Omni - Introduction

Activity: Family Fued: For readers: Divide the family into 2 teams. Give younger (older) ones the advantage of using the book if they can read or pairing with someone older if they can’t. Topic: Authors of the Book of Omni. Top 5 answers on the Board: Omni, Amaron, Chemish, Abinadom, Amaleki.
For pre-readers: As you read through the introduction, have the kids pick out the names of the authors in the Book of Omni. Write them down as your kids find them.

Omni - Introduction

Activity: For the older ones: Create a bar graph showing the chapters in the Book of Mormon on one axis compared with the years on the other. Why was there such a long stretch with such little writing?

Omni 1:12-13

Activity: For the older ones: Draw a map of the journeys of the Nephites to this point in the Book of Mormon. You’ll probably have to do some searching to generate an accurate map.

Omni 1:14-16

Discussion: What groups of people have come to this continent? What are the promises to those who live on this continent?

Omni 1:17-20

Activity: Make a crown from paper.
Activity: Have one child write something on a sheet of aluminum foil, and another child “translate” (read) it. Use a plastic knife or a toothpick to “engrave”.
Activity: Play hangman on a sheet of aluminum foil. Use words/phrases from the book of Ether.
Activity: Have one child scratch something into a rock, a bar of soap, etc, and have another child “translate” (read) it.
Activity: Make some secret codes using an made up alphabet and have the kids translate.

Omni 1:25-26

Role Play: What if your friend told you that you are crazy for believing in Jesus?