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Jesus Is My Light

A glowing surprise under a blanket, a picture story of Jesus reading Isaiah’s scroll, and a flashlight hunt

  • ☀️ Sunbeam
  • Week 42
  • 📅 Sunday, October 18, 2026
🤔 Forehead Guess🏆 Showdown
💡 The big idea

Jesus is like a light: He helps me see the right way to go.

I can follow Jesus, my light.

Study it yourself firstRead Isaiah 58–66 in Gospel LibraryCome, Follow Me manualOpen this week (Isaiah 58–66)
Know the chapters

Isaiah 58–66 closes the book of Isaiah with bright, hopeful chapters. Isaiah 60:1 says, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come.” It promises the Lord will shine on His people when the world feels dark. Isaiah 61:1–3 describes the Savior’s mission. He brings good news to the humble, healing to broken hearts, and freedom to captives. Centuries later, Jesus stood up in the synagogue in Nazareth on the Sabbath. He read these words from Isaiah’s scroll. Then He said they were fulfilled that very day. That’s Luke 4:16–21. He is the One Isaiah wrote about. In John 8:12, Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”

Three-year-olds need one tiny truth: Jesus is my light. Little ones know what a light does. It chases away the dark, helps us find things, and shows us where to walk. Jesus does that for our lives by showing us the right way to go. Use a real flashlight if you can. Keep the room lights on, though. Many three-year-olds are afraid of the dark, so a glow under a blanket is plenty.

Isaiah 58:13 says the Sabbath can be “a delight.” That fits Sunbeams perfectly. They’re at church right now, just like Jesus went to church on the Sabbath. Isaiah 58 also teaches about fasting and sharing with the hungry. Isaiah 65:25 pictures the wolf and the lamb eating together after Jesus comes again. Fasting is for grown-ups and older children. But Sunbeams can learn that we share food with people who are hungry.

Only have 5 minutes?

Grab a flashlight, a blanket, and a small toy. Make the flashlight glow under the blanket for a peekaboo surprise. Tell the picture story, and let them say lines back to you. Teach “Arise, shine!” with the motions, and play Flashlight Find. End by shining the light above each child as you say their name. Brought nothing? Tap “I brought nothing.” Be a sleepy sun rising, play Light and Dark, and hold pretend lights in cupped hands.

What to bring4 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. Check the flashlight batteries. Turn it on and tuck it under the blanket before the kids come in.
  2. Pick a hiding spot for the toy that’s a little shadowy but easy to reach. Under a table or behind a chair works.

If your class is wild

  • Never turn the room lights off with three-year-olds. Some are scared of the dark. A flashlight glow under a blanket is enough magic.
  • Only you hold the flashlight. Or hold it with one child’s hand on yours. Shine it on walls and ceilings, never in eyes.
  • Separation tears? Let the parent stay a few minutes. Then make the child your Blanket Lifter for the hook. A job helps more than a lecture.
  • “Shhh!” is also your quiet signal. Put a finger on your lips and wait. Little ones will copy you.
  • Potty breaks happen. Follow your ward’s policy. Usually a parent or the second adult takes the child. Keep two adults with the children, and never leave the class alone.

The 25-minute plan22 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

What’s Glowing?

3 min

A glowing blanket is instant three-year-old magic, and it opens the lesson on light.

  1. SAY“Look! Something is glowing under my blanket! What could it be?”
  2. Let them guess. Your Blanket Lifter lifts a corner slowly while everyone counts, “One, two, three!” Say, “Peekaboo! It’s a light!”
  3. SAY“Lights help us see! Today we’ll learn that Jesus is like a light for us.”
🌪️ Let the child sitting stillest be the Blanket Lifter.

Class screen: ✨ What’s glowing under the blanket?

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A flashlight (a small one with a soft beam is perfect), A blanket or large towel

The Sleepy Sun

  1. SAY“Something is waking up… What could it be?”
  2. Crouch behind a chair so only the top of your head shows. Rise slowly with fingers spread like sunbeams. Say, “Good morning! It’s the sun!”
  3. Everyone curls up and rises with you. Say, “The sun gives us light so we can see!”
  4. SAY“Today we’ll learn that Jesus is like a light for us.”

