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Morning Meeting (Parable of the Mustard Seed & Leaven Bread): Parable of the Mustard Seed (Matthew 13:31-32). Hold up the picture of a mustard seed and a mustard tree. Talk about the picture and read the verses together. Explain how amazing it is that something so little can turn into something so big. Relate to our lives. Just as our bodies grow from eating food, our spirits can also grow. Ask your children: What do you think helps our spirits to grow? Parable of the Leaven Bread (Matthew 13:33). Hold up the picture of yeast and bread. Talk about the picture and read the verse together. Explain how yeast helps bread to rise and grow. Relate to our lives. As we grow, we grow bigger, stronger and wiser. How can we grow spiritually? Family Home Evening: 1) Teach dad about our morning meeting. 2) Make Bread in a Bag. This recipe is from Your Home Based Mom . We are going to make one mini loaf WITH yeast and one mini loaf WITHOUT yeast. I halved the ingredie

Morning Meeting (Matthew 13:25-35, 44-52). Hold up the picture of wheat and tares without telling your children what they are. Ask them to tell you how similar they look. Are there any differences or is it hard to tell? Next, summarize the verses and teach your children about the parable of the wheat and tares. I drew the parable on a piece of paper, so it was easier to understand. Go back to the picture of wheat and tares and explain the picture on the top is wheat. Wheat is healthy and strong - represents people who make righteous choices. The picture on the bottom are tares. A tare is a poisonous and harmful weed - represents those who do not make righteous choices. One day, Heavenly Father will gather the righteous people to live with Him. Family Home Evening: 1) Teach dad about the parable of the wheat and tares. 2) Wheat or Tare: Choose the Right. Print the game board and choice cards (use double sided printing to print the wheat on the back of the choice cards) to

Morning Meeting (Jesus heals a man on the Sabbath -Matthew 12: 10-13). Focus on the phrase "It is lawful to do well on the sabbath days." Explain what the sabbath means and ask: What do you think it means to "do well" on the Sabbath? Discuss. Remind children of the creation and how Heavenly Father rested on the seventh day - He is teaching us that we should also rest on the seventh day or the sabbath. On the sabbath we attend church to worship Heavenly Father and Jesus, but even when we come home from church we still need to think of them and make it a special day. We should not buy anything or spend any money unless it is an emergency. We should attend our church meetings unless we are sick. Our family has rules about the Sabbath day as well. Ask your children: What is your favorite thing to do on Sunday? Family Night: 1) Teach dad about our morning meeting. 2) Brownie Sundae Object Lesson: This object lesson helps children visualize "doing

Morning Meeting (Miracles of Jesus - Matthew 8-9; Mark 2-5): After Jesus came down from the mount, he began performing many miracles. Go through each of the miracle pictures found in the PDF (this can be in one morning or a series or mornings) and discuss each miracle. Ask your children if miracles still happen in our day. Discuss. I really liked this excerpt from A Year of FHE : "Do you know what a MIRACLE is? - a Miracle is an extraordinary event showing Heavenly Father's help in our lives.   There are things we think are impossible, but the scriptures tell us that for Heavenly Father nothing is impossible.  Heavenly Father can make miracles happen through His faithful servants on earth.   When Jesus was on the earth he performed a lot of miracles.  He performed miracles to many reasons. - to prove that he was the Son of God - to strengthen the faith of those who believed in him - because he loved those in need - because of the faith of those who believed We are going

Morning Meeting (Matthew 6:9-13 "The Lord's Prayer"). My main focus on today's meeting is reverence in our prayers. Watch  The Lord's Prayer  on LDS.org. Talk about how the Savior used reverence in His prayer by saying "Hallowed be Thy Name" (explain that hallowed means sacred) and how he looked as he prayed - eyes closed, hands clasped, etc. Family Home Evening: 1) Teach dad about our morning meeting. 2) Mr. Potato Head - Reverence in Prayers. Tell your family we are going to learn how we can be reverent during our prayers. Show your family the potato head and the bag of body pieces. Tell your family that inside of the bag are the different pieces to the potato head. We are going to take turns picking a piece and discussing how that part of our body can/should be reverent during prayers.  Eyes : should be closed. Arms : should be folded or held. Ears : should be listening to the person saying the prayer Lips : should be