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Brave in Babylon

Beans that win, a dream statue that crashes, a fiery furnace with four people in it, and lions with their mouths shut

  • 💧 CTR 8
  • Week 46
  • 📅 Sunday, November 15, 2026
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Like Daniel and his friends, I can choose the right even when nobody else does, and Heavenly Father and Jesus will be with me.

I can stand for the right when it’s hard, and trust that God is with me no matter what.

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About 600 years before Jesus was born, the armies of Babylon conquered Jerusalem and carried off many young Israelites, including Daniel and three friends whom the Babylonians renamed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego (Daniel 1:1–7). They lived in the palace of the most powerful king on earth, surrounded by people who did not worship the true God. Again and again they stayed true: they turned down the king’s food (Daniel 1), refused to bow to a golden statue (Daniel 3), and Daniel kept praying when it was against the law (Daniel 6). Each time, God blessed them in amazing ways.

Daniel 1 opens a great conversation about the Word of Wisdom. The king’s food probably broke the food laws God had given Israel (and may have been offered to idols), so Daniel asked for “pulse” (vegetables, beans and seeds) and water. After a 10-day test, the four friends looked healthier than everyone else, and God gave them knowledge and wisdom (Daniel 1:15–17, 20). Those blessings sound a lot like the promises in Doctrine and Covenants 89:18–21: health, wisdom, hidden treasures of knowledge, and strength to run without getting tired.

In Daniel 2, God showed Daniel the king’s forgotten dream after Daniel and his friends prayed for help (2:16–19). The great statue of gold, silver, brass, iron and clay stood for the kingdoms of the world. The stone “cut out without hands” (made by God, not by people) smashes the statue and grows into a mountain that fills the whole earth (2:34–35, 44–45). Latter-day prophets teach that this stone is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, God’s kingdom on the earth, which will never be destroyed (see also Doctrine and Covenants 65:2).

Daniel 3 holds one of the bravest lines in scripture: “But if not.” Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego knew God could save them, but they decided ahead of time to obey Him even if He didn’t. For eight-year-olds, that’s the heart of this lesson: we choose the right because we love Heavenly Father, not just to get a reward. The king saw a fourth person in the fire “like the Son of God” and later said God had sent His angel (3:25, 28). The Lord doesn’t always take the fire away, but He promises to be with us in it (Isaiah 43:2). Daniel 7:13–14 also looks ahead to “the Son of man,” a title Jesus later used for Himself.

Only have 5 minutes?

Read Daniel 3. It’s one exciting page. Grab a flashlight for the fourth person in the fire. Run the Story Drama in Teach Mode, play Lions’ Den Freeze Dance, and finish with Forehead Guess. Skip the box statue if you’re short on time. No flashlight? Tap “I brought nothing” and the glowing phone or tablet becomes the fourth person in the fire.

What to bring8 items

Tick what you have. Forgot something? Every step that needs a supply has a no-supplies version in the plan below.

Before class

  1. Make two signs, “👑 King’s Feast” and “🫘 Beans & Water,” and tape them on opposite walls.
  2. Build the dream statue from 5 boxes. Wrap or color them: yellow (gold head), foil (silver chest and arms), brown or orange (brass belly), gray (iron legs), and half gray, half brown (feet of iron and clay). Stack them so they wobble a little.
  3. Lay down a red towel or tape a square on the floor for the fiery furnace. Hide the flashlight near it.
  4. Tear 10 strips of masking tape and stick them on the edge of the table, ready for the growing stone.
  5. Add your kids’ names in the My Class tab so you can hand out story parts with one tap.

If your class is wild

  • Give King Nebuchadnezzar to a kid who loves being loud: stomping is part of the job. Give the Golden Statue to a kid who likes a challenge: “Can you freeze through three whole scenes?”
  • The drama’s music is your control switch. When the band stops, everyone freezes. Practice it once before you start.
  • Keep the fire fun, not scary. It’s a sound-effects crew, and say early and often: God kept the friends safe.
  • Use the stone as your reward: only kids who are sitting ready get to roll it or wrap it.
  • If they come in bouncing, start with Lions’ Den Freeze Dance, then go back to the hook.

