acts of kindness and mercy onto paper, poster board, or cardboard.

Activity Ideas:

Map Exploration

• Materials Needed:

  • Large paper or cardboard

  • Markers or crayons

  • Stickers or pictures representing the land of promise

• Activity:

1. Create a simple map on a large piece of paper or cardboard.

2. Discuss the scripture about the land of promise and God's mercy.

3. Help toddlers place stickers or pictures on the map to represent the journey from Jerusalem to the promised land.

Act it Out

• Materials Needed:

  • Pretend play costumes (simple robes or scarves)

  • Safe play area

• Activity:

1. Talk about the scripture and how the Lord warned people to flee from Jerusalem.

2. Encourage toddlers to engage in dramatic play, pretending to "flee" to a safe area.

Building the Promised Land

• Materials Needed:

  • Building blocks or playdough

• Activity:

1. Discuss the scripture about obtaining the land of promise.

2. Encourage toddlers to use building blocks or playdough to construct their version of the promised land.

Activity Ideas:

Commandment Sorting:

• Materials Needed:

  • Images or cards representing commandments

  • Two baskets or containers labeled "Keep" and "Don't Keep"

• Activity:

1. Talk about the importance of keeping commandments.

2. Show toddlers images or cards with simple commandments and encourage them to sort them into the appropriate baskets.

Blessings and Challenges Drawing:

• Materials Needed:

  • Paper

  • Markers or crayons

• Activity:

1. Discuss the blessings mentioned in the scripture and the concept of keeping commandments.

2. Have toddlers draw pictures of blessings and challenges they may face when trying to keep commandments.

"Prosper Upon the Face of the Land" Fort Building:

• Materials Needed:

  • Blankets

• Activity:

1. Together with your child, build a fort

2. While building, discuss how Heavenly Father helped the Nephites prosper and thrive in the land as they kept the commandments and obeyed God

3. Share with them times you've been blessed because you obeyed God and His commandments.

Circle of Love:

• Materials Needed:

• Colored paper

• Glue

• Child-safe scissors

• Activity:

1. Talk about being encircled eternally in the arms of God's love.

2. Help toddlers cut out colorful paper strips and glue them together in a circular shape to represent the eternal circle of God's love.

Sing "I Am A Child of God" together

Dance of Love:

• Materials Needed:

• Music player

• Activity:

1. Play music and encourage toddlers to dance freely.

2. Use scarves or ribbons to create a circle dance, symbolizing being encircled in God's love.

Sensory Experience:

• Materials Needed:

• Soft fabrics or blankets

• Comfortable seating area

• Activity:

1. Create a cozy sensory space using soft fabrics.

2. Talk about the warmth and comfort of being encircled in God's love as toddlers explore the sensory environment.

Armor of Righteousness Dress-Up:

• Materials Needed:

• Cardboard

• Aluminum foil

• Fabric or old clothes for belts

• Activity:

1. Discuss the concept of putting on the armor of righteousness.

2. Help toddlers create simple armor pieces using cardboard and aluminum foil.

3. Let them put on their "righteous armor" and engage in a pretend play adventure.

Shaking Off Chains Sensory Play:

• Materials Needed:

• Plastic chains (toy or craft chains)

• Large container or box filled with soft materials (e.g., cotton balls)

• Activity:

1. Explain the idea of shaking off the chains of sin.

2. Provide toddlers with plastic chains and encourage them to shake them off into a soft container, symbolizing freedom from chains.

Arise from the Dust Art:

• Materials Needed:

• Construction paper

• Glue

• Cotton or sand

• Activity:

1. Talk about arising from the dust and leaving behind old habits.

2. Have toddlers create artwork by gluing cotton or sand onto construction paper, symbolizing the dust and rising above it.

Obstacle Course Adventure:

• Materials Needed:

• Pillows

• Soft play mats or carpets

• Activity:

1. Set up a simple obstacle course with pillows and soft mats.

2. Guide toddlers through the course, emphasizing the idea of coming forth out of obscurity and arising from the dust.

Thankful Hearts Activity:

• Materials Needed:

• Construction paper

• Crayons or markers

• Stickers or cut-out images of hearts

• Activity:

1. Discuss the importance of being grateful for each other.

2. Help toddlers create "Thankful Hearts" by drawing or decorating hearts and expressing gratitude for their siblings or family members.

