Object: A wedding ring

Good morning, boys and girls. Can you tell me what this is? (Show them the wedding ring.) That's right, it is a ring, but it isn't just any kind of ring. This one is very special. When a person puts this ring on, he or she becomes a different person! Can you guess why this ring is so special, boys and girls? (Let them guess.) This ring is a wedding ring. When a man puts this ring on a woman's finger, she becomes a new and wonderful person. She becomes that man's wife! Does anything else change in this woman's life, boys and girls? (Let them answer.) The woman usually gets a new last name -- her husband's. Then she moves into a new home and starts living as Mrs. Smith or Jones or whoever. The man receives a ring, too. It makes him a husband; after he …