The 25-minute plan25 min + bonus

Bonus steps are for when you have extra time. Steps that mention Teach Mode, the Sound Board or other class games refer to the Gospel Sparks app; on the web you can play Forehead Guess and Scripture Showdown from this page.

1. Hook

King’s Feast or Beans?

2 min

Moving to pick a side burns energy and sets up Daniel’s first brave choice.

  1. Kids start in the middle of the room. Say: “Pick a side! Walk, don’t run, to the sign you choose.” Warm up with one silly one: pizza or tacos?
  2. Then point to the signs: “The most powerful king on earth invites you to eat his fancy feast every day. OR you can eat beans and drink water. Pick!”
  3. Laugh with the feast crowd, then add: “Oh, one more thing. God asked you not to eat the king’s food. And everybody else in the palace is eating it.” Let kids switch sides if they want.
  4. SAY“That was a real choice for a young man named Daniel about 2,600 years ago. He and his three friends chose beans and water, and asked for a 10-day test. Count with me!” Count 1 to 10 on your fingers and flex your muscles on 10.
  5. SAY“After ten days, they were healthier than everyone who ate the king’s food, and God gave them extra wisdom (Daniel 1:15–17). Today God gives us a law for our bodies too, the Word of Wisdom. Now let’s meet three friends who had an even hotter choice to make…”
🌪️ Anyone who runs to a side goes back to the middle and counts to five before choosing again.

Class screen: 👑🫘 King’s feast or beans and water? Pick a side! · Walk, don’t run!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: Two sheets of paper and a marker for the Pick-a-Side signs

  1. Kids start in the middle of the room. Point to one wall: “That’s the King’s Feast!” Everyone does a fancy royal bow: “Oooh, fancy!” Point to the opposite wall: “That’s Beans & Water!” Everyone slurps a pretend drink: “Slurrrp!”
  2. SAY“Pick a side! Walk, don’t run, to the wall you choose.” Warm up with one silly one: pizza or tacos?
  3. Then point to the two walls: “The most powerful king on earth invites you to eat his fancy feast every day. OR you can eat beans and drink water. Pick!”
  4. Laugh with the feast crowd, then add: “Oh, one more thing. God asked you not to eat the king’s food. And everybody else in the palace is eating it.” Let kids switch sides if they want.
  5. SAY“That was a real choice for a young man named Daniel about 2,600 years ago. He and his three friends chose beans and water, and asked for a 10-day test. Count with me!” Count 1 to 10 on your fingers and flex your muscles on 10.
  6. SAY“After ten days, they were healthier than everyone who ate the king’s food, and God gave them extra wisdom (Daniel 1:15–17). Today God gives us a law for our bodies too, the Word of Wisdom. Now let’s meet three friends who had an even hotter choice to make…”
2. Story

Story Drama: The Three Who Would Not Bow

6 min

Every kid gets a part in the most exciting rescue story of the year.

  1. Hand out the roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode to assign them from your class list). Everyone without a role is in the Royal Band & Fire Crew.
  2. Practice the switch once: when the Band plays, everyone bows (except the three friends). When you raise your hand, the music stops and everyone freezes.
  3. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue.
  4. At scene 5, practice the big line together: “But if not… we still won’t bow!”
  5. At scene 7, click on the flashlight inside the furnace for the fourth person.
🌪️ If an actor gets silly, give them the next sound effect so their energy has a job.

Class screen: 🎭🔥 Story Drama time! · Everyone gets a part

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A flashlight (the fourth person in the fire), A red or orange towel, or tape, to mark the furnace on the floor

  1. Hand out the roles (tap Roles in Teach Mode to assign them from your class list). Everyone without a role is in the Royal Band & Fire Crew.
  2. Build the fiery furnace: push three or four chairs into a square in an open corner. The Fire Crew crouches around it.
  3. Practice the switch once: when the Band plays, everyone bows (except the three friends). When you raise your hand, the music stops and everyone freezes.
  4. Read each scene aloud and pause for the action cue. At scene 5, practice the big line together: “But if not… we still won’t bow!”
  5. At scene 7, dim the lights if you can, tap the magic sound on the Sound Board, and hold the glowing screen up inside the furnace for the fourth person.
3. Wiggle break

Lions’ Den Freeze Dance

2 min

Daniel 6 becomes a wiggle break that practices instant self-control.

