Object: a canvas shoe.

Boys and girls, I brought a shoe to church today. The shoestring is not tied, because nobody is wearing the shoe right now. How many of you already know how to tie your own shoes? (Let them answer.) I need to have a volunteer show us how it's done, using this canvas shoe. (Let a volunteer do it for you.)

Thank you. That was very well done! Once you know how to tie shoes it's really easy to do, and very handy too. But now let me ask you a question about tying shoes. Suppose I said to you, "I want you to tie the shoes that I am wearing this morning. How would you feel about that?" (Talk about it.)…