tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19349257209940743662024-03-05T17:47:39.914-08:00FHE for Kids"We cannot afford to neglect this heaven-inspired program. It can bring spiritual growth to each member of the family, helping him or her to withstand the temptations which are everywhere. The lessons learned in the home are those that last the longest.”
Pres. MonsonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-80588276032275504372013-04-14T21:04:00.000-07:002013-04-14T21:04:01.950-07:00Sunday JarI've been very discouraged by how we are spending Sundays at our house, so tonight I decided it was time to do something about it. After searching Pinterest, the following is a list of things I'm printing out and putting in a Sunday Jar. I hope it helps to have a Sabbath, not just Sunday. <br />
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Gospel Game – 10 stepping stones, questions from scriptures,
Gospel Pictures, treat at the end of 10 questions</div>
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Draw a picture</div>
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Paint a picture</div>
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Write a card or letter</div>
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Make a dessert</div>
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Family Game time</div>
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Talk a walk</div>
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Read family history</div>
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Watch a church video</div>
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Do an activity from the friend</div>
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Read the friend</div>
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Visit the temple</div>
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Learn about another country</div>
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“I am grateful for” picture or mobile….</div>
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Use play dough to make a scripture scene</div>
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Make puzzles from Friend</div>
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Memorize a scripture or article of faith</div>
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Play hangman with church words</div>
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Don’t Eat the Prophet game</div>
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Learn about a general authority</div>
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Learn about a temple</div>
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Play Book of Mormon game</div>
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Lego scriptionary: Write names of scripture heroes, put in
jar, build something with legos to represent</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-61934216463408180482012-11-19T15:57:00.002-08:002012-11-19T15:57:09.792-08:00Thanksgiving FHEFor FHE last week, we made <a href="http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mtpturkey.htm">this cute little turkey</a> and wrote the things that we were grateful on the tail of the turkey. We sang "Thanks to our Father" and told the story of the 10 lepers. Then we discussed why it is important to always be grateful for our blessings. Jocelyn was very into the story and loved making the turkey!<br />
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<br />coryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-41707738184458041852012-11-13T20:32:00.001-08:002012-11-13T20:35:02.595-08:00Alma and AmulekThis year we are working on having Paul remember some of the scripture stories. I used the Book of Mormon scripture reader to tell the story while Jared played Alma and Paul played Amulek. I built a jail with chairs and a blanket in our living room. This, of course, was the highlight when the jail crumbled down around them. I skipped some of the parts that dealt with Zeezrom, but I think (HOPE!) Paul will remember that Amulek listened to Heavenly Father, bore his testimony, and Heavenly Father blessed him for doing it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-60644083030041439862012-05-07T19:52:00.001-07:002012-05-07T19:54:30.785-07:00A House of OrderIt's Spring Cleaning time and while I was making a list of things I wanted to do this scripture came into my head:<br />
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Song: "When we're helping we're Happy". (Children's Songbook p 198)</div>
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We read the D&C scripture above. Then we talked about how it's important that we all work together in the house. </div>
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Talk about family rules and goals. I found this on the <a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=3ac6a41f6cc20110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=198bf4b13819d110VgnVCM1000003a94610aRCRD">LDS website</a> and liked it:</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be a loving family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will all try to attend any event in which one of our family members is involved to show our support.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be a healthy family.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will obey the Word of Wisdom.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be active in the Church.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will all attend sacrament meeting together.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will accept Church callings when asked.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be alert at school and work.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will always be home by ten o’clock on school nights.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be morally clean.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will not date until we are sixteen.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will not do anything that will lead to immorality.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to develop our individual talents.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We will practice one hour each day.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">We want to be kind.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">There will be no quarreling in our house.</span></div>
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Then for the activity (this is more of a craft but I justified it being a part of FHE) we painted clipboards that we are going to hang up on the wall that will hold our schedules and chore charts I'm printing out.</div>
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So the plan is to do another area next week and I hope we can keep this up cause I like having a topic picked for me :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-82941350220135815522012-04-29T18:03:00.000-07:002012-04-29T18:03:24.605-07:00Lehi's DreamThe other night we were reading about Lehi's Dream, so we decided to do a Family Home Evening about what holding to the rod means. Jared had a key chain little iron rod that we got at Deseret Book a while ago. We turned off all the lights, and told Paul we wanted him to get from our bedroom to the living room couch (where I was) by himself. (We made sure there was nothing for him to trip on .;-) ) Once he got to the couch, Jared had him hold on to "The Iron Rod" and guided him around our dark house, to where I was waiting with an apple. After he had a bit of apple, we talked about how much easier it was to find mom when he was holding on to the iron rod. It was simple, but memorable for the boy, and he wanted to have dad guide him around the rest of the night.<br />
P.S. I can't take credit for this, it was all Jared's idea.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-81532802794459364062012-03-11T14:23:00.000-07:002012-03-11T14:23:18.732-07:00Another conference resourceconferencegames.lds.org is another great resource for kids for FHE. There are coloring pages and online games. We have been playing the matching game this whole week to reinforce our las weeks FHE.coryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-62408433549845624082012-03-05T17:41:00.001-08:002012-03-05T17:41:36.554-08:00Getting Ready for ConferenceWe are using these last few FHE's before conference to prepare! I found this game today to start teaching her the names of the apostles and prophets.<br />
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http://lds.about.com/od/familyhomeeveninggames/a/fhe_apostlecard.htmcoryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-18210634647316212162012-02-26T13:42:00.001-08:002012-02-26T13:42:44.577-08:00A year of FHEI thought this was awesome. It's a year of FHE lessons that correspond to what was talked about in primary that week!
