Dear Dad and Mom,
We learned the most fun song today! Will you sing it with me?
If you chance to meet a frown,
Do not let it stay.
Quickly turn it upside down
And smile that frown away.
No one likes a frowning face.
Change it for a smile.
Make the world a better place
By smiling all the while.
“Smiles” (Children’s Songbook, p. 267)
I can show how I feel by the look on my face.When I am playing nicely with others then my faces will be happy because Iam sharing and speaking kindly. I can show you my happy face, sad face, angry and frightened face. It is good to show all of the different feelings we have, but we must show them in the right ways, especially when we are angry. Sometimes I may feel like hitting, yelling, or hurting someone when I am angry, I can learn to show my feelings politely and kindly. When I hit or yell, I only feel angrier, but being kind can help me feel better. My teacher showed us pictures of children and we tried to think of things the children might say to each other instead of yelling or hitting, such as, “Let’s take turns,” “I don’t like it when you do that.” My teacher told us that our mothers, fathers, and others who love us, can help us understand why we feel like we do. If I pray to Heavenly Father, the Holy Ghost can help me feel better. The Holy Ghost will help me know what to do so that we can be happy again.
Heavenly Father and Jesus want me to be happy. They know that I can be happy when I do what they tell me to do.Teacher told us a story from the scriptures. (Luke 15: 11-32) A boy wanted to leave his home and go away to a far country. When he left, his father was sad. After a while, the boy’s friends left him. He felt sad. Soon, he did not have any more money. He was frightened because he was hungry and no one gave him any food. One day he was so hungry that he decided to go home and ask his father if he could be a servant, he was afraid that his father might not let him come home again. When the father saw his son he was very happy and ran to his son and gave him a hug. He was so happy that he asked everyone to have a big party because his son had come home. One of the servants told the older brother that there was a big party because his younger brother who had been gone for a very long time had come home. The older brother felt very angry and told his father that it was not fair for his younger brother who had made many wrong choices to have a party, he had never had a party and he always made good choices. My teacher asked us to think of what the older brother could do to be happy again. Can you help me think of some?
My teacher told us that everyone feels happy, sad, angry, or frightened at times. It is my job as I grow up to learn to show these feelings in the right ways. I know that Heavenly Father and Jesus want us to be happy. I can feel very happy when I do what Heavenly Father and Jesus want me to do.
Thank you for bringing me to church today!
Love,
Your Sunbeam