Watching a good video can be a great way to start or enhance a family home evening. Here are links to three of my favorite videos on the temple, a kid-friendly introduction to pornography, and what Elder Uchtdorf always keeps in his pockets. Enjoy! “Focus on the Temple” used in FHEasy’s “Agency and Accountability” lesson, […]
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Favorite Quotes to Use for FHE Starters
Sometimes all you need is a good quote to get family home evening going. Here are three of my favorites on kindness, gratitude, and the temple that can be good discussion starters. At the end is one of my favorite quotes about family home evening. Enjoy! President Monson on Kindness used in FHEasy’s lesson on […]
Favorite FHEasy Object Lessons
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 […]
Favorite Fast FHE Treats
“The ones with treats are better” I once read a book by Janene Wolsey Baadsgaard where she said something to this effect: “There are two types of family home evenings – those with treats and those without. The ones with treats are better.” If you agree, you’re in the right place! While I don’t require […]
Mom’s Birthday FHE Ideas
What do you do for family home evening when someone in your family is having a birthday during the week? Well, it’s my birthday this Saturday! The big 3-7. In our family, whoever has a birthday during the week gets to pick the FHEasy lesson, something from the family-home-evening-activity box, and the FHE treat if […]
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 […]
Quick FHE Idea for New Year’s
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let’s make 2017 the year that FHE becomes FHEasy! My goal is to support as many families as I can to make the wonderful traditions of family home evening and scripture study smooth, fun, and effective. There’s so much beauty in having your family close and happy, and there’s great peace of […]
Hoping to Lose Weight Next Year?
I sure hope you had a wonderful Christmas yesterday! It’s natural after Christmas to start thinking of the past year and the coming year. For many people, they’re already planning their health goals and strategies, and for that reason, I want to introduce you to my wonderful health coach, Sarah Klein. I met Sarah after […]
7 Christ-Centered Christmas Quotes
In my first family home evening and family scripture study book, I had a whole month of FHE lessons and scriptures devoted to Christmas. It was great! The problem was that things went right over my kids’ heads since they were pretty young at the time. Book two was tailored to kids ages eight and […]