http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8492coryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-81569128384002704632011-12-04T19:52:00.001-08:002011-12-04T19:53:52.155-08:00Real meaning of ChristmasI'm not sure any of our kids are old enough to have the issue of focusing on Santa, but I wanted to remember this idea for later. <a href="http://www.latter-dayhomeschooling.com/2010/12/symbols-of-christmas.html">http://www.latter-dayhomeschooling.com/2010/12/symbols-of-christmas.html</a><br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-36929455879269625192011-11-30T14:07:00.001-08:002011-11-30T14:09:12.918-08:00The Christmas StoryFor Family Home Evening on Monday, we took a nativity set and put all the pieces on the floor next to the table where we would be setting it up.<br />
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We talked Jocelyn through the Christmas story and as we did it, she found the pieces of the set that related to that part of the story and set them up for us.<br />
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Not only did she think it was so fun that she wanted to do it 4 times (and everyday since), but she is learning the story really well now.<br />
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Song: When Joseph Went to Bethlehemcoryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-11856751409281369262011-11-15T06:38:00.001-08:002011-11-15T06:52:21.693-08:00Safety<div style="text-align: center;">So Tyson had his CPR training at work yesterday so he thought it would be a good idea to talk about safety for FHE. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Song: Families are Forever</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Activity: <a href="http://www.kentwa.gov/content.aspx?id=1542">Safety coloring pages</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lesson: We showed these pictures of a fireman in full gear and police men to show Afton that they were good people and if she needs help to ask them.</div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoC5ao7Ox6wPW3CvWpvlIxdzVYlPrTMsyHVOVns8Ebcz7z6Cx86bE_NW5U-MGfDlcrKKr9g_-StFalJ27j4Awvr9UcXeT6PpBQilkruPmRcavf_0bpEedsyNB8xYLhhtu0sLJIygqPgy5/s1600/100_1146.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWoC5ao7Ox6wPW3CvWpvlIxdzVYlPrTMsyHVOVns8Ebcz7z6Cx86bE_NW5U-MGfDlcrKKr9g_-StFalJ27j4Awvr9UcXeT6PpBQilkruPmRcavf_0bpEedsyNB8xYLhhtu0sLJIygqPgy5/s320/100_1146.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675232385873646546" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBFFExlTdrq4vHWKkpOfdG5zYWrHfsHfHStPR1flROEqD5mfNiJ-cyPkv8X37Rukoe92zFl5ShBRv_s-wZEu0LQaDHvHfDUn2WM4tABZrOITU8JpTesmBKjmDR8TKO5W1Wi0vH-xClNiS/s1600/policemen.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBFFExlTdrq4vHWKkpOfdG5zYWrHfsHfHStPR1flROEqD5mfNiJ-cyPkv8X37Rukoe92zFl5ShBRv_s-wZEu0LQaDHvHfDUn2WM4tABZrOITU8JpTesmBKjmDR8TKO5W1Wi0vH-xClNiS/s320/policemen.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675232388429050562" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then while she finished coloring Tyson and I talked about what he learned at work. Mostly CPR. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That was pretty much it. It was short and very simple but Afton liked the pictures and the coloring :)</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-72183465171063220572011-11-08T05:33:00.000-08:002011-11-08T06:05:45.086-08:00Tithing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5ATTX7Yca8OtwJio_fb-MZgCg-zqejTNxjn75B-MTRCd2fhaAhyphenhyphenGBtb-g4BFDemBewN9xYVKfkYP1aMBh8smHa2uwX89BsOW522PcHxZCn2KV6Gqv0VBOljBReS6uG5D1xmA3r2t76KL/s1600/Giving+Tithing.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5ATTX7Yca8OtwJio_fb-MZgCg-zqejTNxjn75B-MTRCd2fhaAhyphenhyphenGBtb-g4BFDemBewN9xYVKfkYP1aMBh8smHa2uwX89BsOW522PcHxZCn2KV6Gqv0VBOljBReS6uG5D1xmA3r2t76KL/s320/Giving+Tithing.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672624653444938498" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Since Tithing Settlements are coming up I thought we would do this lesson on none other than...tithing. I know it's a pretty hard concept for little kids and Im not sure Afton even got anything out of it (except the fake money), but you know what they say, repetition is the key. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Song:</b> Keep the Commandments</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Activity</b>: Coloring page <a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/Tithing/girlpayingtithing.pdf">here.</a> Even me and Tyson did one and it was really fun. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Lesson</b>: I had printed fake money, <a href="http://www.moneyinstructor.com/play.asp">here</a>, and I counted out Ten and and gave them to Tyson. I asked him to give me one back and he said "no". Then I said "but I gave you the money, can I just have one back you will still have nine." Afton was enthralled at this point to see Daddy not sharing. In the end he gave me one. Then I did the same thing with Afton and she said no at first but then gave me one.