LOVING YOUR FAMILY
FHE Lesson Ideas
OPENING SONG: “A Happy Family” Children’s Songbook pg 198
OPENING PRAYER:
STORY:
Once upon a time there were
two families. These families were very
similar. They each had a mom and a dad
and the same amount of children. But
there was a major difference – one family was happy and one family was
sad.
One day one of the children from
the sad family decided to find out why the happy family was happy, so he went
to the happy home with one of the happy children. When they walked in the mom was excited to
see her child and said, “I Love You!”
Throughout his whole stay, the child from the sad family noticed things:
·
The children from
the happy family shared their toys and said, “I love you” to each other and do
nice things for each other.
·
The happy family
children never said mean things to each.
·
The happy family
children didn’t hit, kick, or fight with each other.
**Insert
things that your family does to show love and/or things that your family could
do better.
The
child from the sad family decided that they were happy because they loved each
other, and they tried to show it all the time.
So, when the child went home to his house, he decided to show his family
that he loved them. As he started to
show his love, it became contagious, and soon the sad family became a happy
family, too!
Everyone
needs to show their family how much they love them, and as they show their
love, it becomes stronger.
ASK
EACH FAMILY MEMBER:
“How can you show your love better to your family?”
SCRIPTURE STORY:
BABY MOSES STORY
Moses has an older
sister who loved him and helped him when he was a baby.
Exodus 1:22-1:10
DIRECTIONS:
Print and cut out the pictures and laminate for durability. Use tape, felt or magnet tape so that they can adhere to the surface that you will use to tell the story.
Let children play with the story figures during the week to reinforce the story -- maybe place on the refrigerator to talk about during the week.
1:22 – And Pharaoh charged all the people, saying, Every son
that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save
alive.
2:1 – And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to
wife a daughter of Levi.
2:2 – And th3 woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she
saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.
2:3 – And when she could no longer hide him, she took for
him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the
child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.
2:4 – And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be
done to him.
2:5 – And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself
at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she
saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
2:6 – And when she had opened it, she saw the child; and
behold the babe wept. And she had
compassion on him, and said, this is one of the Hebrews’ children.
2:7 – then said his sister to Pharaoh’s daughter, Shall I go
and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for
thee?
2:8 – And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s
mother.
2:9 – And Pharaoh’s daughter said unto her, Take this child
away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the woman took the child and nursed it.
2:10 – And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh’s
daughter, and he became her son. And she
called his name Moses: and she said, because I drew him out of the water.
PICTURE DISCUSSION
“Do you see the baby’s sister hiding in the bulrushes?”
“What is her name?”
“How do you think Miriam and Moses’ mother felt to know that
the Pharaoh’s daughter had taken Moses to be her baby?”
GAME: “I Admire …..”
GOAL: to write
down one or more things you admire, like or see as a positive characteristic
about each member of the family.
DIRECTIONS:
Pass a sheet of paper and a pen to each person
participating.
Each person writes their name at the top of the paper.
Now pass the papers one person to the right and then
everyone writes 1 or 2 positive things and/or that they like about the person
named on the paper.
When everyone is completed, pass the papers again one person
to the right.
Repeat until each person has their named paper.
Go around the circle and each person can read the
compliments written on their papers.
SET A GOAL:
As a family and each individual, set a goal to work on this
week to help have a happier family.
CLOSING SONG: “I
Am a Child of God” Children’s Songbook pg 2
CLOSING PRAYER:
REFRESHMENT IDEA:
Mississippi Mud
Crust: 1C flour
½ C butter
Mix and
press into a 9x13 pan. Cook for 20
minutes @ 350 degrees.
First Layer:
Mix: 8 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
1C powdered
sugar
1C cool
whip
Spread this
layer on cooled crust.
Second Layer:
Mix: 1 large pkg instant chocolate pudding
1 large pkg
instant vanilla pudding
3-4 C milk
Mix
according to package directions. Spread
on top of 1st layer.
Refrigerate at least one hour.
OPTIONAL: You could
top with cool whip and chocolate shavings.
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