Instrument Play:

• Materials Needed:

• Toy instruments (e.g., shakers, drums)

• Optional: Simple background music

• Activity:

1. Talk about being instruments in God's hands, just like the brother in the scripture.

2. Let toddlers play with toy instruments, creating their own joyful sounds.

Friendship Bracelets:

• Materials Needed:

• Pipe cleaners or yarn

• Beads

• Activity:

1. Talk to toddlers about being good friends, just like Zoram was a true friend to Nephi.

2. Create friendship bracelets together using pipe cleaners or yarn and colorful beads.

Friendship Collage:

• Materials Needed:

• Magazines or printed images

• Glue

• Poster board or paper

• Activity:

1. Discuss the qualities of a good friend.

2. Help toddlers create a friendship collage by gluing images or pictures that represent friendship onto a poster board.

2 Nephi 2

Sacrifice of Love Craft:

• Materials Needed:

• Paper

• Crayons or markers

• Stickers (heart shapes)

• Activity:

1. Discuss Jesus Christ's sacrifice and how it was an act of love

2. Help toddlers create a "Sacrifice of Love" craft by drawing or decorating hearts on paper.

Heartfelt Prayer:

• Materials Needed:

• Simple prayer visuals (pictures of folded hands)

• Activity:

1. Introduce the concept of prayer as a way to express a contrite spirit.

2. Encourage toddlers to fold their hands and say a simple, heartfelt prayer together.

Balancing Opposites Game:

• Materials Needed:

• Different-sized blocks or soft toys

• Activity:

1. Introduce the concept of opposites (big/small, up/down, fast/slow).

2. Encourage toddlers to play a game of balancing opposites, stacking blocks or toys in pairs of opposites.

Sorting Pairs:

• Materials Needed:

• Colored objects (e.g., toys, crayons)

• Two baskets

• Activity:

1. Talk about opposites like colors (red/blue) or shapes (circle/square).

2. Invite toddlers to sort objects into pairs of opposites and place them in two baskets.

Nature Opposites Hunt:

• Materials Needed:

• Nature items (leaves, stones)

• Small baskets or bags

• Activity:

1. Go on a nature walk and collect items that represent opposites (smooth/rough, light/dark).

2. Discuss the opposites as you explore nature together.

Opposite Movement Game:

• Materials Needed:

• Music

• Activity:

1. Play music and encourage toddlers to move in opposite ways (jump up and then sit down, move forward and then backward).

2. Make it a fun and interactive dance session.

Fall and Rise Play:

• Materials Needed:

• Soft cushions or pillows

• Activity:

1. Create a soft play area with cushions.

2. Encourage toddlers to "fall" onto the cushions and then "rise" again, emphasizing the concept of falling and rising. Liken it to the Fall and the Atonement.

Joyful Art:

• Materials Needed:

• Paints, markers, or crayons

• Paper

• Activity:

1. Discuss the concept of joy.

2. Let toddlers create joyful art, expressing happiness through colors and shapes.

Sorting Activity: Good Choices vs. Bad Choices

• Materials Needed:

• Pictures or objects representing good and bad choices

• Two baskets or containers

• Activity:

1. Show pictures or objects symbolizing good and bad choices to toddlers.

2. Let them sort and place each item into the appropriate basket, discussing why each choice is good or bad.

Puppet Play - Making Choices

• Materials Needed:

• Puppets

• Small props or pictures representing choices

• Activity:

1. Use puppets to act out scenarios where characters make different choices.

2. Discuss with toddlers what the characters could have chosen differently.

Choosing Paths:

• Materials Needed:

• Chalk or tape

• Outdoor space

• Activity:

1. Create paths using chalk or tape on the ground.

2. Let toddlers walk along the paths, discussing the idea of choosing the right path.

Role Playing - Making Decisions:

• Materials Needed:

• Simple props or pictures

• Activity:

1. Engage in role-playing scenarios where toddlers make decisions.

2. Discuss the outcomes of each decision and the concept of freedom to choose.

• These activities aim to introduce toddlers to the principles of freedom and making righteous choices in a playful and interactive way.