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZgf-UbYWucu5iqNSpIbn4-NEKM5Daoy0HfZdxm-LMgLCKqCeWVQOozFIddCtG0wmscI7gMRjL4L9bSdgGUoqm0LUbtrgfh_DciF8s5UbOMzLCswolbF0CVbpHAPIsOO0LZZ4-isGasXQ/s320/dollar.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672624652635646530" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 132px; " /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The point is this</i>: God is the reason we have our money so we should show Him we are thankful by giving Him a little back to help his other children. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Notes: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul><li>I didn't talk about 10% because I knew that would be way over her head. </li><li>I could have used candy too but Afton was in<b> love</b> with the play money so it worked great. </li><li>This entire lesson, including the activity all lasts about 10 min. total. short, sweet, and to the point</li></ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><b>Scripture:</b> 3 Nephi 24: 8- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 57, 58); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say: Wherein have we robbed thee? In <span class="highlight" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(246, 242, 195); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">tithes</span> and offerings.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 57, 58); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 57, 58); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Treats</b>: brownies, yum</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(47, 57, 58); line-height: 18px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qt5dsozwcHfWey5te6m7HACUDaAAp-pl-92MtsWS8lq5VSWZh3tB6InVWQNinRtTeY6s1mkZ8Z0iOAfJSh1zUyYMVoWjiDPKUI0OhiDbuyVNyyNo9sgel-IAarjX0f7McsC-65oMZcKo/s1600/photo.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8qt5dsozwcHfWey5te6m7HACUDaAAp-pl-92MtsWS8lq5VSWZh3tB6InVWQNinRtTeY6s1mkZ8Z0iOAfJSh1zUyYMVoWjiDPKUI0OhiDbuyVNyyNo9sgel-IAarjX0f7McsC-65oMZcKo/s320/photo.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672617984001957730" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-84895384898010593642011-10-24T15:12:00.000-07:002011-10-24T17:34:28.310-07:00The Sabbath Day Holy<div>So now that we have a regular schedule I'm hoping I can keep up FHE at home. Not that I had a good excuse but now I have no excuse whatsoever. So tonight we are going to be talking about keeping the sabbath day holy because for us, it's hard to determine what a two-year-old should and shouldn't do on the Sabbath. I know what we should and shouldn't do, but can we take Afton to the park on Sunday? What clothes should she wear so she still looks nice but doesn't get her pretty dress dirty? Anyway, I did some research and this is what I came up with:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy</b></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Song</b>: Saturday is a Special Day</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Activity</b>: <a href="http://scrapbooking.about.com/gi/o.htm?zi=1/XJ&zTi=1&sdn=scrapbooking&cdn=homegarden&tm=16&f=10&tt=14&bt=1&bts=1&zu=http%3A//www.berenstainbears.com/dressup.html">Berenstain Bears Dress up Paper dolls</a>. This is so cute. It has all four bears with wardrobes for different activities like everyday, working, snow day, church clothes. Print out a few wardrobes and try them all on, then talk about which clothes are good for sports, which clothes are good for working, which clothes are good for church.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lesson</b>: Read the friend article,<a href="http://lds.org/friend/2007/09/doing-good-on-the-sabbath-day?lang=eng&query=sabbath+day+holy"> Doing Good on the Sabbath Day</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><div>What can we do on the Sabbath so we can show Heavenly Father we love Him? What shouldn't we do?</div><div><a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7721:sabbath-day-activity-ideas&catid=2718">Sabbath Day Activity Ideas</a></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Game</b>: Put a smiley face and a frowny face on the floor. Write and cut up some ideas things to do and not to do on the Sabbath day, Use the link above for some ideas. Have the kids pick one out of a bowl, read it, and put it either on the smile or the frown.</div><div><br /></div><div>Treat: Microwave s'mores. yum</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-38279287438144301812011-09-29T12:51:00.001-07:002011-09-29T12:51:51.481-07:00General Conference Nursery PacketHola! Just found this nursery packet again and thought you might be interested. There's also packets for Junior and Senior Primary.<br />