Class screen: 🌅 Rise and shine, sleepy sun!

2. Story

Picture Story: Jesus Reads Isaiah’s Scroll

6 min

Seven picture scenes show Jesus at church on the Sabbath, reading Isaiah’s words about Himself.

  1. SAY“Jesus went to church, just like we do. Let’s look at the pictures. I’ll say a word, and you say it back!”
  2. Try it once. You say, “Light!” They say, “Light!”
  3. Swipe through the scenes. Read each one. Say the line at the bottom, and let them say it back.
  4. After scene 7, say together, “Jesus is my light!”
🌪️ At scene 5, see who can be the quietest watcher. Whisper, “Shhh… I see such quiet eyes!”

Class screen: 📜 Jesus reads Isaiah’s scroll! · 🔁 Say it back! · ✨ Light!

3. Wiggle break

Sunday Is a Delight!

2 min

A days-of-the-week hop ends on Sunday, the special day Isaiah called a delight.

  1. SAY“Let’s go through the week! Stand up!”
  2. Hold up one finger for each day. Monday, hop! Tuesday, clap! Wednesday, stomp! Thursday, spin! Friday, wiggle! Saturday, jump!
  3. Sunday, fold your arms and smile. Say, “Isaiah said the Sabbath is a delight. Sunday is a happy day!” Then sit down.

Class screen: 📅 Sunday is a happy day! · Hop! Clap! Stomp! · Spin! Wiggle! Jump! · Sunday: smile!

4. Scripture

Our Little Verse: Isaiah 60:1

3 min

Jump-and-sparkle motions make a short verse about light easy to remember.

  1. SAY“Isaiah wrote something in the Bible that makes us jump up. Listen!”
  2. Hold up your scriptures. Read, “Arise, shine; for thy light is come.”
  3. SAY“‘Arise’ means stand up! Jesus is our light!”
  4. Teach the Key Verse motions one at a time. Then say together, “Stand up and shine! Jesus is my light!”
  5. Say it three ways, crouching low each time. Use a sleepy yawn voice, a regular voice, then a bright sunshine voice.

Class screen: ☀️ Stand up and shine! · ⬆️ Arise · ✨ shine · ☀️ Jesus is my light!

5. Game

Flashlight Find

5 min

Finding a hidden toy with a light shows how a light helps us see, just like Jesus helps us.

  1. SAY“Cover your eyes!”
  2. Hide the toy somewhere a little shadowy. Ask, “It’s hard to see in shadowy places. What can help us?” Listen for “A light!”
  3. Choose one child. Hold the flashlight together, your hand over theirs, and search. Everyone else points from their spots.
  4. When they find it, cheer, “The light helped us find it!” Play three or four rounds with different helpers.
  5. Say, “Jesus is like a light. He helps us see the right way to go.”
🌪️ Everyone else stays seated and points. Anyone who pops up waits one turn, then gets to be the next helper.

Class screen: 🔦 Shine the light! Find the toy!

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A flashlight (a small one with a soft beam is perfect), A small stuffed animal or toy for Flashlight Find

Light and Dark

  1. SAY“When I say ‘Dark!’, curl up small and cover your eyes. When I say ‘Light!’, sit up tall with sparkle fingers!”
  2. Call out “Dark!” and “Light!” in a mixed-up order. Try to trick them by saying the same word twice.
  3. Add a third word. When you say “Jesus!”, everyone says, “is my light!” and makes a big sun with their arms.
  4. Say, “Jesus is like a light. He helps us see the right way to go.”

Class screen: 🌗 Dark… Light… Jesus is my light!

6. Testimony

A Little Light Above You

3 min

A soft light over each child and a simple testimony make a calm, personal ending.

  1. SAY“Ooh… look up.”
  2. Lower your voice. Make a soft circle of flashlight light on the ceiling.
  3. Move the light above each child in turn. Say softly, “Jesus loves you, Emma. He is your light.”
  4. Share your testimony, “I know Jesus is my light. I love Him.”
  5. Invite them to try the Bedtime Light this week. Turn off the flashlight and fold arms for the closing prayer.

