Family Home Evening Lesson
Palm Sunday
Opening Song "Easter Hosanna" Children's Songbook # 68
Opening Prayer : Child
Lesson: Mom
Palm Sunday always falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday. The feast commemorates (an event mentioned by all four Gospels Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19) the triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Cruxifiction.
According to the Gospels, before entering Jerusalem, Jesus was staying at Bethany and Bethphage, and the Gospel of John adds that he had dinner with Lazarus, and his sisters Mary and Martha. While there, Jesus sent two disciples to the village over against them, in order to retrieve a donkey that had been tied up but never been ridden, and to say, if questioned, that the donkey was needed by the Lord but would be returned. Jesus then rode the donkey into Jerusalem. Jesus rode into Jerusalem, and the people there lay down their cloaks in front of him, and also lay down small branches of trees.
(info found via wikipedia :)
Activity:
If you have access to palm fronds Have the children act out the triumphal entry. (My girls love to do this)
Go Here to see how we reenact with a cardboard donkey and palm leaves
Use these directions to make a Paper Plate Colt
Palm Leaf Fold and Cut Craft
Disciples untying the colt Coloring In Page
Triumphal Entry Coloring In Page
Make a Paper Plate Palm Leaf Wreath with drawings of coats on it (scroll down half way)
Closing Song: "Hosanna" Children's Songbook #66
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Any foods grown on a palm - coconut, date etc
Cupcakes with tinted green coconut
Eat food served on a palm leaf
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
Easter
Family Home Evening Lesson
Preparing for Easter
Opening Prayer: Dad
Opening Song: "Did Jesus Really Live Again?" Children's Songbook #64
Lesson:
Have a paper easter egg hunt. I purchased a similar thing from a store, but you could easily make yourself. It had paper eggs, basket to put eggs in and arrow signs to point the directions to go.
On the back of the eggs I wrote about something that happened in the lead up to Easter Sunday. You can have the children collect the eggs in order, or you can put them in order once they have all been found around the house.
Just draw an easy picture or write a few words on the back of each egg about the following things:
Palm Sunday
Washing of Disciples Feet
The First Sacrament
Garden of Gethsemene
Cruxifiction
Easter Sunday- He is Risen
Briefly talk about what happened the week leading up to Easter. Not too much, as I plan to use the other two mondays to go over some of the things in closer detail.
Activity:
Make this paper fan palm branch
Road to Easter Cut and Paste Work sheet
Closing Song: "Jesus Has Risen" Children's Songbook #70
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Easter Eggs
Make Egg shaped sugar cookies
Boiled Eggs
Fill some plastic Eggs with small candy
Preparing for Easter
Opening Prayer: Dad
Opening Song: "Did Jesus Really Live Again?" Children's Songbook #64
Lesson:
Have a paper easter egg hunt. I purchased a similar thing from a store, but you could easily make yourself. It had paper eggs, basket to put eggs in and arrow signs to point the directions to go.
On the back of the eggs I wrote about something that happened in the lead up to Easter Sunday. You can have the children collect the eggs in order, or you can put them in order once they have all been found around the house.
Just draw an easy picture or write a few words on the back of each egg about the following things:
Palm Sunday
Washing of Disciples Feet
The First Sacrament
Garden of Gethsemene
Cruxifiction
Easter Sunday- He is Risen
Briefly talk about what happened the week leading up to Easter. Not too much, as I plan to use the other two mondays to go over some of the things in closer detail.
Activity:
Make this paper fan palm branch
Road to Easter Cut and Paste Work sheet
Closing Song: "Jesus Has Risen" Children's Songbook #70
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Easter Eggs
Make Egg shaped sugar cookies
Boiled Eggs
Fill some plastic Eggs with small candy
Saturday, February 20, 2010
The Living Christ
Family Home Evening Lesson
The Living Christ
Opening Song: "I'm trying to be like Jesus" Childrens SongBook #78
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson:
I read to the children "The Living Christ" I picked out some of the phrases that I thought would interest them. They particulary like Joseph Smiths "His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah" They liked that he was shinier than the sun :)
After discussing the attributes and realities of Christ, I got the children to write their testimony, or a sentence about what they know about Jesus to be real. We wrote them on the back of "The Living Christ" that I printed out. Our 3 year old drew a picture of Daddy holding Jesus hand. It was very cute.
*I received February's Friend Magazine after this lesson. In the middle page is a poster of excerpts from The Living Christ. The pictures are good and would be suitable to use aswell.
Activity:
Make a The Living Christ collage picture frame.
