FHE using the Gospel Picture Kit

Thank you Michelle Vibert for the great resource...

Purchase the Gospel Picture Kit and any extra picture packets available.  Review each section and decide which area of the scriptures your family would like to discuss this year.  I chose the 100’s and 300’s which are the Old Testament and Book of Mormon.  The pictures are numbered in the corner.  Then you can put strips of paper with numbers correlating to the pictures in a cute box.  I do this at the beginning of each year and make 52, one for each week. 

The assignment wheel we have divides the FHE responsibilities into five.  They are Lesson/Song, Opening Prayer, Closing Prayer, Treat and Activity…one for each member of our family.  Paul and I are each assigned one of the younger kids to aid them with their lesson prep and treat.  Paul tape records the lesson so Melissa can say what she hears on the headset.  The larger outer wheel has our names spaced evenly around.  The small inner wheel is affixed to the larger with a brad in the center.  It has the assignments written on it.  I have seen many other cute devices for assigning FHE responsibilities.

On Sunday at 3:00pm everyone gathers to the living room.  (Jessica is napping!)

Song

Opening Prayer

Lesson

Closing Prayer

Activity

After dinner we have the treat

Some families like to have their lesson portion on Sunday and do a fun activity and treat on Mon. night when they can spend money or go out.  Others are strict to the Monday night rule and keep everybody’s schedule open for FHE on Monday. 

The lesson is easy to prepare because the picture has a summary and some scripture references on the back.  My instructions for preparing a lesson are as follows:

1.                  Summarize the story and show the picture

2.                  Use the scriptures given to tell the important parts

3.                  Explain how this can be used in our daily lives

4.                  Relate what you learned from the story

5.                  Tell what you think Jesus wants us to learn from the story

6.                  Challenge the family to apply the teachings for 1 week (I keep the picture up all week as a reminder)

7.                  Extras – Create an activity to help us understand the story (This could be drawing pictures or acting out parts of the story or using an object lesson.   This is optional at our house.)

8.                  Bear your testimony

I think this is a really easy way to have FHE and it has been successful in our house.