Morning Devotional: Jesus is Heavenly Father's Son L5a

Hannah woke up very snotty today. Her nose keeps running but still she is as adorable as they come in this cute picture.
Today for Devotional we sang I Feel my Savior's love which really brought the spirit this morning. The lesson was about how everyone has two fathers; an earthly father and our Heavenly Father, but Jesus who only has one father. It's hard for kids to separate God and Jesus, so we talked for the first time about Jesus being our brother. Then we went through the nativity story to identify people.

We colored baby Jesus and the manger.
Robert scribbled two lines then handed it to me.

And of course, since Hailey's favorite color is blue everything she colors has to be blue.

One down fall of getting all my activities from one source is that the pictures has the same style. So Robert kept calling baby Jesus, baby Moses since they looked exactly the same. Oh well, I try not to sweat the small stuff.

Morning Devotional: Daniel L4b

To continue the prayer theme we talked about Daniel. We sang the Daniel verse of Follow the Prophet. While I was trying to figure out the timing of the lyrics, I stalled and Hailey continued with the words. (They are learning the song in Primary) I thought that was pretty neat.
We color the scene of Daniel and repeated the story a lot.

For night-time Robert picked out the story of Daniel for a bedtime story. It's exciting to learn that they are retaining somethings.

Morning Devotional: I Can Pray L4a

I am excited about this lesson because Robert's prayer is only over the food. I wanted to help him know that there are other things to pray about.
We talked about who we pray to and what we can thank Him for. We made little "I Thank Heavenly Father for.." booklets.Hailey really got into the lesson and followed what I was trying to teach her.

Hailey also wanted her booklet to be in the same order as mine.

I was really interested about what would happen when Robert prayed again. He said the night time prayer and it was longer than normal but he was too quiet to hear.

Morning Devotional: Heavenly Father's Plan for Us L3b

This lesson had a neat activity. We talked about living in heaven as spirit children. Then we came to earth to a family. We talked about the things we need to do and learn on earth and then we die and our spirits go back to heaven. Since Hailey's favorite miracle is Jesus being resurrected we talked about our bodies joining our spirits again and being resurrected also.

So in our activity, we have a picture of heaven and of our home. We have a little doll cut out to represent our body and then I cut out another doll out of wax paper for our spirits.
The wax doll is cut in a way that it came slide over the paper doll to show our spirits in our body.
I told Robert he needed to color first before I cut his out. So he grabbed a crayon scribbled quickly over the page and in two seconds told me he was all done and ready for it to be cut out.

Hailey wanted both the girl and the boy doll cut out so the boy doll could be her dad.

Morning Devotional: Heavenly Father's Plan for Us L3a

I got "Singing Fun 2009" which has the song "I lived in heaven". I copied, colored, and cut it out. We have been using the song a lot for these devotionals and for Family Home Evening. This song went perfectly with today's lesson. The kids know the first verse very well.

To reiterate where we came from, the art activity was making a picture of ourselves.
Here is Roberts.

This is mine.

Hailey wanted to make a nice monster instead of herself.
This morning was a little crazy because Robert wanted to fed Hannah cereal. She got cereal all over herself and the tray. Then since I left one of the craft drawers open, she was able to get some markers and crayons (in the picture she is chewing on a crayon). That also spread the cereal mess to a whole new level.

Morning Devotional: Joseph Smith L2b

To continue on with our lesson about Heavenly Father having a body, we talked about Joseph Smith. The primary program is coming up soon and Hailey's part is "J is for Joseph Smith. April's theme is Jesus Christ restored the fullness of the gospel through Joseph Smith." Hailey almost has the whole thing memorized perfectly. Both Hailey and Robert know that Joseph Smith was a prophet.

The art activity is this little scene pop-up, which the kids enjoyed a lot.

Morning Devotional: Heavenly has a Body L2a

Today we talked about how we have a body and how Heavenly Father has a body. First they draw pictures of themselves and then tried to figure out which one is real, the picture or us with our bodies. Robert just scribbled and Hailey draw herself and gramma.
We also made a double sided puzzle. Hailey is proud that she put hers together all by herself.

Today we had milk split twice!

And here are our visitors at breakfast today.

Morning Devotional: Moses L1d

I did another lesson about Moses using May 2010's Friend. I told the story while they colored.
We also sang Follow the Prophet which is a song the primary is working on for their program this year.

Morning Devotional: Moses L1c

The second half of the I am a Child of God lesson is how God has a plan for us because He knows us. So, they had us teach about Moses and how he was saved as a baby because of what God had planned for him.
We colored the scene of baby Moses.

Robert and Hailey enjoyed baby Moses.

Here's Hailey's all cut out.

The kids also want to take pictures.

*Side Note: The kids for breakfast eat granola bars, fruit bars, and drink milk. Sometimes Robert will eat a banana or yogurt.

Morning Devotional: Child of God L1b

I broke up the first lesson in the Sunbeam Manual into 3 parts. Yesterday was that we are child of God and God knows us. Today I emphasised that we are children of God and like a puppy becoming a dog we can become gods also. This is a doctrine that makes our church very different from other beliefs. I think it's pretty cool and makes logical sense. Tomorrow, we will focus on how God knows what is best for us and talk about Moses.

For our fun art activity, we colored little dolls and their clothing.

The whole time Miss Piggy is eating vanilla crackers and baby oatmeal.

After only two days of devotionals, I have noticed that I am a lot calmer and more patient with the kids. I enjoy this feeling a lot.

Morning Devotional: Child of God L1a

I am not sure what sparked this thought of having a daily devotional. I knew for a while I wanted to do something but didn't know when. Last week, I realized doing it at breakfast would work out perfectly since they are already at the table. It wasn't until yesterday that I figured out how I want the devotional to go.

Until I run out of lessons, I am going to go through the church manual "Primary 1: I Am a Child of God. Nursery and age 3". Also I am using printouts from Primary Partners: Nursery/Sunbeam Vol 1 & 2. In additional I will use things from the Friend (church magazine) when it applies. I also want to teach the children songs. Every year the primary has about 6 songs they want the kids to learn. "Sunday Savers" then produces a book that has illustrations that will help the kids learn each song. I've been coloring them and will eventually laminate them.

So back to today's lesson. We sang "I lived in Heaven" and then talked about who Heavenly Father is and how we are His children. We made fun crowns to remind us. It was a big hit and the whole thing might of taken 15-20 minutes (most of the time was cutting the crowns out).

(picture taken by Hailey)