Last year, I was looking for someway to revamp the way we do Family Home Evening. A friend of mine shared with me, her family's way of doing FHE which was to schedule lessons, etc. We finally decided to implement something similar and I love it.1st Monday: Lesson
2nd Monday: Family Learning
3rd Monday: Lesson
4th Monday: Fun
5th Monday: Service Project
I don't plan to go in this particular order every month. Some months we might have two lessons in a row or mix it up. We are using the Gospel Principles manual for our lessons this year, which eliminates trying to figure out what to teach each week.
For fun, you can do anything: you're only limited by your imagination and interests. On this past Monday, our fun FHE was to watch the newest episode of Doctor Who together. We hadn't seen it yet and it is one of our favorite television shows. Now that the weather is warmer, we will be venturing outside more.
For Family Learning, I am going to do things like teach my boys how to do a load of laundry, and iron a shirt or properly load the dishwasher, clean a toilet, etc. We may even incorporate Faith in God/Duty to God/Scouting requirements in there.
I love schedules and having a plan. It means we're more likely to have FHE and it means we stay consistent, which is so important to me.
3 comments:
I love this schedule. It's great to incorporate the family learning in there too. I'm going to try this out for sure. And I agree, having a schedule helps me to be consistent as well. Thanks for the wonderful idea!
thank you for taking the time to list all your great ideas. I get too overwhelmed with all the topics and such, so I love your idea of following the Gospel Principles book. And I like having a schedule. I also loved getting conference ideas for the kids, it made conference more quiet! thank you
I'm so glad that these ideas work for you. I'm certainly not perfect at having FHE and I love finding ideas that other people have put together. We all have so much to share and offer each other.
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