Object Lessons: A Great Teaching Method Object lessons win the prize for a memorable family teaching method. An object lesson is a lesson where a physical object is used to illustrate a point. Here are my personal favorites: The Floating Orange, Is It Immersed?, Both Sides of the Stick, and Just Pick Up the Treat […]
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Ideas for Easter FHE
Easter is next Sunday! The celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ! The reason Christians have hope and belief in life after death! Hallelujah! This is a wonderful time of year and a great reason to celebrate in our families. And … like all holidays in the United States, it’s been very highly commercialized. So […]
The ROI of FHE
This month I’ve been sharing the basics of a process of thinking and communicating called Nonviolent Communication (NVC) also known as Compassionate Communication. Today I want to talk about how family home evening and family scripture study are strategies that are intended to meet a variety of human needs. In NVC, people think in terms […]
7 Quotes by Martin Luther King
In honor of Martin Luther King Day next Monday, I’ve collected seven quotes for you to share during family home evening, or, if you prefer, you can read one quote per day as you follow along with the scriptures for Martin Luther King Day in FHEasy. I’m giving them out a week early to remind […]
Sunday-Sundae Object Lesson
Today I want to share with you a fun object lesson that I use in FHEasy in the “Sabbath Day Observance” lesson: making a yummy sundae (BTW – This activity was adapted from Richard R. Eubank’s book Is There an Object to Your Lesson?, page 66.) Set out a couple flavors of ice cream and […]
Quick FHE Conference Followup
Wow! What an amazing conference! For the FHE following conference we simply talked about what stood out to us as we watched conference. My two older girls and my husband all talked about Carl Cook’s story about his grandpa hollering, “Per ‘er in compound, Dorothy!” They remembered the visual of the gears working together. I […]
Consistency Counts!
As all parents know, real life happens. And it happened to us last week. My youngest daughter had a fever, my middle daughter felt sick to her stomach, my husband was outside trying to get a bunch of work done, we were a little late with dinner … and it was family home evening! It […]
How to Get Confident about FHE
This is the third post in a series about common challenges with FHE: Time issues, Mood issues, and now the issue of getting to family night and not knowing what to do. NOT KNOWING WHAT TO DO Wow. This is a hard one to face at family home evening time, but actually an easy one […]
FHE: Mood Issues
Is anyone in your family ever tired and grumpy right when family home evening is supposed to start? Or do you have a mix of tired adults and wired little ones? Whatever the case is at your house, one thing’s certain: everyone’s mood affects how family home evening unfolds. You can be a powerful influence […]
FHE: A Blessing or a Curse?
Let’s get really honest. Family home evening can be really frustrating, stressful, and disconnecting. The exact opposite of what it’s meant to be! I find over and over again that families aren’t enjoying family home evening as much as they would like, and it can feel very discouraging. I also find that the issues that […]