  1. Tell it fast: “Years later, when Daniel was an old man, jealous leaders tricked King Darius into making a law: for 30 days, nobody could pray to anyone except the king. Daniel went home, opened his windows, knelt down and prayed three times a day, just like always.”
  2. “So they threw Daniel into a den of lions. But God sent an angel and shut the lions’ mouths. In the morning, Daniel didn’t have a scratch!” (Daniel 6:22–23)
  3. Now everyone is a lion. Tap Freeze Dance. While the music plays, prowl on tiptoe, swish your tail, and do SILENT roars: big mouth, no sound.
  4. When the music stops, shout “Angel!” Every lion shuts its mouth, covers it with both paws and freezes.
  5. Last round: when the music stops, the lions lie down and go to sleep. Ask: “Why wasn’t Daniel hurt?” (He trusted God, and God sent His angel.)
🌪️ Silent roars are your secret weapon: all the energy, none of the noise. If it gets loud, stop the music and whisper, “The angel is coming…”
🧊 Freeze Dance (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🦁 Silent roar! Then the angel shuts your mouth! · Music = prowl and silent roar · Stop = mouth shut, freeze!

4. Object lesson

The Stone That Smashed the Statue

4 min

A crash and a growing ball show that God’s kingdom, the Church, can’t be stopped.

  1. Stand the box statue on the floor. Say: “King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that scared him. He told his wise men, ‘Tell me what I dreamed AND what it means!’ Nobody could. So Daniel and his friends prayed, and God showed Daniel the dream.”
  2. Point to each box: gold head, silver chest, brass belly, iron legs, and wobbly feet of iron mixed with clay. Say: “These stood for the kingdoms of the world, one after another.”
  3. SAY“Then a stone was cut out of a mountain ‘without hands.’ That means God made it, not people. Watch what it does!” Let a child who is sitting ready roll the ball at the feet. CRASH!
  4. SAY“Then the stone grew into a great mountain and filled the whole earth!” Pass the ball around. Each child wraps a sheet of paper around it (with a strip of tape) while naming something in Jesus Christ’s Church today: prophets, temples, missionaries, baptism, the sacrament, Primary. Watch it grow!
  5. SAY“Daniel said God would set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44). That kingdom is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It started in 1830 with just six members. Now it has millions of members all over the world. When you were baptized, you became part of the stone!”
🌪️ Only the child holding the stone may touch the statue. Everyone else stays on their bottoms to shout the countdown: “3… 2… 1… CRASH!”

Class screen: 🪨💥 Watch the stone smash the statue… and grow! · 🟨 Gold · ⬜ Silver · 🟫 Brass · ⬛ Iron · 🧱 Clay

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: 5 empty boxes (cereal, cracker or tissue boxes) plus yellow paper, foil, brown or orange paper and gray paper (or just markers), A soft ball about the size of a fist, like a rolled-up sock or a small foam ball (the stone), About 10 sheets of newspaper or scrap paper, and masking tape

Human Statue and the Growing Stone

  1. SAY“King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream that scared him. He told his wise men, ‘Tell me what I dreamed AND what it means!’ Nobody could. So Daniel and his friends prayed, and God showed Daniel the dream.”
  2. Pick five kids to be the statue, standing in a row: gold head (hands make a crown), silver chest (arms crossed), brass belly (hands on tummy), iron legs (stiff robot legs) and wobbly feet of iron and clay (wobble like jelly). Say: “These stood for the kingdoms of the world, one after another.”
  3. Pick a stone who curls up small on the floor. Say: “Then a stone was cut out of a mountain ‘without hands.’ That means God made it, not people. Watch what it does!”
  4. Everyone shouts, “3… 2… 1…” The stone crawls to the wobbly feet and stops without touching. Tap the crash sound on the Sound Board, and the whole statue topples to the floor in slow motion.
  5. SAY“Then the stone grew into a great mountain and filled the whole earth!” Go around: each child names something in Jesus Christ’s Church today (prophets, temples, missionaries, baptism, the sacrament, Primary) and curls up next to the stone. When everyone is in the mountain, all stand up with arms wide to fill the room!
  6. SAY“Daniel said God would set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed (Daniel 2:44). That kingdom is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It started in 1830 with just six members. Now it has millions of members all over the world. When you were baptized, you became part of the stone!”