Class screen: 🔦 Jesus is my light. · He shows me the way

No supplies? Do this instead

Instead of: A flashlight (a small one with a soft beam is perfect)

  1. SAY“I’m holding a pretend little light.”
  2. Lower your voice. Cup your hands like you’re holding something precious. Everyone cups their hands too.
  3. Say each name softly, like “Jesus loves you, Emma.” That child opens their hands like a light.
  4. Share your testimony, “I know Jesus is my light. I love Him.”
  5. Invite them to try the Bedtime Light this week. Fold arms for the closing prayer.
7. Game

What’s Hiding? Mystery Picture

3 minBONUS

A picture reveal reviews the lesson if you have a few extra minutes.

  1. SAY“A picture from our story is hiding! Let’s find out what it is.”
  2. Open Mystery Picture. Call out a “show me,” like “Show me sparkle fingers!” Tap away a tile after each one.
  3. Let everyone guess. When the picture shows, tell that part of the story together.
🧩 Mystery Picture (a class game in the Gospel Sparks app)

Class screen: 🖼️ What’s hiding?

The story

Jesus Reads Isaiah’s Scroll

Isaiah 60:1–3; 61:1; Luke 4:16–21 ↗

Optional helpers

  • Scroll HelperSits by you and slowly unrolls the paper scroll at scene 3.
  • Sound HelperTaps each scene’s sound on your phone or tablet with your help.

Scenes

  1. 🧔📜 Isaiah wrote about a great light

    Long ago, the prophet Isaiah wrote that a great light was coming to help everyone.

    🙌 Sparkle fingers. Say it back: “Light!”

  2. 🚶⛪ Jesus went to church on Sabbath

    When Jesus grew up, He went to church on the Sabbath day, just like we do!

    🙌

  3. 📜👐 A big scroll for Jesus

    A man handed Jesus a big scroll with Isaiah’s words on it. Jesus unrolled it… and unrolled it…

    🙌 Roll your hands around and around: “Roll, roll!”

  4. 🙈👀 Jesus came to help eyes see

    Jesus read Isaiah’s words out loud. He came to help sad people, and to help people who couldn’t see.

    🙌

  5. 👀🤫 Everyone looked at Jesus

    Jesus sat down. Everyone’s eyes were looking right at Him. Shhh!

    🙌 Finger on your lips. Say it back softly: “Shhh!”

  6. ✨😊 Isaiah wrote about Jesus!

    Jesus told them Isaiah’s words were about Him. He is the One who came to help us!

    🙌

  7. 🔦💛 Jesus is my light

    Like a flashlight in the dark, Jesus shows us the right way to go.

    🙌 Say it back: “Jesus is my light!”

Key verse

Isaiah 60:1 ↗
“Arise, shine; for thy light is come”
In kid words: Stand up and shine! Jesus is my light!
🙌 “Arise” = crouch down low, then jump up tall · “shine” = wiggle sparkle fingers beside your face · “Jesus is my light” = make a big sun circle with your arms over your head

More verses

John 8:12 ↗
“I am the light of the world”
In kid words: Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”
Isaiah 58:13 ↗
“call the sabbath a delight”
In kid words: Sunday is a happy, special day!
Isaiah 60:19 ↗
“the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light”
In kid words: Jesus is a light that never goes out.
Luke 4:18 ↗
“recovering of sight to the blind”
In kid words: Jesus came to help people who couldn’t see.

Forehead Guess words14 words

  • ☀️ Sun
  • 🔦 Flashlight
  • 🕯️ Candle
  • 💡 Light Bulb
  • 🌙 Moon
  • ⭐ Star
  • 📜 Scroll
  • 👀 Eyes
  • ⛪ Church
  • 📅 Sunday
  • 🐑 Lamb
  • 🐺 Wolf
  • 🍞 Bread
  • 😊 Smile
Clues for each word
  • Sun: Big light in the sky every morning
  • Flashlight: A light you hold in your hand
  • Candle: A little flame of light
  • Light Bulb: Click! It lights up the room
  • Moon: Glows in the night sky
  • Star: Twinkle, twinkle!
  • Scroll: Jesus read Isaiah’s words from one
  • Eyes: Open them to see!
  • Church: Where we go on Sunday
  • Sunday: A happy, special day
  • Lamb: Someday it will play with a wolf!
  • Wolf: Says “Aroooo!”
  • Bread: We share it with hungry people
  • Smile: Shine one at a friend!
▶ Play Forehead GuessFull screen, 60-second timer, works on any phone.

