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Printing Options: Etsy  (@$1.50 - link available until December 2019)  Teachers Pay Teachers  (@$2.50) Opening Activity - Brown E's. Print some brown letter E's, put them on a plate and cover them in tin foil. Tell your kids you made brownies and offer them some. Obviously, kids are going to be so excited about brownies! Peel back the tin foil and pass them a Brown E. Talk about honesty and how it felt when mom "wasn't honest." To help little children understand truth and lies, offer some examples. "The sky is red." "We have a dog." "I sleep on my head." When it's a lie, have them hold up the Brown E. There are lots of examples in my PDF. My kids thought it was hilarious when I said, "I sleep on my head," and then they acted it out laughing so hard. Scripture & Picture. Story of Ananias and Sapphira. Summary included in the PDF. Honesty Board Game. Relate honesty to your children...

Church Leaders PDF The PDF includes a detailed lesson plan. This post is just a quick summary with pictures.  Scripture & Picture. Acts 1:1-11. The apostles led the church after Jesus was resurrected. Jesus stayed with His apostles for 40 days and taught them many things about His church. He asked His apostles to teach the gospel to all people. Peter was the president of the church on earth and James and John were his counselors. They healed the sick, they were missionaries, they taught about Jesus and His gospel. Many people believed the apostles words and joined the church. Church Organization. The organization of the church today is the same as Jesus organized after he died. There is a president (Peter - President Nelson), two counselors (James & John - Elder Oaks & Eyring) and 12 apostles. Show the pictures included in the PDF. Memory. Play memory as a family. When a match is chosen, you can find the same person on the pictures of the church o...

PDF: Forgiveness The PDF includes a detailed lesson plan. This post is just a quick summary with pictures.  Scripture & Picture: Tell the story of Jesus forgiving those that hurt Him on the cross. Talk about what it means to forgive - when someone hurts us, we don't stay mad at them. It doesn't mean that what someone did to us is okay, but we are able to let go of the anger inside of us and feel peace. Forgiveness Scenarios: Go through various forgiveness scenario cards and help children understand how actions make people feel and how we can say sorry and forgive others. Relate these examples to their lives and how they can forgive others. Testimony: Treat:

I'll be honest. Our morning meetings haven't really happened in the past few weeks. Instead, we combine everything into one family home evening lesson in the evening. On a side note, this was one of my very favorite family home evening lessons. My boys especially loved the object lesson. How does it do that!?  Download Here:  Repentance PDF What is Repentance? We started our night by talking about what repentance is - a change to do better. Repentance is a good thing, because it helps us feel better and draws us closer to Heavenly Father. We talked about three steps of repentance - recognizing our mistake, saying sorry and fixing it, and trying our best to not do it again.  Scripture & Picture. We read from Luke about the two thieves who were crucified with Jesus. The second thief recognized his wrong doings on the cross and started to repent. We must repent to live with Jesus again. Repentance Object Lesson: We learned about a girl, named Sar...

We are doing things a little differently now! I am still planning on doing a blog post with pictures, but the PDF file includes a lesson plan now. The writing in pink are prompts for a parent to use and everything is included there - including a song and recipe for a treat. Here's a preview of the lesson plan.. Sacrament PDF Morning Meeting: The Last Supper. Hold up the picture and read verses in Luke about the Last Supper. FHE: 1) Review morning meeting with dad. 2) Sacrament Book. Children go through pictures and learn about symbolism of the sacrament (how they relate to Jesus) and stories of Jesus. The pictures/stories are the perfect size to cut out (optional: double sided printing) and put into a 4x6 photo album. I purchased two albums on Amazon for $8 and my kids helped me assemble the book. You can also simply staple the photos together into a book. Place the book in your church bag and pull it out each week during the sacrament. I really love this id...

Download Lesson for Free:  Holy Ghost Camping Adventure PDF Morning Meeting (John 14:26-27; 15:26; 16:13-14). Hold up the picture of the Last Supper (found in my PDF). Explain that during the Last Supper, Jesus taught his disciples many things. He taught them about the sacrament, serving others and the Holy Ghost. Read or summarize the verses above about the Holy Ghost. Write down characteristics of the Holy Ghost on a piece of paper as you read the verses. Family Home Evening: 1) Teach dad about our morning meeting.  2) Camping Adventure. We are going to have a bag packed of "camping essentials" and head to our back yard to learn about the Holy Ghost. You can either use actual camping items if you have them or you can print a picture of them from my Holy Ghost (camping) PDF. Once we're in the back yard, we're going to go through each of the items and talk about how it relates to the Holy Ghost. For example: Tent: Protects us Sleeping Bag: Comf...

Helping Others PDF Morning Meeting (Matthew 25:34-46). Read or summarize these verses and emphasize verse 40: "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." We talked about how Jesus lives in heaven and isn't able to be on earth to help everyone, so it's our job to help others. When we help others, we are also helping Jesus. Give your children specific examples of when they have helped each other and explain that it is also helping Jesus. It makes Jesus happy when we help others. Family Home Evening: 1) Tell dad about our morning meeting. 2) Service Chutes & Ladders. Ask your children their favorite way to help others. "What is your favorite way to help mom?" or "What is your favorite way to help your brother?" Print this game in my Helping Others PDF (link at bottom of post). Roll a die and move accordingly. If you land on a space with a ladder, talk about what your pl...

My Body is a Temple PDF Morning Meeting (Matthew 21:12-13 "Jesus Cleanses the Temple"). Read the verses together while showing the picture. Add any additional information you'd like. I had to research this story a little bit to understand it better. Basically, people from all over came to Jerusalem for the Passover. They needed a lamb/goat to sacrifice and a lot of people would plan to buy them in Jerusalem, because of the long journey. The "thieves" as Jesus calls them knew this and exchanged money in the temple for an unfair rate and sold the lambs and goats for much more than what was fair. It was dishonest. The temple is meant to be reverent and a house of prayer. Jesus made the "thieves" leave.  Family Home Evening: 1) Tell dad about our morning meeting. 2) Taking Care of Things. My boys loved this. We went through the examples (the "taken care of" picture first, followed by the "not taken care of" pi...