I've been worrying for months about and organized process for teaching the fundamentals of the gospel to my 4 year and 1.5 year-olds. Well, inspiration hit (in the shower) a couple of weeks ago. We are going through the articles of faith, one per month, memorizing it, and talking about the gospel principles that go with it each week. It's worked great so far. Here' my rough schedule, I'm sure we'll fine-tune it as we go. Let me know if you have any great suggestions for specific topics.
I've also been making more of an effort to teach out of the scriptures. Having specific doctrine in mind has made that much easier for me.
January, First Article of Faith
week 1: God as our Father (prayer)
week 2: Bodies of God and Christ, attributes
week 3: Holy Ghost in your mind and heart
week 4: First Vision
February, Second Article of Faith
week 1: Creation of the world
week 2: Garden of Eden, the fall
week 3: Commandments
week 4: Iron rod
March, Third Article of Faith
week 1: Plan of Salvation
week 2: Atonement
week 3: Following Christ
week 4: Repentance
April, Fourth Article of Faith
week 1: Faith
week 2: Repentance
week 3: Baptism
week 4: Gift of the Holy Ghost
May, Fifth Article of Faith
week 1: priesthood authority
week 2: blessings of the priesthood
week 3: ordinances
week 4: prophets
June, Sixth Article of Faith
week 1: Christ called apostles, set up church
week 2: Organization of the church
week 3: sustaining our leaders
week 4: callings
July, Seventh Article of Faith
week 1: definitions
week 2: talents
week 3: personal revelation
week 4: miracles of Christ
August, Eighth Article of Faith
week 1: Where the Bible came from
week 2: Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon
week 3: importance of scriptures
week 4: Favorite scriptures stories
September, Ninth Article of Faith
week 1: modern revelation through prophet
week 2: eternal families
week 3: word of wisdom
week 4: Holy ghost and personal revelation
October, Tenth Article of Faith
week 1: Story of Joseph and his coat & ten tribes
week 2: Zion
week 3: Second Coming
week 4: preparing for Second Coming
November, Eleventh Article of Faith
week 1: Worship
week 2: Being reverent
week 3: Keeping the Sabbath day Holy
week 4: Following Christ
December - Christmas all month!
January, Twelfth Article of Faith
week 1: Obeying laws of the land
week 2: Community helpers (police, fire, etc.)
week 3: Pioneers
week 4: Patriotism
February, Thirteenth Articles of Faith
week 1: Honesty
week 2: Kindness
week 3: Virtue
week 4: Service
March, Thirteenth Article of Faith cont.
week 1: Talents
week 2: Good books and movies
week 3:
You could publish a family home evening lesson book! I love your idea... thanks!
ReplyDeleteWow! Super Mom! You inspire me to do better at teaching my kids gospel principles. Thanks for the awesome example!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing Jinny! :)
ReplyDeleteI think learning about each principle helps you learn and remember them better! Wish you were closer...
p.S. HoW's thE RoOt cAnaL?
ReplyDeleteBeen thinking about you all week, hope all is well!