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http://scriptures4kids.com/directory/download/general-conference/april-2011-nursery-general-conference-packet.htmlcoryshayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12893224670102853972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-90707408024855945402011-08-13T20:36:00.000-07:002011-08-13T20:40:48.968-07:00Sweet Website<div>
<br /></div><div>All of you may have already seen this on Pinterest, (who else is addicted?) but I thought I'd share here too.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>This FHE blog is awesome!: <a href="http://ayearoffhe.blogspot.com">A Year of FHE</a></div><div>
<br /></div><div>She literally has a year of full family home evening plans complete with treat ideas, handouts, games, and lots of free printables. I grabbed pictures of just a few to make this post look more interesting.</div><div>
<br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjd3oDq5tKqWiREBS2UcpGDVDvJu9-jWBwFia2qtkLzsTLg7tMvnSQOYO-XRhi5YezguE-F8DTJfQ0X03AGqSGC4wKPx4E-h06RdggH1tIPk5bwf8GnJ31mZhbCHpRVwblfJLlfX24Mre/s1600/Bingo01-prev.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 324px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidjd3oDq5tKqWiREBS2UcpGDVDvJu9-jWBwFia2qtkLzsTLg7tMvnSQOYO-XRhi5YezguE-F8DTJfQ0X03AGqSGC4wKPx4E-h06RdggH1tIPk5bwf8GnJ31mZhbCHpRVwblfJLlfX24Mre/s400/Bingo01-prev.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5640550685334911522" /></a>
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<br />Celeste Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889574851633665094noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-53616195934451056012011-07-15T13:21:00.000-07:002011-07-15T13:45:07.211-07:00General Conference Buckets<div><br /></div><div>I saw this idea at <a href="http://www.brownpaper--packages.com/2011/03/general-conference-treat-buckets.html">Brown Paper Packages</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>I thought it could be a really cool idea for a family home evening lesson too. Basically you get some buckets (she found her tin buckets in the $1 section of Target) and put keywords that you want the kids to listen for. Fill them with candy and when they hear the word they get a treat from that bucket.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ey-LD7MmWbfZZODCFY4jDAcJRervaguFPzkWIOY2N-TZMIQQXnZi-L_PGoNS5i2VIjYn8bl0tRWXejoDVzYvXmzPk4Vr75iH3w7rnrzsMzlq75zhOrhjgcePXIOv3bqlvW3d7JYkvca5/s1600/conference+buckets+in+a+row+front+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ey-LD7MmWbfZZODCFY4jDAcJRervaguFPzkWIOY2N-TZMIQQXnZi-L_PGoNS5i2VIjYn8bl0tRWXejoDVzYvXmzPk4Vr75iH3w7rnrzsMzlq75zhOrhjgcePXIOv3bqlvW3d7JYkvca5/s400/conference+buckets+in+a+row+front+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629676882566388514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBo9g6rqfdkrFXRcqBSilaRXJpKKSTYOpfwyKwqE_SVzYtkKC_CgSFKnVUXolB_vWk86ycxm3zRGU-HjdIpP6GbbX5l55Tu2peT3X86tzAPt4Z7Nfz0BE0Ok4jVJr5z3XSvsaghHm7aow4/s1600/conference+buckets+with+candy+two+copy.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBo9g6rqfdkrFXRcqBSilaRXJpKKSTYOpfwyKwqE_SVzYtkKC_CgSFKnVUXolB_vWk86ycxm3zRGU-HjdIpP6GbbX5l55Tu2peT3X86tzAPt4Z7Nfz0BE0Ok4jVJr5z3XSvsaghHm7aow4/s400/conference+buckets+with+candy+two+copy.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629676880792494658" /></a><br /><div>I was thinking that for an individual Family Home Evening you could pick a story from The Friend and pick words from that story. Instead of treats I would fill the bucket with something that we do as a family for the activity. For example, I might put different colored sidewalk chalk in each bucket and our activity would be to go draw outside together. It could be fun to be creative! </div>Celeste Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15889574851633665094noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-81074729596997988232011-07-12T13:18:00.000-07:002011-07-12T13:19:33.581-07:00The CreationShayla left this in the comments. I thought I'd repost it here.<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Crafty Girls', serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">So...I am going to do this "Days of creation" as a series of FHE's for Jocelyn. I just thought you guys might be interested. There are a few different ones for different ages. I am sticking with the 2-3 age range, since Jocelyn's barely 3. I really like the Day 1 activity for when the Lord created light. Just thought I'd pass it on!</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Crafty Girls'; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />Just scroll down to Day 1 of creation: light and then look at the other days. Looks fun!<br /><br />http://www.icanteachmychild.com/p/2-3-years.html"</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-51311739271902107322011-05-03T00:21:00.000-07:002011-05-03T00:23:08.505-07:00Family HistoryTonight we started a new project to help us with our family history goals. We are so lucky to have both the Brown family history and Golding family history books so we started at the beginning. I chose a few stories that I thought Paul might be interested in, and read them out loud to him. He had a notebook and markers, and drew pictures of the stories I was telling. When he finished his picture, I wrote one sentence describing what he drew. I think for right now we will just do direct ancestors, instead of all ancestors in the book, but maybe someday we'll get to them all. <br />
