Reverence Spots

Last Monday, we had a, little crazy (as always), but fun Family Home Evening. It seems that every night when we have FHE or scripture study, 90% of the conversation is getting the kids to stay in one spot and listen (within reason for a 5 and 3 year old, of course! :) ). So, we had a lesson about reverence. We sang some Primary songs and read a scripture about reverence. We also talked about it and did some role playing. For our activity, we made "reverence spots." I grabbed some towels from the dollar store and let the kids paint them. We put their names on them as well. They didn't turn out exactly as I had pictured, but the kids loved it and they really feel ownership in what they created. Taysum was very cute about it; he didn't want his name on it until he was done (just like an artist doesn't sign his/her work until it's done) and he named it, "Outer Space" (there are comets flying around). Here is Bailey's

Ken helped Hayden with his

It seems to be working so far. They have their own Book of Mormon and their own reverent spot. They have to stay on their spot and they need to be reverent when they are on that spot. Hopefully it's something that will help! :)

The week before, we had another FHE that I want to remember. Taysum had brought something home in his pocket from my Dad's classroom at school without asking. He was really excited to show it to me and didn't realize that it was wrong. That night, we talked about stealing. We did a lot of role playing. It was just one of "those" moments when I could see it click in his eyes and to see that he understood what I was trying to teach him (that's why I became a teacher...it is indescribable when you are able to help someone understand something!!) The kids were SO good and both participated through the whole thing! For the activity, we taught them to play "Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar" which they LOVED and want to play all the time now! Not all of our FHEs are nearly so effective or pleasant, but moments like these make all the trial and error SO very worth it!!