I am teaching the Health Care lesson this Sunday. I found it a hard one to teach and add much variety to. Here's how I'm going to do it.

1. I will draw an outline of a body on the board and write the words, "happy, energetic, fun-to-be around, etc..." on it. I will cover it with a  paper body outline and write the words, "sick, tired, feverish, pain" on it.  We will discuss how when our body doesn't feel well, it can affect our spirit. I will talk about the paper figure and how she might be acting, etc... -- then lift off the paper outline and show what this YW would really be like if she felt well. I think this whole section of lessons deals with the connection between the body and spirit. If we can take care of our bodies, our spirits feel better. I'm going to bring the scriptures in when Christ healed the sick. Helping others feel better is a Christlike characteristic -- which will help to lift their spirit also.

2. I have asked three YW to tell about a time when they were sick and their parent took care of them -- what the parent did, how the YW felt -- then correlate that message to having Christlike love.

3. I'll then go into the first part of the lesson in the manual. Rather than doing the entire quiz in class. I am taking three different dolls and giving them an "ailment." For example, the baby doll will have a high temperature, etc... The YW will divide into groups and without the leader's help, they will decide what they can do help. They cannot just say, "I'll call 911 or the doctor." I have a toddler doll who will have swallowed something toxic, and a "cheerleader" doll who will have some sort of physical injury. I'll probably give them the quiz to take home.

4. Finally, I'll add a personal story. When my aged grandmother came to live with my mother, she made a very touching statement to her one day. My grandmother was not coherent all of the time; however, one day she said, "You've treated me like a queen. You know it takes a daughter to do that."

Her basic needs had been taken care of elsewhere, but my mother had really "cared" for her. I really think, in general, women are more sensitive to other's needs.