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Interesting side note: Butch Cassidy offered to buy Samuel Brown's fast horse, and Samuel turned him down. Butch Cassidy laughed and walked away, but then a few days later the horse turned up missing. It was never seen again. We thought that was an cool story!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-86232571810002591512011-05-01T11:40:00.000-07:002011-05-01T18:58:07.562-07:00Record Keeping<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">“Get a notebook, my young folks, a journal that will last through all time, and maybe the angels may quote from it for eternity,” </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">President Spencer W. Kimball.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This week for relief society we are going to be talking about record keeping so I thought it would be a good topic for us for FHE since I haven't been doing too well. This seems like a hard one to teach little kids so I'm hoping to find some good things. What I find, I'll post here.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing I thought would be good for those who don't like to write cause they just don't know what to write about are journal prompts. So I searched around for some good ones. Obviously there are a lot more out there but here are a few:</div><div><br /></div><div>For <i>school age kids</i> <a href="http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/journal-prompts.html">here</a>, a great one for creative teens <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/art-journals-for-children">here</a>,</div><div><br /></div><div><i>For Adults</i> <a href="http://journalingprompts.com/">here</a>, My favorite so far <a href="http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2009/09/11/119-journal-prompts-for-your-journal-jar/">here</a>, thought provoking ones <a href="http://pyxlin-journal-prompts.wikidot.com/">here</a>, <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 25px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;">99 Powerful Questions to Ask to Turbocharge Your Life <span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://abundance-blog.marelisa-online.com/2008/12/08/99-powerful-questions-to-ask-to-turbocharge-your-life/">here</a>. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 25px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Also, there is a blog called <a href="http://sundayscribblings.blogspot.com/">Sunday Scribblings</a> that posts a journal prompt every saturday so you can write about it every Sunday. so cool. </span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>For <i>Little kids</i> <a href="http://www.suite101.com/content/winter-writing-prompts-a36263">here</a>, Or have then draw a picture about their day or have them tell you about their day and you write it down. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Verdana;font-size:small;"><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">Joseph Fielding Smith—</span></span></strong></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">“Every important event in our lives should be placed in a record, by us individually. … If you have accomplished </span></span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">something worth while</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"> during the day, put it down; it may be of use to posterity.” (</span></span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">Doctrines of Salvation,</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"> 2:204.)</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"><a name="6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; text-decoration: none; "></a></span></span><p style="text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">Gordon B. Hinckley—</span></span></strong></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">“May I suggest that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. … You will bless the lives of many—your families and others—now and in the years to come.” (</span></span><em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.22em; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;">Ensign,</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#330000;"> November 1984, page 91.)</span></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">There are lots of good lessons you could center around great talks. Here are a few Ideas:</div><div><br /></div><div>So so many good talks about journal keeping <a href="http://lds.org/search?lang=eng&query=journals">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Great one on helping your kids start a journal <a href="http://lds.org/ensign/1977/01/its-childs-play-how-to-help-your-child-begin-a-journal?lang=eng&query=journals+children">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Story of keeping journals from the friend <a href="http://classic.