Class screen: 🪨💥 Watch the stone smash the statue… and grow! · 👑 Gold · 🙅 Silver · 🫃 Brass · 🦿 Iron · 🫨 Clay

5. Scripture

Scripture Spotlight: Daniel 3:17–18

3 min

“But if not” teaches kids to obey God because they love Him, no matter what happens.

  1. Show the verse on your phone or tablet and read it once slowly.
  2. Teach the motions one phrase at a time.
  3. Say it three ways: normal voice, brave-hero voice, then whisper. Every time you reach “But if not,” everyone freezes silent for three seconds before finishing.
  4. Ask: “The friends knew God COULD save them. Why did they say ‘but if not’?” (They would obey God even if something hard still happened.)
  5. SAY“Sometimes God takes the hard thing away. Sometimes He sends help right into the fire with us. Either way, He is with us.”

Class screen: 🙌 Our God is able… but if not!

6. Game

Forehead Guess: Babylon Edition

4 min

A Heads Up–style game that reviews every hero, king and lion from today.

  1. Tap Forehead Guess. One kid holds your phone or tablet on their forehead, screen facing the class.
  2. The class gives clues without saying the word. The hint under each word helps if they get stuck.
  3. The guesser tilts your phone or tablet down for “got it” and up to pass. Each turn lasts 45 seconds.
  4. Switch to Act It Out mode for your wiggliest kids: clue-givers can only act. (Lions may roar, but only silently!)
🌪️ Clue-givers stay in their seats. Anyone who blurts out the word sits out the next clue round.
▶ Play Forehead Guess on the web

Class screen: 🤔 Forehead Guess! · Give clues, don’t say the word!

7. Game

Scripture Showdown

5 minBONUS

A fast team quiz reviews all four Daniel stories.

  1. Split into two teams: Team Lion and Team Furnace. Tap Scripture Showdown to start.
  2. Read each question aloud. Teams whisper together, then point to an answer.
  3. Tap the team that got it right to give them a point.
▶ Play Scripture Showdown on the web

Class screen: 🏆 Scripture Showdown!

8. Talk it over

Hot Coal Talk

2 min

Kids connect Daniel’s brave choices to the pressure they feel at school and with friends.

  1. Sit in a circle. Hold up the rolled-up red sock: “This is a hot coal from the furnace!”
  2. Tap Hot Potato. Pass the coal fast while the music plays. It’s HOT! When it buzzes, whoever is holding it answers the question on the screen.
  3. Share your own answer to at least one question.
💬 Ask the class
  • Daniel ate beans when everyone else ate the king’s food. When is it hard to do the right thing when everyone around you is doing something else?
  • What could you say if a friend wants you to watch a show or play a game your parents said no to?
  • The three friends said, “But if not.” What does it mean to keep trusting God even when things don’t turn out the way you hoped?
  • Daniel prayed three times a day. When are good times in your day to pray?
🌪️ Pass, don’t throw. A thrown coal “burns” the thrower, who has to answer the next question.
🥔 Hot Potato (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🧦🔥 Pass the hot coal!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A red or orange sock rolled into a ball (the “hot coal”)

  1. Sit in a circle. Cup your hands and blow on them: “I’m holding an invisible hot coal from the furnace! Ow, ow, HOT!”
  2. Tap Hot Potato. Pass the invisible coal fast while the music plays. Everyone juggles it hand to hand, “Ow, ow, ow!”, then passes it on. When it buzzes, whoever is holding it answers the question on the screen.
  3. Share your own answer to at least one question.
9. Testimony

Open Windows

2 min

End calm and reverent, with a daily habit to take home.