Here is an example of a very cute one at Crystals Craft Spot
or printable one at The Idea Door
Write out/draw testimonies to be kept
Cut out pictures from old Ensigns/Friend Magazines and make collages
Watch a short video of Prophet or Aspostles speaking about Christ.
Closing Song:"Tell me the Stories of Jesus" Childrens Song Book #57
Closing Prayer: Mom
Treat:
Print out a tiny "Living Christ" and attach some Chocolates to be given out
The Living Christ
Opening Song: "I'm trying to be like Jesus" Childrens SongBook #78
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson:
I read to the children "The Living Christ" I picked out some of the phrases that I thought would interest them. They particulary like Joseph Smiths "His eyes were as a flame of fire; the hair of his head was white like the pure snow; his countenance shone above the brightness of the sun; and his voice was as the sound of the rushing of great waters, even the voice of Jehovah" They liked that he was shinier than the sun :)
After discussing the attributes and realities of Christ, I got the children to write their testimony, or a sentence about what they know about Jesus to be real. We wrote them on the back of "The Living Christ" that I printed out. Our 3 year old drew a picture of Daddy holding Jesus hand. It was very cute.
*I received February's Friend Magazine after this lesson. In the middle page is a poster of excerpts from The Living Christ. The pictures are good and would be suitable to use aswell.
Activity:
Make a The Living Christ collage picture frame.
Here is an example of a very cute one at Crystals Craft Spot
or printable one at The Idea Door
Write out/draw testimonies to be kept
Cut out pictures from old Ensigns/Friend Magazines and make collages
Watch a short video of Prophet or Aspostles speaking about Christ.
Closing Song:"Tell me the Stories of Jesus" Childrens Song Book #57
Closing Prayer: Mom
Treat:
Print out a tiny "Living Christ" and attach some Chocolates to be given out
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Love
Family Home Evening Lesson
Love
Opening Song: Jesus said Love Everyone Children's Songbook #61
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson:
Who loves you? (mom, dad,sisters, brothers, grandparents etc)
How do you know they love you?
There is someone else who loves you to, can you guess?
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ love you.
How do you know that Jesus loves you?
Jesus loves little children. When other men tried to turn the children away, Jesus said to let the little children come unto him.
Activity:
we dried our hearts on a skewer
Make Salt Dough hearts. Either make then let dry, or make earlier and paint them for the activity. Use a straw to cut a hole in the heart and you can string it into a necklace or ornament to hang.
Make a Paper Heart Leis
Make Valentines Cards for your family
Closing Song: Love One Another Children's Songbook #136
Treat:
Heart shaped chocolate
Cookie cutter heart shape toast with strawberry topping
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Our Heavenly Father
Note: As I was looking through the Gospel Principles book during RS, I thought the chapters might be good to make FHE lessons from. Most chapters in Gospel Principles are only 2 pages. I thought it might be good idea to have the kids learning some of the same things we are.
Family Home Evening Lesson
Our Heavenly Father
Opening Song: "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" Childrens SongBook #228
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson: Daddy
How do you know there is a God? (nature, warm feeling, miracles, life etc)
Show picture of space/stars (or use the one on page 4 of Gospel Principles)
Read Alma 30:44 "All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all the things
that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a supreme creator."
We can see the work of God by looking in the sky and on earth. These things didn't come by chance. The plants, animals, mountains, rivers, clouds, rain, stars - all testify there is a God.
What does God look like?
Because we are made in his image we know our bodies are like His.
God is perfect. He is righteous. He is love, mercy, truth, charity. All good things come from God.
How Can we Know God?
pray, study scriptures, Obey Commandments.
Activity:
I have a body like Heavenly Father coloring in page
Easy Paper folding Star
Make Starlights using a torch and foil
Go outside and look at the stars, look for constellations.
Closing Song: "A child's Prayer" Children's Songbook #12
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Star shaped cookies
Use star cookie cutter, to cut shapes out of bread. Spread with butter and cover in sprinkles.
Family Home Evening Lesson
Our Heavenly Father
Opening Song: "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" Childrens SongBook #228
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson: Daddy
How do you know there is a God? (nature, warm feeling, miracles, life etc)
Show picture of space/stars (or use the one on page 4 of Gospel Principles)
Read Alma 30:44 "All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all the things
that are upon the face of it, yea, and its motion, yea, and also all the planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a supreme creator."
We can see the work of God by looking in the sky and on earth. These things didn't come by chance. The plants, animals, mountains, rivers, clouds, rain, stars - all testify there is a God.
What does God look like?
Because we are made in his image we know our bodies are like His.
