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FHE with Small Children-Strengthening our Family

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I love when simple family home evenings make the best ones. That is my goal by sharing this FHE with Small Children series as often as possible. This past Monday night, we had a family home evening where my kids really listened, the lesson was short, and everyone got to participate. We started out talking about our own family. I asked my kids the following questions: Who is in our family? Do you think we have a happy family? Do we want to make our family stronger? I then told them about The Family: A Proclamation to the World. Since … Continue reading →

Change Up Your Family Home Evenings

If family home evening time is becoming more difficult or a bit monotonous, it may be time to try a new routine to make the lessons more effective. Everyone loves change and changing up your family home evening lessons may make the night more effective for everyone in your family. One easy way to start is to find a new source for lesson material. If you have been using the same manual find a new one. If you have been using the church magazines, try using a manual. You can even come up with lesson ideas and stories on your … Continue reading →

How Did Your Family’s Goals Go?

How did your resolutions go for this year? The end of the first month is a great time to look at how far you have come, and areas that you may need to adjust. You may also want to adjust your goals slightly and change the stepping stones so that you can reach your goals. This is a great time to teach your children. Being open in your attempts, successes and failures teach your children the importance of continuing to work for your dreams. It can also demonstrate to them that we have the opportunity to start over and try … Continue reading →

Make Family Home Evening Happen

Family home evening is a time to gather your children and to teach them the gospel each week. It is also a time to create a strong family bond and lasting memories. It should be a positive experience each week, and it is important that we put every effort into having family home evening on a regular basis. It is easy to allow other things to interfere with our family home evening lessons. It is important to make family home evening the priority. This means scheduling one night a week when that happens. The church recommends Monday nights, but sometimes … Continue reading →

Home Blog Month in Review: August

Did you have a good month? We seem to have packed an entire summer’s worth of activities in this past month. Now, it seems, it is back to school and time to get ready for autumn. Still, it is nice to look back toward warm sands and wearing shorts even as we will soon be crunching leaves and taking out the sweaters. August 1st Getting Out Grass Stains With summer in full swing, chances are that your family has been playing outdoors quite a bit. And with all of that outdoor play comes the grass stains, especially if you are … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening

Do you have a regular Family Home Evening? This could be anything from a time of religious study to getting together to watch Shark Week. A family home evening is a way to reconnect with the members of your family. With work, school obligations, sports, academic clubs, friends and more, it can sometimes feel as though you never see each other except when driving around from one activity to the next. A family home evening can mean different things and take on different forms. The important thing is to schedule a regular time to spend together. It should be a … Continue reading →

Large Family Laundry Solutions (1)

If you have a large family (generally defined as at least six or seven members of the family living together), you know how chaotic and busy the laundry room can be. Washing and drying clothes for a lot of people can keep you busy, especially if you have young children who seem to need several changes of clothing a day. Here are some tips to make your laundry a little less hard to handle. And those of use with smaller families (we are a family of five) can also use these tips. Easy sorting One of the toughest things about … Continue reading →

Effective Family Home Evenings

Family home evening is very important. The blessings that have been promised with family home evening are worth the effort that goes into it. At a leadership meeting I attended several years ago, we discussed the preparation that goes into family home evening. There may be some nights when you just gather together as a family and talk briefly about a topic and that is all right. However you can make your family home evenings more effective and more enjoyable by preparing before you begin. One important aspect is to find a way to relate the lesson directly to your … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening Resources

If you are looking for family home evening lessons that are easy to put together or just more resources for specific topics you may want to consider looking at the following sites. 1) The church’s website is a great place to go. They have a section that lists several topics for family home evening lessons. The topics include a link to a lesson in the family home evening manual, as well as links to articles, songs and activities on the topic. This is a great resource if you are in a pinch and want to jazz up your family home … Continue reading →

Family Home Evening Solutions

It is important to have family home evening every week. This is a time to spend with your family and to teach your children about the gospel, and about life. It is a time that should really be positive and not negative. There may be times when family home evening becomes frustrating because of the behavior of children in your family. It can be frustrating to have a lesson for a toddler who just won’t sit still. You may fill as though your work is not worth anything. You may also feel as though he is distracting the other family … Continue reading →