Sunday, November 16, 2008
FHE Idea
I thought I'd share a Family Home Evening lesson that went really well for us tonight. Ryden picked the topic of "You are Special/I am a Child of God". We talked about how even though everyone is different, we are all children of God and we are all special. We talked about how we all have special talents and that everyone, no matter how different they are from us, have something special they can teach us. First we read the book, You are Special, by Max Lucado. Then, we went in the kitchen where Ryden passed out a bowl of plain cookie dough (ie no chocolate chips yet) to each person. Then, everyone picked a kind of candy from their Halloween bag and chopped it into little pieces. These served as the chocolate chips. When everyone finished with their dough, we made the cookies. While they were cooking, we went around the room and said why we thought each person was special. Finally, we ate the cookies. When we tasted them, the kids discovered that even though they were all different, they were all yummy!! We had a great time, it was a great way to use up some Halloween candy, and they learned a good lesson. Use it if it interests you!
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Yeah, that WAS a great lesson! Way to go! I'm proud of you for using your energies and creativities to teach them so well.
Ironically enough, I used that SAME story in my Beehives lesson today which was on Realizing our Individual Worth. I was so happy that the class went so well.
First we played a version of "Do you love your neighbor"...where the girl in the middle just said something she was wearing or had done or anything about herself, and those in common had to get up and switch chairs, with the one in the middle trying to get a chair. I meanwhile, was "taking score" somehow, so some had lots of "points", others had none, some had red marks, others had blue, some had purple...all the girls were trying to figure out what the marks meant and if they were good or bad and so who really won, etc.
Then we read the book, and parralleled it to gospel truths. Read great scritupres (1 Sam 16:7, D&C 18:10), Talked about how if God makes all snowflakes different and unique, how much more energy was put into making us so special and individual, and then how whiel God doesn't make mistakes, He also didn't make us perfect. It was an awesome lesson. And so fun & ironic that we taught the same thing today!
Looooove it! we will be using that for sure!
What an awesome lesson Kerri!! So impressed. I want to keep that idea for future reference!
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great idea and cute blog Janae! You always have good ideas. we miss you here!
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