We try to have family home evening every Monday night. It's getting easier to do since we've seen that some of the things we've done have actually sunk in. On of our successful lessons was "The Iron Rod", where we made the rod out of twine and had it leading from Sophie's room all the way to the living room. There, we had a tent set up with a treasure box full of candy inside. The kids got a real kick out of that and kept asking for that game over and over. Another fun lesson was talking about Ammon saving the king's sheep from the Lamanites. We reenacted Ammon cutting off the guys' arms and taking them back to the king. Jonah pretended to be Ammon for the rest of the week.
Lately Jonah has had a fascination with Captain America and his shield which resembles a target. He asked if we could make a shield yesterday and I thought it would be a good opportunity to incorporate the shield into FHE by teaching about the armor of God. The kids loved it. I'm never sure they're getting much from the scriptures we're reading and this one was a little tough because of the analogous nature of the message but at least they had fun and Jonah knows the armor of God is to keep him safe.
Lately Jonah has had a fascination with Captain America and his shield which resembles a target. He asked if we could make a shield yesterday and I thought it would be a good opportunity to incorporate the shield into FHE by teaching about the armor of God. The kids loved it. I'm never sure they're getting much from the scriptures we're reading and this one was a little tough because of the analogous nature of the message but at least they had fun and Jonah knows the armor of God is to keep him safe.
