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Jonah’s Second Chance

A runaway prophet, a wild storm, a great fish, and a whole city that turns around

  • 💧 CTR 8
  • Week 48
  • 📅 Sunday, November 29, 2026
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

We can’t run away from the Lord’s love: He speaks through His prophets and gives second chances to everyone who turns to Him.

I can listen to the Lord and His prophets, and when I get it wrong, I can turn around and try again.

Come, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Amos; Obadiah; Jonah)
Know the chapters

Amos, Obadiah and Jonah are three of the twelve short books at the end of the Old Testament called the “minor prophets.” Amos was a herdsman who also tended fig trees (Amos 1:1; 7:14–15) until the Lord called him to warn Israel. He taught that the Lord reveals His plans to His prophets (Amos 3:7), pleaded, “Seek ye me, and ye shall live” (5:4), and warned of a famine “of hearing the words of the LORD” (8:11–12). Latter-day Saints see that famine in the Great Apostasy after the Apostles died, and its end in the Restoration. Obadiah, only 21 verses long, ends with “saviours shall come up on mount Zion” (1:21), which President Gordon B. Hinckley connected to doing temple work for our ancestors.

Jonah is one of the best stories in the Bible for kids. The Lord sent Jonah to Nineveh, the capital of Assyria, a cruel enemy of Israel (in what is now Iraq). Jonah went the opposite way, toward Tarshish, far across the sea. Then came the storm, the lots, the trip overboard, and the great fish the Lord “prepared” (1:17). The fish wasn’t a punishment. It was a rescue. Jonah prayed from inside the fish (Jonah 2), and “the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time” (3:1). This time he went, and the whole city, from the king down to the animals, fasted and turned from their evil ways. The Lord spared them. Jonah sulked, so the Lord used a shady plant and a hungry worm to teach him that He cares about every person in that city (4:10–11).

Jesus tied Jonah to Himself. He said that as Jonah was three days and three nights in the fish, the Son of Man would be three days in the heart of the earth (Matthew 12:40). Jonah’s rescue points to the Savior’s death and Resurrection, which make every second chance possible. For eight-year-olds, the takeaways are simple: we can’t hide from God, He never gives up on us, He loves even the people we think are “bad guys,” and He helps us obey when it’s hard. Tie it to their baptism: the sacrament is our weekly chance to turn around and start fresh.

November 29 is a fifth Sunday. The manual invites Primary teachers to use activities from “Appendix B: Preparing Children for a Lifetime on God’s Covenant Path” on fifth Sundays if they wish. This lesson already ties Jonah’s second chance to repentance, the sacrament and the baptismal covenant, so it works either way.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read Jonah 1–3. It’s short and fast! Grab a blanket for the great fish (no blanket? two kids’ arms make the fish’s mouth). Run the Story Drama in Teach Mode, play Captain’s Orders, and finish with Forehead Guess. Skip Prophet Telephone if you’re short on time, but do say the key verse together.

What to bring8 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Write the Prophet Telephone message on the index card: “Heavenly Father loves you. Be kind to someone this week.”
  2. Write Amos 3:7 in big letters on a whiteboard or big paper: “Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets.”
  3. Find a picture of the President of the Church and one short thing he taught recently (the Gospel Library or your Primary president can help).
  4. Pick a spot for the ship, a spot for the “beach” where Jonah gets spat out, and a spot for Nineveh.
  5. Add your kids’ names in the My Class tab so you can hand out story parts with one tap.

If your class is wild

  • Cast your most dramatic kid as Jonah. The snoring during the storm alone will win the room.
  • The Storm Crew’s big moment is freezing silent the instant Jonah splashes in. Practice it once before the drama; it’s a perfect self-control drill.
  • “Dry land!” from Captain’s Orders is your all-lesson reset: whenever you say it, everyone freezes and sits.
  • Keep the fish friendly. Say it early and often: “The fish was a rescue!” so nobody worries about being swallowed.
  • If the blanket fish turns into a wrestling cave, the Fish holds the blanket up high like an arch instead of covering Jonah.

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

Opposite Day

2 min

A silly opposite game burns energy, ends in silence, and sets up Jonah running the wrong way.