  1. Turn the lights down, or face a window if your room has one. Say quietly: “Daniel opened his windows and prayed, even when it was dangerous.”
  2. Share a short testimony: a time you chose the right when it was hard, and how Heavenly Father and Jesus were with you.
  3. Introduce the Pray Like Daniel challenge on the screen.
  4. Ask a child to say the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🪟🙏 This week: pray three times a day like Daniel! · ☀️ Morning · 🥪 Midday · 🌙 Night

Story drama

The Three Who Would Not Bow

Daniel 3 ↗

Parts to hand out

  • King NebuchadnezzarStomps, points, orders the furnace heated, then gasps when he counts FOUR people in the fire.
  • Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-negoThree kids who stand tall when everyone else bows, say “Our God is able!” and walk out of the fire safe.
  • The HeraldShouts the king’s law: “When you hear the music, fall down and worship!”
  • The Golden StatueStands frozen on tiptoe with arms up high through scenes 1–3 (harder than it looks!).
  • The TattletalesRun to the king and point: “They didn’t bow!”
  • The King’s GuardsMarch the three friends to the furnace, slowly and gently.
  • Royal Band & Fire CrewEveryone else: play air instruments when the music starts, then crackle like fire.

Scenes

  1. 👑🗿✨ The king builds a giant gold statue

    Long ago in the city of Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar built a huge statue covered in gold. It was about 90 feet tall. That’s like fifteen dads standing on each other’s shoulders! It sparkled so bright in the sun that people had to squint.

    🎬 The Golden Statue stands on tiptoe with arms stretched high. Everyone squints: “Ooooh, shiny!”

  2. 📯🎶 “When the music plays, bow down!”

    The king’s Herald shouted a new law to the whole crowd: “When you hear the horns, flutes, harps and every kind of music, fall down and worship the golden statue! Anyone who doesn’t will be thrown into a burning fiery furnace!”

    🎬 The Herald shouts the law. The Royal Band warms up: toot your horn, strum your harp, and play the funny-sounding sackbut!

  3. 🙇🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️🧍‍♂️ Everyone bows… except three

    The music started, and thousands of people fell flat on their faces. But three young men stayed standing tall: Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. They loved God, and they would worship only Him.

    🎬 The Band plays! Everyone bows low… except Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who fold their arms and stand tall.

  4. 😡👑 The king is furious!

    The Tattletales ran to the king. Nebuchadnezzar turned red with anger! He gave the three friends one more chance: “Bow down when the music plays, or into the furnace you go. And what god could save you from my hands?”

    🎬 Tattletales point: “They didn’t bow!” The King stomps three times. Everyone: “Ooooh…”

  5. 🙌✨ “Our God is able… but if not!”

    The three friends didn’t even need to think about it. They told the king their God was able to save them from the furnace. “But if not,” they would still never bow to his statue. That is real faith: trusting God no matter what happens.

    🎬 The three friends say together, “Our God is able!” Everyone else answers, “But if not… we still won’t bow!”

  6. 🔥🔥🔥 Seven times hotter!

    The king was so angry that he ordered the furnace heated seven times hotter than ever! His strongest guards tied up the three friends, still wearing their coats and hats, and threw them into the roaring flames.

    🎬 Fire Crew: rub your hands fast and crackle, “Shhhhh!” Guards slowly walk the three friends into the furnace spot.

  7. 👀4️⃣ Wait… FOUR people in the fire?

    The king leaned in to look, then jumped up in shock. “Didn’t we throw in THREE men? I see FOUR men walking around in the fire, not tied up and not hurt! And the fourth one looks like the Son of God!”

    🎬 Teacher clicks on the flashlight in the furnace. The King rubs his eyes and counts: “One… two… three… FOUR?!”

  8. 👃🚫💨 Not even a smell of smoke!

    “Come out!” the king called. Out walked Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. Everyone crowded around to check. Their hair wasn’t singed. Their coats weren’t burned. They didn’t even smell like smoke!

    🎬 The three friends walk out of the furnace. Everyone sniffs the air: “Sniff, sniff… NO smoke!”

  9. 👑🙏🎉 “No other God can save like this!”

    King Nebuchadnezzar was amazed. He said God had sent His angel to rescue the servants who trusted Him, and that no other god could save people like this. Then he gave the three friends important jobs in Babylon.

    🎬 The King bows his head: “Your God is the greatest!” Everyone cheers for the three brave friends.

