Sharing time Lesson for Valentine's Day

Jr. Primary
Give the following clues:
1. We cannot see it.
2. We can feel it, but not with our hands.
3. We will never run out of it.
4. It makes us happy.
5. It makes us want to do things for others.
6. It makes us want to choose the right.
See if children can guess what it is: If not, then give the hint Jesus said _____ everyone!!
Answer is LOVE

Have children find the hearts that are hidden in the room:
1. Tell what you love about a family member.
2. Tell the story of the Good Samaritan
3. Tell how you can show love to your bishop.
4. Tell how you can show love to your teachers at church.
5. Tell how you can show love to those different than you.
6. Tell how you can show love for a family member.

Cut out a large red heart and stick to floor. Have several primary children stand on the heart one at a time. Have the other children say what they love about the person on the heart.Jesus said we must love everyone. How can we love everyone?In the week leading up to Valentine’s Day what can we do for others to show that we love them?
Who loves us no matter who we are or what we do? (Heavenly Father)
How did Heavenly Father show his love for us? (May have to help children understand that He sent his son to atone for our sins.) Share the bookmark with the scripture John 3:16

Sr. Primary
Ask the trivia question: How many times does the word “heart” appear in all of our standard works. (1006 times) Have everyone make a quess and the one who comes closest gets a small bag of hearts. (Side Note: the word “Love” appears 368 times).

Give the children the page numbers and have them search that page for a scripture with the word heart. The first one to find it, reads it, and gets a candy heart.
Page 1227 - Matthew 22:37 - Love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart.
Page 1192 - Matthew 5:8 - Pure in heart
Page 1201 - Matt 9:4 - evil in your heart
Page 1208 - Matthew 12:34 - abundance of the heart
Page 1196 - Matthew 6:21 - there will your heart be also
Page 1277 - Luke 2:51 - all things in her heart
Page 1285 - Luke 6:45 - treasure of his heart.
Page 1307 - Luke 16:15 - God knoweth your heart.
Page 1352 - John 14:1 - Let not your heart be troubled
Page 1356 - John 16:22 - your heart shall rejoice
Page 1372 - Acts 4:32 - of one heart
Page 1427 - Romans 8:27 - searcheth the hearts
Page 1483 - Eph 3:17 - Christ dwelling in your heart
Page 1440 - 1 Cor 2:9 - Heart of man
Page 1545 - 1 Pet. 1:22 - a pure heart

**The older kids really had a lot of fun doing this sharing time, we (the primary pres. members) have used this game several times with them, but using other key words to find.