Week 7

Monday Conference Talk: For Him, Joy D. Jones Oct 2018 General Conference:



Enrichment Studies inspired by talk:

• Vocabulary Page- HERE Have the kids study the words and learn the definitions for the week. Have a spelling bee at the end of the week. 
• Geography Page on Calcutta, India - label it on your wall map
• Have the kids make a To-Do list for the week. Teach them about Prioritizing. Have them include this quote on their to-do list page and discuss:

“We can make each item on our to-do list become a way to glorify Him.
We can see each task as a privilege and opportunity to serve Him…”

• Serve others/ Bake Cookies!!

• Learn about the process of change. Perhaps study a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly.
• Write a poem about service/light the world using alliteration. Here's my son's :)

When you light the world,

Light it with life, laughter, and light.

You can give light by giving someone an orange

or you can help, by oiling a door hinge.

( There was a discussion between him and his sister that there aren't any words that rhyme with orange, so he took it as a personal challenge, I like it)

Here's my daughter's:

Christmas time is coming close.

Sense it with your eyes and nose

Gather round with cheer and glory

And listen to the Savior's Story.

Tuesday Magazine:

Dec 2018 New Era

• Read True Gifts of Christmas and Light the World- discuss
• Have them make gifts for others using Gifts that don't Break the Bank on pg38

I'll be doing a separate post for younger kids with lessons from the Friend.

Week 6

Monday Conference Talk: Our Campfire of Faith, Elder Gerrit W. Gong

Oct 2018 General Conference



Enrichment activities inspired by the talk:

• Research Elder Gong. Who is he, where is he from and what has he done?
• Vocabulary Page, get it HERE. Use each word in a sentence.
• Learn about the artwork of Boyd K. Packer, Henry B. Eyring, and Richard G. Scott. We used these links: Boyd K. Packer, Henry B. Eyring ( watch the video, I LOVED his work!), Richard G. Scott. Older kids can do this worksheet after researching the artists. They finish the quote found in Elder Gong's talk, then insert their favorite image from the art they found while studying them. Get the worksheet Here. Here's an example of a finished worksheet (they can insert multiple images in each column, mine just decided to do one each)  Finished worksheet:
• Do a Geography Page for Hong Kong
• learn how to build a campfire
• Make your own watercolor landscape! We used a you tube tutorial  10 Minute Winter Woodland Scene 
  
   
   

Week 5

Monday Conference Talk:
The Joy of Unselfish Service by Sis Cristina B. Franco

Enrichment activities inspired by the talk:

• Vocabulary word Scavenger Hunt Game, get the worksheet here. Spend the week searching for the words in books or conversation, check each word off when it's found or heard.
• Chocolate cake bake off!! My kids each chose a recipe and made a chocolate cake. They were judged on flavor and appearance. Then we took cake to Grandma for her birthday! We loved this activity :) I only got a picture of one of the cakes, the other one was eaten too quickly!
  
• Argentina Geography page. We love THIS ONE from 1+1+1=1
• Self Evaluation Questionnaire worksheet HERE
• Write and perform a play based on the story of the Widow's mite. We did a modern tale of the Widow's mite. Kids wrote a script, made a story board, planned props, and they'll perform it this week for FHE. 
• We didn't get to this, but you could also do a study on biblical coinage. 

Tuesday Magazine:

November 2018 New Era

• Direct Messages for You- read and discuss
• We did THIS ACTIVITY from the Friend Magazine. It's a crossword puzzle of the new temples that were announced. Use the list of places from the New Era article and fill in the crossword puzzle. Then grab your little sticky notes and find each country on your wall map and mark them (I drew little temples on the labels for these). We had so much fun doing this! My 4 year old even said after that he wants to go to all those places one day!
  

November 2018 Friend

• The Correct Name of the Church- read and discuss
• Sing, The Church of Jesus Christ

Week 4

Monday Conference talk:
Be Not Troubled ~ Ronald A. Rasband


Enrichment activities inspired by talk (do these throughout the week):

• Learn about extreme weather (waves and winds on the Sea of Galilee). We watched You Tube videos about hurricanes and strong storms. 
• Sea of Galilee research and map craft. Grab a map of the Sea of Galilee here. Print it out. Have kids trace it on trace paper and label main cities and landmarks. Then they can use the original map to make a small boat. Like this one:
  
• Vocabulary Page, get it here. Have them choose 15 words and fill out this worksheet, here. You should be able to make a copy and then edit it. Use the Explore button under the tools tab to insert images and look up definitions.
• Make a MormonAd inspired by this quote "The battles will rage on, but we will face them with the Spirit of the Lord. We will “be not troubled” because when we stand with the Lord and stand for His principles and His eternal plan, we are standing on holy ground." Here is one my daughter made:
  
• Here's another worksheet they can do comparing the attributes of fear to those of faith. There is also a place for them to write a haiku about dispelling fear. Here's my daughter's for example: 

                    When fear overcomes

                    I sing a primary song

                    The fear is now gone

• I found these AMAZING blank geography pages! We'll probably use them from now on each time learn about a new location. Get your free download here at 1+1+1=1. We learned about Syria and my kids even decided to write some of the information in Arabic!
  