Key verse

Daniel 3:17–18 ↗
“our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace … But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image”
In kid words: Our God can save us. But even if He doesn’t, we will still choose Him.
🙌 “our God whom we serve” = point up · “is able to deliver us” = flex both arms like a superhero · “from the burning fiery furnace” = wiggle your fingers upward like flames · “But if not” = hold up one finger and freeze · “we will not serve thy gods” = shake your head and fold your arms · “nor worship the golden image” = stand extra tall (no bowing!)

More verses

Daniel 1:8 ↗
“But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank”
In kid words: Daniel decided deep in his heart that he would not eat the king’s food or drink the king’s wine.
Daniel 2:44 ↗
“the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed”
In kid words: God will set up His kingdom, His Church, and nobody will ever be able to destroy it.
Daniel 6:10 ↗
“his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God”
In kid words: Daniel opened his windows, knelt down and prayed three times a day, even when it was against the law.
Daniel 6:22 ↗
“My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me”
In kid words: God sent an angel to shut the lions’ mouths, so they didn’t hurt me.

Forehead Guess words20 words

  • 🧔 Daniel
  • 🦁 Lion
  • 🔥 Fiery Furnace
  • 👑 King Nebuchadnezzar
  • 🧍‍♂️ Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-nego
  • 🗿 Golden Statue
  • 🫘 Beans
  • 💧 Water
  • 👼 Angel
  • 🪟 Window
  • 🙏 Pray
  • 🪨 Stone
  • ⛰️ Mountain
  • 💭 Dream
  • 🤴 King Darius
  • 🎺 Trumpet
  • 💨 Smoke
  • 🏰 Babylon
  • 🥦 Word of Wisdom
  • 🛡️ Choose the Right
Clues for each word
  • Daniel: Prayed three times a day and was put in a lions’ den
  • Lion: Big cat with a roar. An angel shut its mouth!
  • Fiery Furnace: Made seven times hotter
  • King Nebuchadnezzar: Babylon’s king with a giant gold statue
  • Shadrach, Meshach & Abed-nego: Three friends who would not bow
  • Golden Statue: Everyone had to bow to it when the music played
  • Beans: Daniel ate these instead of the king’s food
  • Water: What Daniel drank during the 10-day test
  • Angel: God sent one to protect Daniel
  • Window: Daniel opened his when he prayed
  • Pray: Talk to Heavenly Father
  • Stone: Cut out without hands, it smashed the statue
  • Mountain: The stone grew into one that filled the earth
  • Dream: What the king had while he was sleeping
  • King Darius: Couldn’t sleep all night worrying about Daniel
  • Trumpet: When the music played, everyone had to bow
  • Smoke: The three friends didn’t even smell like it
  • Babylon: The big city where Daniel lived far from home
  • Word of Wisdom: God’s law for keeping our bodies healthy
  • Choose the Right: The CTR on your class ring!
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown8 questions

  1. What did Daniel and his friends eat instead of the king’s food?
    • A. Cake and candy
    • B. Pulse (vegetables and beans) and water
    • C. Nothing at all
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Pulse (vegetables and beans) and water Daniel 1:12. After ten days they looked healthier than everyone who ate the king’s food!

  2. In the king’s dream, what was the statue’s head made of?
    • A. Gold
    • B. Iron
    • C. Clay
    Show answer

    ✅ A. Gold Daniel told King Nebuchadnezzar, “Thou art this head of gold” (Daniel 2:38).

  3. What smashed the statue in the king’s dream?
    • A. A giant hammer
    • B. A flood
    • C. A stone cut out without hands
    Show answer

    ✅ C. A stone cut out without hands The stone is God’s kingdom, the Church of Jesus Christ, and it grows to fill the whole earth!

  4. Why wouldn’t Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego bow to the golden statue?
    • A. They would worship only God
    • B. Their knees hurt
    • C. They didn’t hear the music
    Show answer

    ✅ A. They would worship only God They loved God and would worship only Him, even if it meant the furnace.

  5. How much hotter did the king make the furnace?
    • A. Two times hotter
    • B. Seven times hotter
    • C. One hundred times hotter
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Seven times hotter Daniel 3:19. Seven times hotter, and God still kept them safe!