  1. SAY“It’s Opposite Day! Whatever I say, you do the OPPOSITE.”
  2. Call out: “Sit down!” (they stand) · “Look at the ceiling!” (floor) · “Frown!” (smile) · “Walk toward the door!” (walk away from it) · and last, “Be as LOUD as you can!” (total silence).
  3. While it’s silent, whisper: “Opposite Day is a fun game. But a prophet once played Opposite Day with God, for real.”
  4. SAY“The Lord told a prophet named Jonah to go east to Nineveh. Jonah went west, as far away as a ship could take him. Can you really run away from God? Let’s find out.”
🌪️ Save “Be as LOUD as you can!” for last. They’ll all go silent, and you’ll have the quietest room of the year.

Class screen: 🔄 It’s Opposite Day! Do the opposite! · Sit down! Frown! Be LOUD!

2. Story

Story Drama: Jonah and the Great Fish

7 min

The best drama of the year: storm, splash, gulp, and a whole city that turns around.

  1. Hand out the roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Everyone without a role is one of the People of Nineveh, and helps the Storm Crew until scene 9.
  2. Tie the green “seaweed” around Jonah’s head right before scene 7.
  3. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue.
  4. At scene 6, the Storm Crew must freeze the instant Jonah lands. Practice it once first!
  5. At scene 9, ask: “How many chances did the Lord give Jonah?” (Two!) “And Nineveh?” (A second chance too!)
🌪️ The Fish holds the blanket up like an arch. Jonah crawls under, and no one else goes inside the fish.

Class screen: 🎭🐋 Story Drama time! · Everyone gets a part

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A blanket or large beach towel (the great fish), A strip of green crepe paper, ribbon, or a green plastic bag (seaweed for Jonah’s head), A paper crown for the king of Nineveh

  1. Hand out the roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode). Everyone without a role is one of the People of Nineveh, and helps the Storm Crew until scene 9.
  2. The Great Fish is two kids facing each other, holding hands up high to make a giant mouth. Jonah crawls under the arch, and the Fish lowers its arms around him like a cave.
  3. Right before scene 7, everyone pretends to drape slimy seaweed on Jonah’s head with a big “Sluuurp!” Jonah pulls it off and makes a yucky face.
  4. The King of Nineveh makes a crown with his fingers on top of his head, then takes it off at scene 9.
  5. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue. Tap waves and splash on the Sound Board for the storm.
  6. At scene 6, the Storm Crew must freeze the instant Jonah lands. Practice it once first!
  7. At scene 9, ask: “How many chances did the Lord give Jonah?” (Two!) “And Nineveh?” (A second chance too!)
3. Wiggle break

Captain’s Orders

2 min

A fast command game lets the whole crew relive the story with their bodies.

  1. Tap Sound Board and play the waves. Say: “All aboard Jonah’s ship! When the captain gives an order, do it FAST!”
  2. Orders: STORM! = sway side to side · ROW! = sit and row hard · LIGHTEN THE SHIP! = throw pretend boxes overboard · SLEEPING JONAH! = lie down and snore · OVERBOARD! = jump and swim · GREAT FISH! = open your arms wide like a giant mouth and GULP.
  3. Mix up the orders and call them faster and faster.
  4. Let a child who is following well be the captain for one round.
  5. Last order: DRY LAND! Everyone freezes, then sits down quietly on the “beach.”
🌪️ “Dry land!” is your landing strip. Use it any time the ship gets too wild.
🔊 Sound Board (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: ⚓ Captain’s Orders: do it fast! · Storm! Row! Overboard! Great fish! · DRY LAND = freeze and sit

4. Object lesson

Prophet Telephone

3 min

A garbled message versus a clear one shows why Heavenly Father speaks through prophets.

  1. Line everyone up. Whisper a tricky message to the first child: “Jonah’s giant fish ate forty purple pickles on Tuesday.” Each child whispers it to the next, just once.
  2. The last child says it out loud. (It will be hilariously wrong.) Say: “What happened? The message got all mixed up!”
  3. Round 2: Hand the index card to ONE child, the “prophet.” The prophet stands and reads it clearly to everyone at once: “Heavenly Father loves you. Be kind to someone this week.”
  4. SAY“Did everyone get it right that time? Heavenly Father doesn’t play telephone. The prophet Amos wrote that the Lord tells His plans to His prophets (Amos 3:7), and the prophets tell all of us.”
  5. SAY“Jonah was a prophet with a message for Nineveh. When the people listened, their whole city was saved. We have a living prophet today, too.” Show the prophet’s picture and share one thing he has taught recently.
🌪️ Whisperers cup their hands around their mouth. Anyone who shouts the message goes to the end of the line.

