Everyday object lessons

This was a lesson from a recent primary sharing time.  I don’t know the original source.  The topic was on family history but the lesson could be used for any topic where you want to encourage and show how helpful it is to use teamwork.

Have  a bag containing a wide variety of 20 items.  Show each one as you bring it out then put them back into the bag.  Then move on something else in your topic – this way the students will “forget” some of the items they have seen.

Then have the students write down as many items as they can remember – on their own.  After that, give instructions for students to work together and see if they get more items on the list.  This illustrates that working together makes it more fun, and you get more accomplished.