Lesson 1: How we got the Book of Mormon

We just moved to Pennsylvania and most of our stuff is in storage while our home is being built for the next 3 months. So my copy of Book of Mormon stories is in a box somewhere. I just went to Lds.org and found the digital copy HERE. I printed it off and now I can keep all of our pictures and drawings with this lesson. I'm going to make a scripture study binder and keep it all in there. I think it will be so funny for the kids to see as they get older. We can laugh about all their pictures. They are pretty cute! : )

(Notice the top right picture. It's Joseph Smith holding a Book of Mormon couldn't you tell?!)

I followed my steps like I explained in the previous post HERE.

1) Explain : I told the story to them and I make them repeat me if it's a name like JOSEPH SMITH or ANGEL MORONI. And I ask questions along the way to see if they know. Like I said who visited Josep and my five year shouted "JESUS and GOD!"

2) Draw:  I told them to draw a picture about what we just learned. I gave suggestions " you can draw Joseph Smith, or Jesus and Heavenly Father visiting him, or Angel Moroni. Or maybe the Book of Mormon in the Hill"

3) Smash book picture: I drew numbers and pictures to make it easy for them to tell the story and remember important details.

4) Game: There was a game online on LDS.org it was a puzzle. My kids love puzzles! They had so much fun doing it! You can find the link to the Joseph Smith one HERE.

Here are a few pictures of our fun Lesson that took maybe 20 minutes from start to finish!

Playing the puzzle game

Drawing is not my best talent! haha But it gets the job done! : ) 

Teaching the Book of Mormon to little ones

I have been searching high and low for ideas or print outs for teaching little ones the stories in the book of mormon. We are pretty religious about reading our scriptures every night. They both can't read yet (2 boys 3 and 5 not yet in school) So we read the words, they repeat us and we take turns. I'm pretty sure they don't learn or hear much. They will ask what a word means every now and then. But I knew I needed to do something more. I really want my kids to KNOW the stories and gain a testimony of them at a young age. I feel like reading with them every night is a good habit for our family to get into even though they may not understand the words. I love that we get to feel the spirit and teach them that is so important to our family to do this each night. But I still have been feeling like I could do more. So I bought the BOOK OF MORMON STORIES with the pictures and brief descriptions. They seemed to really like that. But I still wanted more.

So here is my plan: We are going to go through the BOOK OF MORMON STORIES reader.
-I explain each story and the pictures.
-Then we draw a picture of what we just learned
-I draw a smash book type picture to help them be able to tell the story.
-We play a game that has to do with that lesson.

So simplified:
1) Explain
2) Draw picture
3)Smash Book style picture
4)Game

Lesson 1 will be in the next post!

I can't wait to do the Old and New Testament after this!

Primary

UPDATE: You can download this printable HERE at our new blog LACEY PLACEY.

I am now in the world of Primary! And loving every second of it. I have so many fun ideas BREWING in my mind! We wanted to make some cute treats for all of the awesome teachers in Primary(our teachers are seriously AMAZING!!). So this is what I came up with:

We attached this with a red bow and red Swedish Fish. Would be cute with Goldfish too! We try to do a treat for the teachers every quarter. We bring all the teachers up at the beginning of Sharing Time and tell all the kids that we are so grateful for their awesome teachers who work so hard and prepare awesome lessons. Then we ask the kids to all say THANK YOU out loud. I'm the new girl so this is all new to me but I think it's so sweet and so good for the kids to hear!

Saying Goodbye to Young Women

I was HEART BROKEN when I found out I was leaving Young Women! I cried a lot at first. But then I realized I was needed somewhere else. I wanted the girls to know how much I love them and how much I was going to miss them. I don't know if they felt it or if they will ever truly know. But I made this little handout and attached it with a bow and jelly beans! I was so proud I didn't even cry when I handed it out and said my goodbyes ; ) I really feel so lucky to have served in Young Women. It's such a special place.

 

Teacher Gifts Fall 2013

This is the 2nd year I've sent kids to Preschool. I finally got the hint that it's nice to send in treats for the teacher. (I didn't remember to do anything for the teachers on any occasion last year) Trying to make up for it! : )

I have 2 little boys in Preschool this year so I decided to make 2 different ones.

 

 

I attached to the white chocolate covered pretzels "FLIPS" brand with a bow

 

I attached with a big bag of starbursts and a bow