FHE Ideas for kids

One of the best resources for our FHE's, having a toddler, is our church nursery manual, "Behold Your Little Ones" (2008).  We often look the manual up online and then adapt it to our family...mostly shorten it :)  Here's an example of one of our adaptions.

Adapted from....

 Lesson 11: I Love My Family

Behold Your Little Ones: Nursery Manual, (2008), 48–51

Preparation

Cut Figurines (Color them, if desired). Place them in a container. (I printed them for you J on a separate page)

Figurine Link

 http://www.lds.org/bc/content/shared/content/images/gospel-library/manual/37108/37108_000_011_01-love.pdf

~Opening Prayer

~Song: Families Can Be Together Forever #300

~Lesson:  Show the picture of a happy family.  Tell the children that Heavenly Father has given each of us a family. Explain that our families love us and we can show our love for our family by being kind and helpful.

~Game: Hold the container and ask a child to choose a family figure. Tell the children what member of the family it is (mother, father, brother, sister, or baby), and have the children repeat it with you. Suggest a way they can show love for that family member (by picking up toys, sharing, smiling, and so on). Invite them to pretend to do the action. Repeat this activity with each family figure.

~Song:

Sing or say the words to “A Happy Family” (Children’s Songbook, 198) and do the actions below. Invite the children to join you.

I love mother; she loves me. (place hand on chest)

We love daddy, yes sirree; (nod head up and down)

He loves us, and so you see, (extend arms)

We are a happy family. (hug self)

I love sister; she loves me. (place hand on chest)

We love brother, yes sirree; (nod head up and down)

He loves us, and so you see, (extend arms)

We are a happy family. (hug self)

~Conclusion:

Encourage the children to be loving and kind to their family members. Invite them to say, “I love my family.”

~Prayer:

Invite a child to give the closing prayer.