Magazine Tuesday:

November 2018 New Era

• Try, Try, Try (excerpts) Henry B Eyring- read and discuss
• We decided to take upon us the name of Christ by serving others. We discussed possible ideas and decided on making dinner for a family that we thought could use it.

November 2018 Friend

• Count Your Blessings - Read and discuss
• Add blessing leaves to Gratitude tree from last week
• Do Hink Pink FunStuff and learn about rhyming words

Personal Finance Wednesday:

• Our workbooks finally came in, so we got started on the self-reliance personal finance course. We'll do one lesson a week and adapt it to family/children use.

Family History Thursday:

• Index a batch

For the Strength of Youth Friday:

• I let the kids choose which topic they want to read about and today it was tithes and offerings. We read and discussed. 

Map

I love having maps up and using them often in our lessons! We put this one up recently to mark all the places we learn about in our gospel studies enrichment lessons. Grab a map and some sticky notes and have fun! You won't regret it.

Week 3

Monday Conference Talk:

Believe, Love, Do ~ Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Enrichment activities inspired by the talk:

• Vocabulary page- get it here - choose 20 words, look up definitions and use them in a sentence.
• Learn how to draw a German Shepherd 
• Choose a new skill and practice it for a week
• Believe, Love, Do worksheet- get it here - Discuss things we can do in each column (believe, love, & do). Fill it in. Commit to working on each column for one week and keep track. 
• Germany Research page, I used this one:

 and this one:

We colored in the map and tried to find out why the different icons were on the map and in each location.

• Art project inspired by this quote: "In my experience, belief is not so much like a painting we look at and admire and about which we discuss and theorize. It is more like a plow that we take into the fields and, by the sweat of our brow, create furrows in the earth that accept seeds and bear fruit that shall remain.13"

• Biography Page- King Solomon. We used this Facebook template page, here. Any generic 5 w's worksheet would work too. 

Tuesday Magazine:

          New Era Oct 2018

• The Battle for your Agency- read and discuss
• Fun Spot ~ Facts and Fun

        Friend Oct 2018

• The Talents Team-
• Nick's New Look
• What's on your Mind- We discussed our bodies and how special they are- play dress up

Thursday Family History:

• Family History Quest from the Friend 
  

Friday Church History:

• Listen to Saints Podcast and chapter one of Saints

Week 2

Monday Conference Talk:


Enrichment activities inspired by talk:

• Vocabulary sheet, get it here - look up definitions and use each word in a sentence
• Read the following paragraph to the children and have them create a map from the descriptions:-  "For many years our family has enjoyed the annual tradition of camping high in the Uintah Mountains of northeastern Utah. We travel 20 miles (32 km) over a rocky dirt road to arrive at a beautiful green valley with towering canyon walls and through which runs a river filled with cold, clear water. 
  
  
  
  
• Learn about foundations on houses. How and why they are important. We had a FHE lesson on this and told the story of the Salt Lake City Temple foundation and how HUGE it was and how it had to be completely redone. Interesting story, (google it, I don't have a link)
• Research Toronto Canada
• Art Project (could also memorize this scripture): Use watercolors or pastels to create a piece of art inspired by this scripture : " “Remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.”7
• Sprout beans or watch a you tube video showing the process of beans sprouting. We discussed how the roots have to sprout first before the plant can push out of the ground, much like a foundation on a house. The roots hold the plant up and keep it firm in the ground. We likened each of the roots to righteous traditions like personal prayer, scripture study, attending church, etc. 
• Research the Uintah Mountains
• Watch Fiddler on the Roof and talk about traditions

Tuesday Magazine:

       

      New Era Oct 2018:

• My Quarterback Question- read article. 
• Make a pros and cons list of something and discuss how this process can be used to help make decisions.   

     Friend Oct. 2018:

• Liam's Friends- read and discuss different religions with your children. Could look up on a map where these different religions originated or are prominent. 
• FunStuff- find it on pg 26
• Sing- God Loves All His Children pg 27