Class screen: 📞🧔 Why does God speak through prophets? · Round 1: whisper it down the line · Round 2: the prophet tells everyone

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: An index card and a marker for Prophet Telephone, A picture of our living prophet, the President of the Church (printed, or on your phone)

  1. Line everyone up. Whisper a tricky message to the first child: “Jonah’s giant fish ate forty purple pickles on Tuesday.” Each child whispers it to the next, just once.
  2. The last child says it out loud. (It will be hilariously wrong.) Say: “What happened? The message got all mixed up!”
  3. Round 2: Pick ONE child to be the “prophet.” Say the message clearly to the prophet in front of everyone: “Heavenly Father loves you. Be kind to someone this week.” The prophet stands tall and says it to the whole class at once. Everyone repeats it back.
  4. SAY“Did everyone get it right that time? Heavenly Father doesn’t play telephone. The prophet Amos wrote that the Lord tells His plans to His prophets (Amos 3:7), and the prophets tell all of us.”
  5. SAY“Jonah was a prophet with a message for Nineveh. When the people listened, their whole city was saved. We have a living prophet today, too.” Say the name of the President of the Church and share one thing he has taught recently.

Class screen: 📞🧔 Why does God speak through prophets? · Round 1: whisper it down the line · Round 2: the prophet tells everyone

5. Scripture

Scripture Spotlight: Amos 3:7

3 min

Kids memorize a whole verse about prophets, one disappearing word at a time.

  1. Show Amos 3:7 on your phone or tablet and on your whiteboard. Read it together once.
  2. Teach the motions and say it again.
  3. Tap Name Spinner. The child it picks erases (or covers) one word. Say the verse again with that word missing.
  4. Keep spinning and erasing, and change voices each round: sailor voice, whisper voice, then fish voice (puffed-up cheeks!).
  5. When the board is blank, say the whole verse from memory. Big cheer!
🎡 Name Spinner (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🤫📜 The Lord reveals His secrets to the prophets!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A whiteboard and marker, or a big sheet of paper and sticky notes, for Amos 3:7

Scripture Spotlight: Amos 3:7 (Living Words)

  1. Show Amos 3:7 on your phone or tablet. Read it together once.
  2. Teach the motions and say it again.
  3. Line up kids across the front. Each one becomes a piece of the verse: Surely · the Lord GOD · will do nothing · but he revealeth · his secret · unto his servants · the prophets. (Pairs share a piece if you have lots of kids.) Say it down the line, each kid shouting their piece.
  4. Tap Name Spinner. The child it picks sits down, and their words disappear. Say the verse again, and clap once where the missing words go.
  5. Keep spinning, and change voices each round: sailor voice, whisper voice, then fish voice (puffed-up cheeks!).
  6. When everyone is sitting, say the whole verse from memory. Big cheer!

Class screen: 🤫📜 The Lord reveals His secrets to the prophets! · You are the words!

6. Game

Forehead Guess: Jonah Edition

4 min

A Heads Up–style game that reviews every sailor, fish and prophet from today.

  1. Tap Forehead Guess. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing the class.
  2. The class gives clues without saying the word. The hint under each word helps if they get stuck.
  3. The guesser tilts your phone or tablet down for “got it” and up to pass. Each turn lasts 45 seconds.
  4. For your wiggliest kids, switch to Act It Out mode: clue-givers can only act. Fish faces encouraged!
🌪️ Clue-givers stay in their seats. Anyone who blurts out the word sits out the next clue round.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess! · Give clues, don’t say the word!

7. Game

Sailors vs. the Storm

3 minBONUS

A tapping race that relives the sailors rowing with all their might.

  1. Split into two teams: the Sailors and the Storm.
  2. SAY“The sailors rowed as hard as they could, but they couldn’t reach land (Jonah 1:13). Let’s see who wins today!”
  3. Tap Tug of War. Each team taps its side of your phone or tablet as fast as it can.
  4. Switch sides and play again. Say: “In the real story, the storm stopped only when Jonah told the truth and quit running from the Lord.”
🪢 Tug of War (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🚣⛈️ Row, sailors, row!

8. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz reviews Jonah, Amos and Obadiah.

  1. Split into two teams: Team Ship and Team Fish. Tap Scripture Showdown to start.
  2. Read each question aloud. Teams whisper together, then point to an answer.
  3. Tap the team that got it right to give them a point.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

9. Talk it over

Talk It Over

2 min

Kids connect Jonah’s second chance to hard choices, prayer and forgiving others.