  6. How many people did the king see walking in the fire?
    • A. Three
    • B. Five
    • C. Four
    Show answer

    ✅ C. Four The king said the fourth one looked “like the Son of God.” God sent help right into the fire!

  7. How many times a day did Daniel pray?
    • A. Once a week
    • B. Three times
    • C. Only at church
    Show answer

    ✅ B. Three times Daniel 6:10. He kept praying with his windows open, even when it was against the law.

  8. How did God protect Daniel in the lions’ den?
    • A. He made Daniel invisible
    • B. He built a wall
    • C. He sent an angel to shut the lions’ mouths
    Show answer

    ✅ C. He sent an angel to shut the lions’ mouths Daniel 6:22. In the morning, Daniel didn’t have a single scratch!

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • Dare to Do Right Children’s Songbook, p. 158

    Sing it right after the story drama. Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego dared to do right! Find it ↗

  • The Word of Wisdom Children’s Songbook, p. 154

    Daniel chose God’s way to eat and drink. We have the Word of Wisdom today. Find it ↗

  • Follow the Prophet Children’s Songbook, p. 110

    It has a verse about Daniel. Sing it before Lions’ Den Freeze Dance. Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Pray Like Daniel

Pray three times every day this week, just like Daniel: in the morning, sometime in the middle of the day (a quiet prayer at lunch or before something hard counts!), and at night. Tell your family which prayer felt the most special.

Text the parents

Today in Primary we acted out Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in the fiery furnace, turned into lions whose mouths an angel shut, and knocked over King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream statue with a “stone” that grew to fill the earth, just like the Church of Jesus Christ. The big idea: we can choose the right even when others don’t, and God is with us. Your child’s challenge is to pray three times a day like Daniel. Ask: “What did the three friends say when the king threatened them?” (Our God can save us… but if not, we still won’t bow!)

📝 After class

What worked? Who needs a check-in this week? Jot it here on a printed copy, or in the app’s private class notes.

Got extra time?

🦁 Sleeping Lions · 3 min

  1. Everyone lies on the floor as a sleeping lion with its mouth shut tight, just like the lions in Daniel’s den.
  2. Pick one or two “angels” who walk around and try to make the lions giggle or move, using only funny faces and words. No touching!
  3. Any lion who moves or laughs becomes an angel too. The last sleeping lion wins.
  4. Perfect for the last few minutes of class, or anytime the room needs to calm down fast.

🙏 Pray Anywhere Charades · 4 min

  1. SAY“Daniel prayed at his window. Where can YOU pray?”
  2. Kids take turns acting out a place or moment where they could pray while the class guesses: in bed, on the school bus, before a spelling test, at a soccer game, lost in a store, when a pet is sick.
  3. After each guess, ask: “Would that be a spoken prayer or a quiet prayer in your heart?”
  4. SAY“Heavenly Father hears us anywhere, anytime, just like He heard Daniel.”

🥦 Ten Times Wiser · 4 min

  1. Read Daniel 1:17, 20. God gave the four friends knowledge and wisdom, and the king found them “ten times better” than all his wise men.
  2. In your own words, share the promises of the Word of Wisdom from Doctrine and Covenants 89:18–21: health, wisdom, treasures of knowledge, and strength to run without getting tired.
  3. Everyone runs in place for 20 seconds, then walks in place for 20 seconds. Say: “God gives these blessings to people who take care of their bodies His way.”
  4. Ask: “What does the Word of Wisdom ask kids to do?” (Eat good food, get sleep and exercise, and stay away from harmful things like alcohol, tobacco, vaping, coffee, tea and drugs.)

🎨 Draw the Dream · 5 min

  1. Tap Draw & Guess. One kid draws a word from today’s lesson (lion, stone, furnace, window) while the class guesses.
  2. Or give everyone paper and read Daniel 2:31–35 slowly while they draw the king’s dream: gold head, silver chest, brass belly, iron legs, iron-and-clay feet, and the stone.
  3. Ask: “What does the stone stand for?” (God’s kingdom, the Church of Jesus Christ.)

Sources

Scripture quotations are from the King James Version, the Bible used by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Tap or click a reference to open it in Gospel Library. Start with the official Come, Follow Me manual; these ideas are here to help it come alive.

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