I'm sorry I am late again! I'll get it together one of these weeks :) This week we are covering 1 Peter and 2 Peter. I chose to focus on 1 Peter 1:6–7; 3:14 with the topic of I can find joy and peace even during hard times. With Thanksgiving this week what better way to teach that having an attitude of gratitude helps us find joy even when things aren't going perfect. President Nelson taught “When the focus of our lives is on … Jesus Christ and His gospel, we can feel joy regardless of what is happening—or not happening—in our lives. Joy comes from and because of Him.”
There are several ways we can feel joy and peace during hard times. I loved the suggestions in the manuals to share some of the hard things the Savior or Joseph Smith went through. Peter or Nephi would also be great examples. You can use these pages as a journal or write some ideas your family comes up with and display for the week.
Another idea I had is to sing or listen to the song "count your blessings." Then play one or all of the following games.
The first is a quick ABC game. Print and pass one of the following pages out to each person (or teams if you have young children). Quickly write one thing you are thankful for for each letter of the alphabet. Then share your lists. A twist on this game would be to sit in a circle and the first person starts by saying I'm thankful for (a word that starts with A), then the next person says I'm thank for (the first person's word), and (a word that starts with B). Continue around the circle through the whole alphabet! It similar to that game I'm going on a trip and I'm going to take a.... I'm not sure if you've played that game before.
The final game is one of our favorites. Roll a turkey. You'll need a turkey and feathers for each person. Cut out the pieces. If you want to save ink you can draw each turkey piece as you roll. The first person will roll the dice. If they get a 4 they get the feather with the 4 but they have to say something they are thankful for. The turkey is #1. If they already have rolled that number they say another thing they are thankful for but do not get to take another piece. The first person to get all 6 pieces wins. If you want you can have them glue their turkeys together and draw or write something they are thankful for on each feather.
I really love this video from President Monson and it goes really great with this theme.
That's all for this week. I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving. As always if you have any questions or trouble with the download please let me know. This was a quick write up so I'm sure there are some confusing instructions :) We will be busy with family this week but I'll try and hop on but email is probably best!
SHHHH!!! "Don't worry be happpy." We appreciate anything and everything you share.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Thank you, Thank you! I know these lessons take a lot of prayer, thought, and time. With your family responsibilities (you have a beautiful family, We also have 4 girls and 1 boy!) I can only imagine how hard it is to stay up with this. You are blessing my family! Thank you for sharing your amazing spirit and talent with us!
ReplyDeleteWhere is #1 feather? I love your graphics and lessons. Thank you so much for the work you put into this!!!
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