We are on a wacky schedule today, so we had Family Home Evening this morning. When I told the kids we were having Family Home Evening Lily ran and grabbed a pillow from the couch, threw it on the floor and sat on it. I was so impressed she did this all on her own. During FHE we have the kiddies sit on pillows. It helps with the wiggles and wandering. I have been thinking about making them each FHE sitting pillows.
Every Monday night our family tries to have Family Home Evening. Family home evening is a time where we have some gospel instruction and an activity, mainly we just spend time as a family. We usually pick a topic and prepare a lesson in two minutes with the help of the Nursery Manual. The new nursery manuel has great lessons perfect for kiddies from ages 18 months to 3 years old.
Last Sunday I was reading this article from April's General Conference. Even though we have been having FHE, I felt that we needed to maybe prepare a little more and give the kiddies responsibilities. With the help from the nursery manual and the Family Home Evening Resource Book I picked topics for our lessons for the next couple of months. I also made a chart assigning responsibilities. So long story short here is the our family's FHE schedule for the next 7 months. Feel free to use it if you would like. The lessons come from the Nursery Manual (NM) and the Family Home Evening Resource Book (FHE), so it will work for all ages. Every 3rd Sunday I do sharing time in our primary, so sometimes the lessons are the sharing time lessons (the links for the sharing time ones are not working right now, I will load them later).
September
7 Priesthood blessings (NM p.116, FHE p.84)
14 The Commandments (FHE p.7)
21 I am a Child of God (NM p. 8, FHE p. 20)
28 Prophets/ General Conference (NM p.100)
October
5 Jesus Christ created the World (NM p. 32, FHE p. 23)
12 Scriptures (NM p.96, FHE p. 17)
19 The Proclamation to the World (Sharing Time)
26 Prayer (NM 16, FHE p. 27)
November
2 Service (Sharing Time)
9 We can choose (FHE p. 31)
16 Heavenly Father provided a Savior (NM p.20, FHE p.36)
23 Thanksgiving
30 Faith (FHE p.43)
December
7 Repentance (NM p.68, FHE p. 39)
14 Baptism (NM p.108, FHE p.52)
21 Christmas (NM p. 128, FHE p. 156)
28 Sacrament (NM p. 116, FHE p. 56)
January
4 Recognizing the Spirit (NM p.28, FHE p. 64)
11 Families are Forever (NM p. 56)
18 The Godhead (Sharing Time)
25 A House of Order (FHE p. 92)
February
1 Loving our Neighbors (FHE p.98)
8 Family unity and love (NM p.48, FHE p.92)
15 Atonement of Jesus Christ (Sharing Time)
22 Sharing our blessings (NM p.92, FHE p.109)
March
1 The Sabbath Day (NM p. 36, FHE p.218)
8 Journals (FHE p. 199)
15 Reverence (NM p.84, FHE p.216)
22 Safety in following the prophet (Sharing Time)
29 Being a Missionary (FHE p.208)