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=20105fd1b1f9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">here</a>. Another from the friend <a href="http://classic.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=35a48eeebef9b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Another few ideas I thought about were this:</div><div><br /></div><div><ul><li>If you have a hard time writing every day, make it a Sunday afternoon activity. </li><li>Make a gratitude journal. Spend time every day or week to write down the things you are grateful for. </li><li>Online journaling</li><li>Blogging</li><li>Scrapbooking</li><li>Photo Books</li><li>etc.</li></ul><div>I'll have more info I think after our Relief Society activity on Thursday. Then I'll post more ideas and hopefully one will work for you and your kids. </div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 13px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><blockquote></blockquote></div></span></li></ul><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(73, 73, 73); line-height: 13px; font-family:'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-39034203184513914022011-04-25T22:30:00.000-07:002011-04-26T09:18:40.527-07:00Picture it!Tonight for family home evening we went outside with Paul's sidewalk chalk and we drew a picture of Noah's ark. After I drew the boat, I had him draw Noah and some of the animals that he thought would be on a boat. As we were drawing, we prompted him to tell the story of Noah. He did surprisingly well, and he really liked it. Obviously this can be adapted to most of the scripture stories. And of course, it can't be freezing outside!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://s2.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/782C1BF3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://s2.thisnext.com/media/largest_dimension/782C1BF3.jpg" border="0" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-80012982837743752062011-04-10T15:56:00.000-07:002011-04-10T16:01:56.035-07:00Family Night with John Bytheway<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdicufVg4sxREmDJWa3na5OrJzeb_vBIva1hfBPNmF6LEQjBuytOgZ9VGH-MJJEnnwVo6EL_RX5v0g7u5COBn84iXSgTZpjjzletInZa1txxEwJsV_f2kJILWNyEwvC0K5aoObEo9rdeK/s1600/Family_NIght_with_John_product.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAdicufVg4sxREmDJWa3na5OrJzeb_vBIva1hfBPNmF6LEQjBuytOgZ9VGH-MJJEnnwVo6EL_RX5v0g7u5COBn84iXSgTZpjjzletInZa1txxEwJsV_f2kJILWNyEwvC0K5aoObEo9rdeK/s320/Family_NIght_with_John_product.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5594093878210840754" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I heard this was really good. It's a few short (like 8 min) lessons by John Bytheway you can watch as a family and discuss. Check it out <a href="http://deseretbook.com/Family-Night-John-Bytheway/i/5035951">here</a>. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-42881796977747223782011-04-08T11:15:00.001-07:002011-05-01T18:28:12.454-07:00Prophets<div style="text-align: center;">I thought this would be a good topic to reinforce who they saw and were taught by on conference weekend.<br /></div><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Purpose</span>: To know who the prophet of the church is and what he does.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Song</span>:<a href="http://lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=110&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=110&searchsubseqend=ZZZ"> Follow the Prophet</a>, <a href="http://lds.org/churchmusic/detailmusicPlayer/index.html?searchlanguage=1&searchcollection=2&searchseqstart=146&searchsubseqstart=%20&searchseqend=146&searchsubseqend=ZZZ">Keep the Commandments</a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Prayer</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Attention Activity</span>: Prophet Matching Game<span style="font-size:78%;">1<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">1. Print out<br /><a title="View Prophets on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/52605603/Prophets" style="margin: 12px auto 6px; font: 14px Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; display: block; text-decoration: underline;">Prophets</a><iframe class="scribd_iframe_embed" src="http://www.scribd.com/embeds/52605603/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-15u3ttfo97obftsyn0gf" ratio="0.772727272727273" id="doc_7575" frameborder="0" height="true" scrolling="no" width="100%"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();</script><br /><br />(maybe just a few if the kids are really little) and turn them over.<br /><br />2. Take turns to find the matching prophet.