Scripture Showdown7 questions

  1. Which one gives light?
    • A. 🔦 Flashlight
    • B. 🧦 Sock
    Show answer

    ✅ A. 🔦 Flashlight Click! A flashlight helps us see, and Jesus is like a light for us.

  2. Where did Jesus go on the Sabbath day?
    • A. 🏖️ The beach
    • B. ⛪ Church
    Show answer

    ✅ B. ⛪ Church Luke 4:16. Jesus went to church on the Sabbath, just like we do!

  3. What did Jesus read Isaiah’s words from?
    • A. 📺 A TV
    • B. 📜 A scroll
    Show answer

    ✅ B. 📜 A scroll A scroll is a long paper that rolls up. Roll, roll, roll!

  4. Jesus helped people who couldn’t see. What do we see with?
    • A. 👂 Ears
    • B. 👃 Nose
    • C. 👀 Eyes
    Show answer

    ✅ C. 👀 Eyes Blink, blink! Jesus came to help people see.

  5. Who is the light of the world?
    • A. ❤️ Jesus
    • B. 🌙 The moon
    Show answer

    ✅ A. ❤️ Jesus John 8:12. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world.”

  6. Isaiah said the Sabbath is a…
    • A. 😀 Happy delight
    • B. 😖 Yucky day
    Show answer

    ✅ A. 😀 Happy delight Isaiah 58:13. Sunday is a happy, special day!

  7. When it’s dark, what helps you see?
    • A. 🕶️ Sunglasses
    • B. 💡 A light
    Show answer

    ✅ B. 💡 A light Lights chase the dark away. Jesus helps us see the right way to go.

▶ Play Scripture ShowdownTeams take turns on one screen.

Songs

  • Jesus Once Was a Little Child Children’s Songbook, p. 55

    Jesus grew up and went to church on the Sabbath, just like your Sunbeams. Sing it before the testimony if you have a minute. Find it ↗

  • Popcorn Popping Children’s Songbook, p. 242

    A spare wiggle song: crouch low and pop up tall, like “Arise, shine!” Find it ↗

  • When He Comes Again Children’s Songbook, p. 82

    Pairs with the Wolf and Lamb extra about the peaceful earth after Jesus comes again (Isaiah 65:25). Find it ↗

This week’s challenge

Bedtime Light

At bedtime, turn on a little light with Mom or Dad. Say, “Jesus is my light!” Then tell them one kind thing you did that day.

Text the parents

Today your Sunbeam learned that Jesus is our light. He helps us see the right way to go. We heard how Jesus went to church on the Sabbath and read Isaiah’s scroll, from Luke 4:16–21. We learned to jump up and say “Arise, shine!” from Isaiah 60:1. And we found a hidden toy with a flashlight. Ask your child, “Who is your light?” Let them show you their sparkle fingers.

📝 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?

🐺 The Wolf and the Lamb · 3 min

  1. Open to Isaiah 65:25. Say, “Isaiah said that after Jesus comes again, a wolf and a lamb will eat together. And nobody will hurt anybody!”
  2. Half the class are wolves who say “Aroooo!” The other half are lambs who say “Baa!” Everyone crawls around making their sound.
  3. Say, “Time to eat!” Wolves and lambs sit together and munch pretend grass side by side.
  4. Sing “When He Comes Again,” Children’s Songbook page 82.

🍞 Share Your Bread · 2 min

  1. Open to Isaiah 58:7. Say, “Isaiah said to share our bread with people who are hungry.”
  2. Everyone holds a pretend loaf and breaks it in half. Hand half to a friend and say, “Here, this is for you!”
  3. Say, “When we share, we help Jesus take care of people.”

🖍️ Sunday Delight Pictures · 5 min

  1. Give each child paper and crayons. Say, “Draw something happy we can do on Sunday!”
  2. Help with ideas. Going to church, singing, visiting Grandma, looking at pictures of Jesus, or saying a family prayer.
  3. Write each child’s words at the bottom of their picture. Parents can read it at home.

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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