God is perfect. He is righteous. He is love, mercy, truth, charity. All good things come from God.
How Can we Know God?
pray, study scriptures, Obey Commandments.
Activity:
I have a body like Heavenly Father coloring in page
Easy Paper folding Star
Make Starlights using a torch and foil
Go outside and look at the stars, look for constellations.
Closing Song: "A child's Prayer" Children's Songbook #12
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Star shaped cookies
Use star cookie cutter, to cut shapes out of bread. Spread with butter and cover in sprinkles.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Remember Jesus
Family Home Evening Lesson
Remember
Opening Song: "I feel my Saviours Love Children's Songbook #74
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson: Daddy
Show a picture of Jesus. Ask how we remember him.
Read yourself or have an older child read the Sacrament Prayers from the scriptures (D&C 20:77, 79 - Our 8 year old did for us) Ask the children to guess what it is you are reading. (some of kids did, some knew it was familiar, but not sure)
Activity:
Now say you are going to play a memory game. Children have one minute to look at 10 items on a tray. Cover it up and have children write or draw or dictate to you what they remember on the tray. We made sure one of the items was a small picture of Jesus.
Our older girls wanted a go at being the person in charge of the tray, so we played 3 different versions of the game (allowing them to choose the items, but the ONLY Item that had to stay the same each time was the picture of Jesus)
We said that it is important to remember Jesus in our lives, even when it can be difficult. We must make room for and love Jesus.
Closing Song: "Tell me the Stories of Jesus" Children's Songbook #57
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Remember
Opening Song: "I feel my Saviours Love Children's Songbook #74
Opening Prayer: Child
Lesson: Daddy
Show a picture of Jesus. Ask how we remember him.
Read yourself or have an older child read the Sacrament Prayers from the scriptures (D&C 20:77, 79 - Our 8 year old did for us) Ask the children to guess what it is you are reading. (some of kids did, some knew it was familiar, but not sure)
Activity:
Now say you are going to play a memory game. Children have one minute to look at 10 items on a tray. Cover it up and have children write or draw or dictate to you what they remember on the tray. We made sure one of the items was a small picture of Jesus.
Our older girls wanted a go at being the person in charge of the tray, so we played 3 different versions of the game (allowing them to choose the items, but the ONLY Item that had to stay the same each time was the picture of Jesus)
We said that it is important to remember Jesus in our lives, even when it can be difficult. We must make room for and love Jesus.
Closing Song: "Tell me the Stories of Jesus" Children's Songbook #57
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Friday, December 4, 2009
Symbols of Christmas - Christmas Tree
Family Home Evening Lesson
Symbols of Christmas
Opening Song: Have a Very Merry Christmas Children's Songbook # 51
Opening Prayer: Daddy
Lesson: Mommy
What is this? (point to your christmas tree or a picture of one) Why do we have Christmas Trees at Christmas? (enjoy their varied answers!)
The Christmas Tree is a symbol of Christmas because :
The evergreen tree means lasting light and life. The needles of the tree point upwards towards heaven. As many things die in winter but the evergreen does not, it symbolizes life in the midst of death or rebirth.
Talk about why you like to put a star or angel on the top of your tree.
Read this scripture to go with your discussion.
Luke 2:9-12 for Angel
Matthew 2:2 for Star
Activity:
Click on links for some Tree Crafts
Christmas Handprint Tree
Fun cardboard and sticker christmas tree
Closing Song: Stars were Gleaming Childrens Songbook #37
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Click on links for some yummy treats
Cheese Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree Krispy Treats
Christmas Tree Sandwiches
Symbols of Christmas
Opening Song: Have a Very Merry Christmas Children's Songbook # 51
Opening Prayer: Daddy
Lesson: Mommy
What is this? (point to your christmas tree or a picture of one) Why do we have Christmas Trees at Christmas? (enjoy their varied answers!)
The Christmas Tree is a symbol of Christmas because :
The evergreen tree means lasting light and life. The needles of the tree point upwards towards heaven. As many things die in winter but the evergreen does not, it symbolizes life in the midst of death or rebirth.
Talk about why you like to put a star or angel on the top of your tree.
Read this scripture to go with your discussion.
Luke 2:9-12 for Angel
Matthew 2:2 for Star
Activity:
Click on links for some Tree Crafts
Christmas Handprint Tree
Fun cardboard and sticker christmas tree
Closing Song: Stars were Gleaming Childrens Songbook #37
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Click on links for some yummy treats
Cheese Christmas Tree
Christmas Tree Krispy Treats
Christmas Tree Sandwiches
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