<br /><br />3. If you really want to get into it, find something that prophet is famous for and tell about it when they find the match. Look <a href="http://www.funtrivia.com/en/Religion/The-Prophets-14292.html">here</a> for ideas.<br /><br />4. For really little kids maybe you could draw matching shapes on the back of the matching pictures to make it easier for them to find the match...or don't turn them over and just have the pictures face up.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Lesson</span>:<br /><br />1. Begin by showing a picture of the current prophet and ask them who it is. Then ask them what he does. (this could get interesting)<br /><br />2. Explain what the prophet does. Explain that a prophet gets instructions from God and he is in charge of telling us what God wants us to do. Talk about how general conference is a great time for the church leaders to let us know what God wants for us and from us<br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Activities</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> (I like to find a lot of activities and pick and choose some and use others for backup. The thing about teaching little kids is you need to have lots of activities and you need to be flexible. If one activity isn't working out for them, quickly move to another one. But since FHE's don't have to be terribly long, you'll really only need one or two at a time, but I'll post all the ones I find)</span><br /><br />1. Stand up prophets of olden days<span style="font-size:78%;">2</span> (coloring, cutting). <a href="http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=9d04e8eb9c97b110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=637e1b08f338c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD">here<span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></a><br />Instructions: Have the kids color the page, cut them out and stand them up. Say the name of the prophet and read what it says on the picture.<br /><br />2. Book of Prophets coloring book<span style="font-size:78%;">3</span>. <a href="http://www.sugardoodle.info/Nursery%20Program/L43/My%20Book%20of%20Prophets.shtml">here</a><br /><br />3. Listen to a story about the significance Brigham Young had on the migration of thousands of Saints to he Salt Lake Valley <a href="http://lds.org/friend/2011/01/the-best-brigham-young?lang=eng&media=audio">here</a><br /><br />4. Listen to a story from the friend about living prophets <a href="http://lds.org/friend/2011/03/picturing-the-prophet?lang=eng&media=audio">here</a>.<br /></span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Activities for the older family members:</span><br /><br />(While the young ones are busy coloring or completing their activity, you can share some things for the older members)<br /><br />1. Find a favorite general conference talk and read it<br /><br />2. read "The fourteen fundamentals in following the prophet" <a href="http://lds.org/liahona/1981/06/fourteen-fundamentals-in-following-the-prophet?lang=eng&query=prophet">here</a>.<br /><br />3. Watch one of these videos about following the prophet <a href="http://www.followtheprophet.net/videos/">here.</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Closing Prayer</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">Refreshments: </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"><b><br />Monkey Bread</b> - Mix 1/3 C brown sugar, 1 T. water, 3 T. melted butter in a round glass bowl. Microwave for 2 min. Add 1 pkg. refrigerator biscuits onto mixture and place a small juice glass in center. Microwave 2 more min. Remove glass and invert onto serving plate. Serve warm by pulling sections apart. - Crystal Cummard</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);">References</span><br />1. Shayla Bott (My sister...thanks for letting me steal your idea, I hope you don't mind)<br />2. "Lesson 24: I Will Follow the Prophet,” <i>Behold Your Little Ones: Nursery Manual, </i>(2008),100–103<br />3. Sugardoodle.net<br />4. ldssplash.com<a name="3"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1934925720994074366.post-39559047782574268202011-04-08T10:34:00.000-07:002011-04-08T10:43:00.069-07:00Intro<div style="text-align: center;">This is just an archive of FHE ideas that have worked for our family, or that we want to try someday. This is mostly for myself to keep track and refer back to, but you are welcome to use the ideas. Up front I'l say that I'm going to get my ideas from a lot of places and I'll try to give credit where it is due. If I don't give the credit, it's because either I can't find out who did it originally or I made it up.<br /><br />I wanted to start this blog after we had our FHE RElief Society activity and it made me want to be a lot better at it even though our kids are little. So I thought it would be easier to be consistent if I had a place to refer back to and to hold me accountable so I have no more excuses.<br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1