December can be busy and crazy! So hopefully adding these jokes to your next family home evening will lighten things up and add some laughs. A great gift to give is my favorite joke book Rejoice! Clean Humor. It has a great collection of all kinds of amusing things. FHEasy: A Year of Weekly Teachings […]
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Year: 2018
Free Thanksgiving FHE Ideas
Thanksgiving is right around the corner! It’s a busy time of year and a great time to focus on gratitude. To help you with that, here’s a free lesson sample from my latest project, a set of over 50 family home evening lessons and ideas. They are printed on cards about the size of a […]
Favorite Videos for FHE
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, […]
Free Seminary FHE Ideas
Ever thought of doing a family home evening on seminary? Here’s a link to a free supplemental FHEasy lesson on seminary, meaning that this lesson is done in the format of the FHEasy lessons but wasn’t included in the book. Check it out! Highlights are below. Seminary is a great place for teens to develop […]
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 […]
Free Independence Day FHE Ideas
The United States Independence Day is next week! Here’s a free, fast FHE on to help you celebrate! It’s one of the family home evening ideas from my newest project: Family Night Made Easy: A Year of Instant Lessons and Uplifting Activities. All 52+ recipe-card-sized cards are formatted like the one on the right. The […]
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 […]
Fast Mother’s Day FHE Ideas
Mother’s Day is next week! Here’s a free, fast FHE on mothers. It’s one of the family home evening ideas from my upcoming project: Family Night Made Easy: A Year of Instant Lessons and Uplifting Activities. All 52+ recipe-card-sized cards are formatted like the one on the right. The left side of the image shows […]
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 […]
FHE and Middle School
Reaping what we’ve sown My oldest daughter is almost through with her first year of middle school. I can’t tell you how grateful I have been for family home evening this year. While we’ve talked about dating, drugs, choosing friends wisely, and working hard at gaining an education before, those topics have never been so […]