Anger

Opening Song: Tyler "Choose the Right"

Opening Prayer: Dad
Scripture: Dylan

Lesson: Mom

We have had a few problems with anger this week and I really liked this idea from The Family Home Evening Spot.


Sometimes we are mean to those we should love the most. Do you sometimes get angry or sad at Mommy or Daddy or your brothers and sisters? Why should we try our hardest to Love our family and not get angry at them?

Using This Idea from FHE in a Snap
Using a can of cream, squeeze cheese or a travel size toothpaste - Have a member of your family squeeze some cheese or toothpaste out. Then ask him/her to put the cheese/toothpaste/cream back into the can. Of course, this is impossible. Angry words, name calling, mean comments, or hitting siblings are very easy to say/do. But it is difficult and maybe impossible to fix the damage done by angry words.

We must all try better to be happy and kind and have less anger.


Activity:

Introduce The Magic Heart Idea found at Unplug Your Kids.

When someone is angry (or sad, playing up, having a tantrum) The Magic Heart goes to whoever needs it most to remind them that they are loved. That person must keep the heart in a safe place. The recipient keeps the heart until another family member is overcome with sadness or anger, then that person passes it along to the new person in need.

Make a banging place (a safe place for the person to be able to hit things together like pillows, pots and pans or something else). Talk about how sometimes we need some time out when we get angry. We need some space to cool off and when we are calm we can join the family again. Or if BEFORE we get angry we can remember the Banging Place and go there for some alone time and make some noisefor stress relief. When someone is angry or not behaving the right way to their family - suggest some time at the Banging Place.

Closing Song: Dylan Families can be Together Forever
Prayer: Tyler

Service

Song: Love One Another
Prayer: Tyler
Scripture: Arthur

Lesson: Service
Do you know what it means to serve someone? It means to help someone.

Read: A Prophet's Love (Friend Magazine, October, 2009)

How did the Prophet Serve?
Was it easy for him to serve?
What challenges made service hard for him?
Who was blessed by his service?

Activity: Cut up strips of paper. On each paper strip, list one idea of how we can serve each other. Make one strip for each step. Have the children put the paper strips on the stairs. When finished, walk up the steps reading the examples of service.

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Sharing

Song: I am a Child of God
Prayer: Arthur
Scripture: Tyler

Lesson: Kerri

Sharing

Kerri and Arthur acted out several scenarios and asked the kids if we were sharing (thumb up) or not sharing (thumbs down).

Do you feel happy or sad inside when you share your toys?
Do you think Heavenly Father wants us to share with others?
The happy feeling that you feel inside is Heavenly Father telling you that he is proud of you.
Heavenly Father wants to share all that he has with us. In order for us to be able to receive those things, we need to be like him and learn to share all that we have with others.

Activity: Sharing Cube Game found in the Nursery Manual

Song: Helping Song
Prayer: Tyler

Father's Blessing

It has been a month of illness, vacation, and out-of-town conferences. We are back in full-swing with FHE and will post regularly again.

Song: The Helping Song
Prayer: Dylan

Lesson: Priesthood Blessings

This was a pretty basic lesson to introduce blessings.

1. What are blessings? A special prayer given by a member of the Priesthood to someone who is sick or in need of counsel, comfort or healing.
2. Can Mom give blessings? Can Tyler give blessings? Can Dylan give blessings? No, only Daddy can give blessings in our family because he holds the Melchizedek Priesthood.
3. Have you ever seen a blessing? Baby Blessings
4. Father's Blessings are special blessings that a father can offer to any member of the family at any time.

Tonight Arthur gave Tyler a father's blessing to prepare him for his upcoming school year.

Activity: Water Balloon Fight

As a side note to this lesson, I wanted to mention that the blessing was a great thing to witness. Tyler was very quiet and stayed still the entire time. He felt very special to be able to receive such a blessing. Immediately after the blessing concluded, he jumped off the chair and exclaimed, "I have to go pee!" and ran to the bathroom. When he finished, he came out and said, "Mommy, that was a REALLY long prayer!"

I Can Be a Friend

Song: Give Said the Little Stream
Prayer: Tyler
Scripture: Arthur

Lesson: I Can be a Friend

1. Who are your friends?
Use 3 hand puppets (1 sad, 1 mad, 1 happy)

Let me introduce you to a special friend of mine. Pull out sad friend
Is she mad, sad, or happy?
what do we do when our friends are sad? ask her what is wrong? offer to help

Pull out mad friend
Is she mad, sad, or happy?
what do we do when our friends are mad? ask her why she is mad. offer to help.

Pull out happy friend
this is how our friends feel when we help them or make them feel better.

I have a picture of another very special friend. Do you know who this is? (Show a picture of Jesus)

How do you know that Jesus is your friend?

Explain that Jesus loves us and would do anything to help us. He teaches us good things and wants us to return to him and Heavenly Father. Good friends want us to do good things and be good boys and girls.



Activity:

Have the children stand and sing “Fun to Do” (Children’s Songbook, p. 253), using the phrase “Sharing my (toys, book, or whatever else the children suggest) is fun to do.” Have the children make up actions to go along with the words.

Sharing my toys is fun to do,
Fun to do, to do, to do!
Sharing my toys is fun to do,
To do, to do, to do!

Prayer: Arthur

This lesson was adapted from Primary 1:Lesson 33

Helping our Neighbors

Song: I'm Trying to Be like Jesus (Children's Songbook #78)
Prayer: Tyler
Scripture: Arthur

Lesson: Helping our Neighbors

We love our neighbors. They love us and help us in so many ways. Can you think of any way that our neighbors have helped us?

1. Babysitting
2. Love us
3. Let us borrow stuff

Serving others means to help them.

Heavenly Father has asked us to love and serve our neighbors. When we serve them, it makes Heavenly Father happy. How can we help our neighbors?

1. Offer to help
2. Give love in return
3. Be good examples

Song: The Helping Son
Prayer: Arthur

Activity: We received several Family Emergency Prep Guides from a Stake Relief Society that reference the Provident Living website. I can't find a copy online, so I am not sure if it was put together by a local church group (as it has local telephone numbers and addresses). For our activity, we served our neighbors by delivering these guides to them.

FHE - I Can Be a Helper

Family Home Evening Lesson
“I Can Be a Helper”

Opening Song: “I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus” (Children’s Song Book # 78)

Opening Prayer: Dad

Lesson: Mom

“I Can Be a Helper”

Story: The Little Red Hen

Activity: Carving and decorating Pumpkins, preparing seeds for toasting

Closing Song: “When We’re Helping” (Children’s Song Book # 198b)

Closing Prayer: Tyler

This idea came from http://nataliesfhespot.blogspot.com