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Mail a Hug

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We are learning about King Benjamin's speech (Mosiah 1-3 in the Book of Mormon) this week, and for our family night, we are talking about serving others (Mosiah 2:17). I found this idea from The Lean Green Bean and thought it would be such a cute idea to do right now, especially with everyone being quarantined. We miss our grandparents and cousins in Utah, so we are going to mail them a hug. Download for Free: Mail a Hug (with note!) Step One: Trace your child's upper body onto a piece of long paper.   Step Two: Have your child decorate their body with markers, crayons, stickers, etc. We chose markers. Step Three: Cut out the body and fold the arms in. Step Four: Mail the body and note to a dear friend or family member.

Resurrection Truths (from the Book of Mormon)

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Free Download:  Resurrection Truths PDF Prayer : Song : Jesus Has Risen (Children’s Songbook p.70) Opening Discussion : Optional: Glove Analogy. When we came to earth our spirit was given a body. We’re going to pretend our hand is our spirit (wiggle your hand) and the glove is our body. Place the glove on the ground and ask the children if the glove can move on its own? Without our spirit, our body (or glove) can not move. When we were born, our body and spirit were put together (put the glove over your hand). We know we have a spirit, because our bodies can move! Ask the children to move and show them that they have a spirit inside them. When we die, our body and spirit are separated for a time. Take the glove off your hand. Our bodies stay on the earth and our spirits go to a place called the Spirit World. Because of Jesus, our bodies and spirits will be together again. This is called a restoration or resurrection. This is what we celebrate at Easter. During Eas

Easter STEM Activities

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Here you will find Easter Activities to do this year with your family and little ones. We are hoping to add other ones onto the list soon! Free Download: Easter STEM Activities (1-3) 1) Bunny Parachutes & Worksheet. View a Video Tutorial . 2) Don't Crack the Egg & Worksheet. Place a hard boiled egg and different testing items into a zip lock bag. Drop them off your table and see if they "crack the egg" or not! Click for a  Video Tutorial . 3) Bunny Crayons. Use old crayons to make new ones! Click for a  Video Tutorial .

Easter: 5 Ways to Teach Your Children about the Resurrection

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We've done a few different Easter/Resurrection lessons in the past, so I wanted to compile them all into one post. Each of these activities are FREE to download in hopes to help children easily learn more about Jesus and His Resurrection. Easter Week (FREE resource) : This is what we did last year, and we're planning to do it again this year. Each day (starting the Sunday before Easter), you read and discuss one scripture reference and then place the corresponding picture onto the Easter Wreath. The scripture references match what Jesus did each day leading up to His resurrection. This will be something really simple for us to do each morning for our gospel study. On Thursday evening, we'll do a more in depth Family Home Evening talking about the Atonement (details to come). Easter Story & Resurrection Rolls : This free download sends children on an egg puzzle hunt to put together a picture of Jesus' resurrection. There is a story of the Jesus and His res