  1. Sit in a circle. Toss the rolled-up sock “fish” to whoever answers next.
  2. Ask one question at a time, and share your own answer too.
💬 Ask the class
  • Jonah ran away from something hard. What’s something hard Heavenly Father asks kids to do?
  • Jonah prayed inside a fish! What’s the most unusual place you could say a prayer?
  • The Lord gave Jonah and Nineveh a second chance. How does Jesus give us a fresh start every week? (Repentance and the sacrament!)
  • Jonah was grumpy that his enemies were forgiven. Is there someone you could give a second chance to?

Class screen: 🐟💬 Let’s talk!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A rolled-up sock (the “fish” for the talk-it-over toss)

  1. Sit in a circle. Hold up an invisible, slippery fish. Toss it to whoever answers next. They have to catch it and wrestle it still before they talk!
  2. Ask one question at a time, and share your own answer too.

Class screen: 🐟💬 Catch the slippery fish, then talk!

10. Testimony

Three Days, Then Out!

2 min

End calm and reverent by pointing Jonah’s rescue to Jesus Christ.

  1. Lower your voice. Say: “Jesus said Jonah’s three days in the fish were a sign of Him (Matthew 12:40). Jesus was buried, and on the third day He rose again. Because of Him, all of us can have second chances.”
  2. Share a short testimony that the Lord has given you second chances, and that we have a living prophet today.
  3. Introduce the Second-Chance Giver challenge on the screen.
  4. Ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🔁🐋 This week: give someone a second chance! · Forgive fast · Turn around fast

Story drama

Jonah and the Great Fish

Jonah 1–4 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • JonahRuns away, snores through the storm, gets swallowed, prays, and takes his second chance.
  • Ship CaptainShakes Jonah awake: “What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God!”
  • SailorsRow hard, toss the cargo overboard, and gently help Jonah over the side.
  • Storm CrewWhoosh like wind, roll like waves, and freeze silent the instant Jonah hits the water.
  • The Great FishTwo kids hold up the blanket like a giant mouth, GULP Jonah, then go “BLEH!”
  • King of NinevehTakes off his crown and sits on the floor to show he’s sorry.
  • People of NinevehEveryone else: kneel, turn all the way around, and cheer when the city is saved.
  • Gourd & WormOne kid grows tall like a shady plant. Another wiggles in as the worm, and the plant droops.

Scenes

  1. 📣🏙️ The Lord sends Jonah to Nineveh

    The Lord gave the prophet Jonah a big job: go to Nineveh, that great city, and tell the people to stop doing wicked things. But Nineveh was the enemy of Jonah’s people. Jonah did not want to go. Not even a little bit.

    🎬 Jonah crosses his arms, shakes his head, and tiptoes the opposite way.

  2. ⛵😴 Jonah sails the opposite way

    Jonah went to the seaport of Joppa, paid for a ticket, and climbed aboard a ship sailing to Tarshish, far away in the opposite direction. He went down below the deck, lay down and fell fast asleep.

    🎬 Sailors row. Jonah curls up and snores loudly: “Zzzzz!”

  3. 🌬️🌊⛈️ A mighty storm!

    But the Lord sent a great wind. Waves crashed over the ship until it was about to break apart! The frightened sailors each prayed to their own gods, and they threw the cargo overboard to make the ship lighter.

    🎬 Storm Crew whooshes and rolls like waves. Sailors sway and toss pretend boxes over the side.

  4. ⚓😴❗ “What meanest thou, O sleeper?”

    The captain found Jonah snoring! He said, “What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God.” That means: Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray! Then the sailors cast lots, a lot like drawing straws, to find out whose fault the storm was. It landed on Jonah.

    🎬 The Captain shakes Jonah awake. Sailors point: “It’s YOU!” Jonah gulps.

  5. 🙋‍♂️🌊 “Cast me forth into the sea”

    Jonah told the truth: he was running away from the Lord. He told them to throw him into the sea, and the sea would be calm. The kind sailors didn’t want to. They rowed as hard as they could toward land, but the storm only got worse.

    🎬 Sailors row super hard: “Heave! Ho! Heave! Ho!” The Storm Crew gets even wilder.

  6. 💦🤫 Splash! The sea goes calm

    At last the sailors lifted Jonah up and tossed him into the sea. SPLASH! Instantly the wind stopped and the waves went flat. The amazed sailors worshipped the Lord.

