Family Home Evening Lesson
Feed His Lambs
Opening Song:"I'm trying to be like Jesus" Children's Songbook # 78
Opening Prayer : Child
Lesson: Mom
This lesson is taken from the April 2010 Ensign page 2 see it for more details.
Following on from the last lesson: After Jesus had dined with the disciples Jesus asked Simon Peter if he loved him. He said Yes Jesus I lovest thou. Jesus said. "Feed my lambs" (John 21:15)
As followers of Jesus we must help eachother in the gospel. Be kind and help new members, answer questions in primary. Share the gospel. Be kind to others.
How do you care for a real lamb?
Protect from wolves and danger
A safe place to sleep
Food
Water
Who are the Saviour's Lambs? Those who are new or not strong in the gospel.
Activity:
Lamb Egg Carton from DLTK
Lamb Handprint Craft from DLTK
Paper Plate Lamb from About Family Crafts
Closing Song: "Little Lambs so white and fair" Children's Songbook #58
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Marshmallows arranged in the shape of a lamb
Lamb Cakes
Friday, April 16, 2010
Saturday, April 3, 2010
He is Risen
Family Home Evening Lesson
He is Risen
Opening Song 'Did Jesus really live again?' Childrens Songbook # 64
Opening Prayer : Child
Lesson: Mom
And Jesus rose again after being Cruxified. This is the important message from Easter. Jesus was resurrected as we will also be one day. Jesus died for us and our sins so that we may live with him again.
When he appeared to the apostles they were afraid. But Jesus said Peace be unto you. He showed them his hands and feet.
They gave him a fish and some honeycomb and he did eat it before them (Luke 24:36-42)
Activity:
Eat foods from Jesus Time
Check out 12 days of Easter countdown (I know it's too late) but use day 12 idea for tonight - Have an empty egg demonstration for Christ being risen
Christ Centred Ideas from the Ensign
I like the ideas of
holding a family Testimony meeting
Placing Cut out pictures from the Ensign or Friend inside plastic eggs
An egg hunt where the special egg is the empty one
Closing Song: Jesus has risen Childrens song book# 70
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Eat Honeycomb - I got some real organic honeycomb from a farmers market - YUM!
He is Risen
Opening Song 'Did Jesus really live again?' Childrens Songbook # 64
Opening Prayer : Child
Lesson: Mom
And Jesus rose again after being Cruxified. This is the important message from Easter. Jesus was resurrected as we will also be one day. Jesus died for us and our sins so that we may live with him again.
When he appeared to the apostles they were afraid. But Jesus said Peace be unto you. He showed them his hands and feet.
They gave him a fish and some honeycomb and he did eat it before them (Luke 24:36-42)
Activity:
Eat foods from Jesus Time
Check out 12 days of Easter countdown (I know it's too late) but use day 12 idea for tonight - Have an empty egg demonstration for Christ being risen
Christ Centred Ideas from the Ensign
I like the ideas of
holding a family Testimony meeting
Placing Cut out pictures from the Ensign or Friend inside plastic eggs
An egg hunt where the special egg is the empty one
Closing Song: Jesus has risen Childrens song book# 70
Closing Prayer: Child
Treat:
Eat Honeycomb - I got some real organic honeycomb from a farmers market - YUM!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Palm Sunday
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
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
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.
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