I just read them the story of the tower of babel from the Old Testament Stories book while we ate dinner. Then after dinner, we built our own towers out of toothpicks and marshmallows. We divided into 2 groups and set a timer to see who could build the tallest one. We ended up with a tie :) The kids ate some marshmallows while they built for a treat, but some of us put them in a bowl and microwaved them and added chocolate sauce on top.
I asked my 5 year old to retell me the story while we had dessert to see if she remembered, she did!
Very fun!
Monday, October 19, 2015
Monday, October 5, 2015
FHE: Reverence
We did this one awhile ago, but I felt like it was pretty effective and the kids really liked it, so I want to remember it.
We had a talent show where everyone got to show-off a trick for everyone else. (they LOVED that. They were all silly tricks.)
After, we talked about how they would feel if when they were performing, people were talking or not watching. Or, how they feel when they are trying to watch, and other people are talking and they can't hear. Then we related that to their behavior during Sacrament meeting or Primary- trying to help them see why it's important to be reverent, even if they don't want to listen, other people may and it's rude to distract from the person who has prepared something to share with everyone.
We had a talent show where everyone got to show-off a trick for everyone else. (they LOVED that. They were all silly tricks.)
After, we talked about how they would feel if when they were performing, people were talking or not watching. Or, how they feel when they are trying to watch, and other people are talking and they can't hear. Then we related that to their behavior during Sacrament meeting or Primary- trying to help them see why it's important to be reverent, even if they don't want to listen, other people may and it's rude to distract from the person who has prepared something to share with everyone.
FHE: Attitude of Gratitude
First we sang "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" and then I asked everyone if they could guess what we were going to talk about, based on those lyrics. Eventually someone guessed being grateful :)
We then had a grateful race and we broke into 3 teams of 2 people and tried to think of as many things as we could that we are grateful for in 2 minutes. Then we counted them up and the team with the least number went first. If you had the same thing on your list, you crossed them off, etc. until everyone had read every unique thing they were grateful for.
We then talked about how a great way to feel better when upset, frustrated or angry is to stop and think about our blessings. We came up with a code word so that during this week, if anyone was upset or angry, we could use our code word to kindly remind them to say something they are grateful for in that moment, to help cheer them up! We decided the code word would be "but at least..." Then we all took turns practicing pretending to cry and then someone would remind them with the code word, and they'd stop crying and say, "but at least I... get to have a cupcake tonight!"
Hopefully it works!
We then had a grateful race and we broke into 3 teams of 2 people and tried to think of as many things as we could that we are grateful for in 2 minutes. Then we counted them up and the team with the least number went first. If you had the same thing on your list, you crossed them off, etc. until everyone had read every unique thing they were grateful for.
We then talked about how a great way to feel better when upset, frustrated or angry is to stop and think about our blessings. We came up with a code word so that during this week, if anyone was upset or angry, we could use our code word to kindly remind them to say something they are grateful for in that moment, to help cheer them up! We decided the code word would be "but at least..." Then we all took turns practicing pretending to cry and then someone would remind them with the code word, and they'd stop crying and say, "but at least I... get to have a cupcake tonight!"
Hopefully it works!
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