    🎬 Jonah jumps in place. The Storm Crew freezes silent the very second he lands.

  7. 🐋 GULP! A great fish!

    Jonah sank down, down, down, and seaweed wrapped around his head. Then the great fish the Lord had prepared swallowed him up. It wasn’t a punishment. It was a rescue! Jonah stayed inside the fish for three days and three nights.

    🎬 The Great Fish opens its blanket mouth wide… GULP! Jonah crawls underneath. Everyone: “Gulp!”

  8. 🙏🐋 Jonah prays inside the fish

    In the dark belly of the fish, Jonah remembered the Lord and prayed. He said the Lord heard him when he cried for help, and he promised to do what the Lord asked. Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and… BLEH! It spat Jonah out onto dry land.

    🎬 Jonah kneels under the blanket and folds his arms. Then the Fish goes “BLEH!” and Jonah rolls out onto the beach.

  9. 🏙️🙇 A second chance… and a whole city turns around

    The Lord spoke to Jonah a second time and sent him to Nineveh again. This time Jonah went! He warned them, “Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.” And the people listened! The king took off his royal robe, and the whole city, even the animals, fasted and turned away from their wicked ways. So the Lord spared them.

    🎬 The King takes off his crown and sits on the floor. Everyone kneels, then turns all the way around. Cheer!

  10. 🌿🐛😤 Grumpy Jonah and the shady plant

    But Jonah was grumpy that God forgave his enemies! He sat outside the city to pout. The Lord made a leafy plant grow to shade him, then sent a worm to eat it, and Jonah got even grumpier. The Lord asked him: you cared about one plant. Shouldn’t I care about more than 120,000 people, and all their animals too?

    🎬 The Gourd grows tall with arms spread like leaves. The Worm wiggles in… the Gourd droops. Jonah pouts. Everyone: “God loves EVERYONE!”

Key verse

Amos 3:7 ↗
“Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets”
In kid words: Heavenly Father always tells His prophets what He is going to do, so they can tell us.
🙌 “Surely the Lord God” = point up · “will do nothing” = shake your head and wave your hands “no” · “but he revealeth his secret” = cup a hand by your mouth like you’re whispering a secret · “unto his servants the prophets” = point to the prophet’s picture

More verses

Jonah 2:2 ↗
“I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me”
In kid words: When I was in big trouble, I prayed to the Lord, and He heard me.
Jonah 3:1 ↗
“And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time”
In kid words: The Lord gave Jonah a second chance.
Amos 8:11 ↗
“not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD”
In kid words: Someday people would be hungry, not for food, but for God’s words.
Obadiah 1:21 ↗
“And saviours shall come up on mount Zion”
In kid words: We can help save our families, a little like Jesus does, by doing temple work for ancestors who have died.

Forehead Guess words20 words

  • 🧔 Jonah
  • 🐋 Great Fish
  • ⛵ Ship
  • ⛈️ Storm
  • 🚣 Sailors
  • 🏙️ Nineveh
  • 🌿 Seaweed
  • 🐛 Worm
  • 👑 King
  • 😴 Sleep
  • 🙏 Pray
  • 🔁 Second Chance
  • 📣 Prophet
  • 🐑 Amos
  • 🦁 Lion
  • 🏛️ Temple
  • 🐄 Cow
  • ⚓ Anchor
  • 🏖️ Beach
  • 🔄 Repent
Clues for each word
  • Jonah: Prophet who tried to run away on a ship
  • Great Fish: Swallowed Jonah for three days
  • Ship: Jonah tried to sail away on it
  • Storm: Huge wind and waves the Lord sent
  • Sailors: They rowed hard but couldn’t reach land
  • Nineveh: Big city where everyone turned to God
  • Seaweed: Wrapped around Jonah’s head underwater
  • Worm: Ate Jonah’s shady plant
  • King: Took off his royal robe and sat in ashes
  • Sleep: What Jonah did during the storm
  • Pray: Jonah did this inside the fish
  • Second Chance: What the Lord gave Jonah and Nineveh
  • Prophet: God tells His secrets to this person
  • Amos: A herdsman the Lord called to be a prophet
  • Lion: Amos said this animal hath roared
  • Temple: Where saviours on Mount Zion help their ancestors
  • Cow: God cared about Nineveh’s animals too!
  • Anchor: Heavy thing that keeps a ship in place
  • Beach: Where the fish spat Jonah out
  • Repent: Turn around and come back to God
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown8 questions

  1. Where did the Lord tell Jonah to go?
    • A. Tarshish
    • B. Nineveh
    • C. Egypt
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Nineveh Jonah 1:2. Jonah headed for Tarshish instead, the opposite way!

