Lesson Title: "Wise Use of Leisure Time"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 2 at lds.org.

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will seek to use her leisure time wisely.

PREPARATION:

1. Bring pencils and paper for the young women.
2. Optional: From newspapers or magazines, collect pictures of young women engaged in leisure-time activities such as reading, swimming, knitting, making crafts, playing musical instruments, studying the scriptures, writing in a journal, or doing things with friends. Place the pictures in a chest or a decorated box that represents a treasure chest.
3. Make a wordstrip that says, “Time, the wise man’s treasure.”

ATTENTION GETTER:

The the story found at the beginning of the lesson.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Teacher presentation Explain that much of the quality of our lives is determined by what we do in our free time. The purpose of life is not just to live long, but to live well. Time is a gift, and we should use it wisely and consider it a treasure.

HANDOUT:

Buy an inexpensive treasure box at a dollar store and have them put the list of ideas they select in it.

MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA: