General Conference

I can't believe General Conference is only a week away! I love attempting to prepare my kids for this by doing a FHE lesson the week before conference. This year I used several resources. Sugardoodle, Deseret Book, and lds.org)

Opening Song: Follow the Prophet (pg. 110 Children's Songbook) We like to take a picture of President Monson and have the kids follow his picture around the room while they are singing.

Lesson: To begin the lesson I wrote the letters P-R-O-P-H-E-T on 7 different 3x5 cards. We laid them face down on the table and the kids were able to guess what letters were on the other sides of the papers. (My son only knows the letters T and G so he was excited to be able to guess one of the letters.)

As the letters were guessed I turned them over. When all the letters were over we discussed 1. What a prophet is, 2. Who the prophet is 3. What conference is.

Activity: We played "Prophet and Apostle Match" I printed the cards from this link. In previous years I have printed them twice, and just used the pictures.

Closing Song: Latter Day Prophets Pg. 134

Additional Ideas:

Conference Packets

2009 Sugardoodle

2009 Ultimate Conference Packet (also from sugardoodle)

Another Conference Packet

Conference Baskets

Baskets (check out the link on this blog for even more ideas)

Another Basket Idea

Conference Bingo

Make your own Bingo Cards with this clipart

Premade Bingo Cards

A Great Lesson on Manners!

When my daughter answered the phone with "What?" the red flag went up...we need to work on our manners in this household. So I have been looking for a good lesson on manners for my kids.

Yesterday I found one!

Here is a link to the lesson: The Family Home Evening Spot

I really love this blog, and hope that "FHE in the Valle" will someday be full of topics like this one. Hope you enjoy!

I have been getting together some lessons on The Articles of Faith. Since I have posted other lessons since I started putting these lessons together, they are not coming up as the most current post. Feel free to use the labels or scroll through the lessons to find and use them.

I will be putting them all up over the next few weeks.

Thanks! Jana

Book of Mormon Stories

Preparation: Gather pictures of favorite scripture stories. (Gospel Art Kit (GAK), or you could even use the GAK on lds.org)

Song: Book of Mormon Stories

Allow each family member to choose a picture. Then each person gets to tell the story in their own words. We even had my little 3 year old tell a story with the help of his Dad.

After each story is told, ask the question "What can we learn from this story?" We had a great time telling stories, and discussing how they apply to our lives today.

Song: Tell me the Stories of Jesus