  2. What was Jonah doing during the big storm?
    • A. Sleeping below deck
    • B. Steering the ship
    • C. Fishing
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Sleeping below deck Jonah 1:5. He was fast asleep until the captain woke him up!

  3. How long was Jonah inside the great fish?
    • A. 40 days
    • B. 3 minutes
    • C. 3 days and 3 nights
    Show answer

    ✅ C. 3 days and 3 nights Jonah 1:17. Then the fish spat him out onto dry land.

  4. What did Jonah do inside the fish?
    • A. Complained
    • B. Prayed to the Lord
    • C. Took a nap
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Prayed to the Lord Jonah 2:1–2. He cried to the Lord, and the Lord heard him.

  5. What did the people of Nineveh do when Jonah warned them?
    • A. Laughed at him
    • B. Moved away
    • C. Fasted and turned from evil
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Fasted and turned from evil Jonah 3:5–10. From the king to the animals, the whole city turned around!

  6. Amos 3:7 says the Lord reveals His secrets to…
    • A. His prophets
    • B. Only kings
    • C. Nobody
    Show answer

    ✅ A. His prophets That’s why we listen to our living prophet today.

  7. What ate Jonah’s shady plant?
    • A. A goat
    • B. A worm
    • C. A whale
    Show answer

    ✅ B. A worm Jonah 4:7. The Lord used it to teach Jonah that He cares about everyone.

  8. Jesus said Jonah’s three days in the fish were a sign of…
    • A. His death and Resurrection
    • B. His birthday
    • C. His baptism
    Show answer

    ✅ A. His death and Resurrection Matthew 12:40. Jesus was buried, then rose again on the third day!

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • Follow the Prophet Children’s Songbook, p. 110

    It has a verse about Jonah. Sing it right after the story drama. Find it ↗

  • Jesus Said Love Everyone Children’s Songbook, p. 61

    The Lord loved the people of Nineveh, even when Jonah didn’t. Find it ↗

  • Family History—I Am Doing It Children’s Songbook, p. 94

    Obadiah’s “saviours on mount Zion” help their ancestors through temple work. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Second-Chance Giver

Give someone a second chance this week, like the Lord gave Jonah and Nineveh. When a brother, sister or friend says sorry, forgive them fast. And when you mess up, turn around fast, just like Nineveh did.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we acted out Jonah: the runaway ship, the storm, the great fish, and the whole city of Nineveh turning back to God. We learned that the Lord speaks through His prophets (Amos 3:7) and gives second chances to everyone who turns to Him. Your child can probably say Amos 3:7 from memory, so ask them to try! Then ask: “Who could you give a second chance to this week?”

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

⛵ Lighten the Ship · 5 min

  1. Fold a sheet of foil into a little boat and float it in a baking dish of water on a tray.
  2. Each child adds a penny while naming something heavy that makes us want to run and hide, like hiding a mistake, telling a fib, or staying mad at someone. Watch the boat ride lower… and lower.
  3. Read Jonah 1:5. The sailors “cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it.”
  4. SAY“Repenting is like tossing the heavy stuff overboard. Jesus helps us let it go, and we feel light again.” Take the pennies out one by one and watch the boat float back up.

🍞 Famine Feast · 4 min

  1. Everyone rubs their tummy and groans like they haven’t eaten in days.
  2. Read Amos 8:11: “not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD.”
  3. SAY“After Jesus’s Apostles died, people couldn’t find all of God’s truths or His priesthood for a long time. That was a famine! Heavenly Father ended it by restoring the gospel through Joseph Smith.”
  4. Feast time: each child names a favorite scripture story and “eats” it (pretend, or with a goldfish cracker if allowed).

🏛️ Saviours on Mount Zion · 5 min

  1. Read Obadiah 1:21: “And saviours shall come up on mount Zion.”
  2. SAY“President Gordon B. Hinckley taught that we become like saviors on Mount Zion when we do temple work for our ancestors. It’s a small way to be like Jesus, who did for us what we could never do for ourselves.”
  3. Each child draws a quick family tree: me, the grown-ups who take care of me, and their parents.
  4. SAY“When you’re a little older, you can go to the temple and be baptized for your ancestors. This week, ask a grandparent or another older relative for one story about someone in your family.”

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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