All Things Bright and Beautiful

Pat Graham, “Sharing Time: ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’,” Friend, Nov 1988, 44

We live in a beautiful world that our Heavenly Father planned for us. The word God is a title, and when we say that God created the earth, we mean that Heavenly Father, or God the Father, planned the creation and that Jesus Christ, or God the Son, carried out those plans. (See Moses 1–3; D&C 14:9.)

Some of our songs say that God created the earth, and some say that the Lord God made the earth. The creation is clearly described in the Pearl of Great Price, and we can be grateful that we have latter-day scripture to help us understand the purpose of the earth and how it was created.

This activity can help you appreciate the wonder of the creation.

Instructions

1. Color and cut out pictures.

2. Place pictures on flannel board or long roll of paper as you sing “All Things Bright and Beautiful” (Sing with Me, B-89).

Sharing Time Ideas

1. Ask children to draw each object in song. Have them print their names under their drawings; cut around names and pictures. Mount all drawings of same object on sheet of poster board. Arrange pictures in order; have children hold them up as song is sung, or assemble and display as flip-chart as song is sung.

2. Discuss interesting facts about each object, such as formation of rocks and mountains, growth of seed into tree, life cycle of butterfly, to help children appreciate intricacies of our world. Encourage children to share what they know.

Read Moses 1–3, and look in Index for other references on Creation.

Filed under: Lesson 10: I Am Thankful for Trees, Lesson 17: I Am Thankful for My Hands, Plants, beautiful world, beautuful earth, creation