Scripture Heroes: Stripling Warriors

Today we talked about the Stripling Warriors and honoring our parents.  You can download this Scripture Hero Chart here.

 We watched the LDS Scripture hero video about Helaman and the 2,000 Stripling Warriors.  There are also some Living Scripture video clips about the Stripling Warriors.

I like the characteristic activity that Teaching LDS Children has on their website.  You can find more ideas to cover this topic too.  We went through the scriptures listed and they took turns deciding which characteristic matched each scripture.  I pointed out that these characteristics help us honor our parents.

 You can find this dot-to-dot printable here.

We played this game and they answered the questions as they landed on them.  If they didn't know the answer we would look it up in the scriptures to help them out.

We also sang "We'll Bring the World his Truth".  I thought it was a great song to finish out our week.

Scripture Heroes: Captain Moroni

Captain Moroni has a very valiant man.  If you have any doubt of that you just need to read Alma 48:17.  My oldest was excited to talk about him because he said Captain Moroni was his favorite person in the Book of Mormon. You can download this scripture hero chart here.

 We watched several videos today.  From the LDS Scripture videos we watched Chapter 32, 33, and 34.  We also watched a video called "Firm in the Faith" which is a video about Captain Moroni being a hero and his confrontation with Zerahemnah.

Check out Teaching LDS Children's lesson on Moroni Defeating Zerahemnah and  Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty. We talked about wearing the armor of God and what each piece represents in wearing Spiritual Armor (missing in the picture is the shield and sword).  You can find this to print and the descriptions in the first lesson about Captain Moroni in the link above.

A Year of FHE has a good lesson on Captain Moroni and The Title of Liberty as well.  It also includes this idea of making our own Title of Liberty using paper and straws.

Here are all three with their own Titles of Liberty.

I also came across this cool coloring page about wearing the armor of God.  There is also one for girls.

We also sang "I Will Be Valiant" from the Children's Songbook.

Scripture Heroes: Ammon

Today we talked about Ammon and Missionary Work.  I have always admired Ammon and his devotion to King Lamoni and his people.  You can download his scripture hero chart here.  Check out Free LDS Clip Art for this image and many others.

To help introduce what Ammon's "super power" is I had them put together this puzzle from Finch Family Games. We also watched Ammon: The Great Servant from LDS Scripture videos.  Also check out Living Scriptures Ammon video clips as well.

I did this Attention Activity from Teaching LDS Children.  I didn't think it'd go over too well to actually eat a piece of candy in front of them so I just talked about how awesome it was that I had it and I wasn't sure I wanted to share it and things of that nature.  Then when I decided to share it they had to read what was on the pieces of candy so we could talk about it's importance to the gospel.

We played a fun Might Missionary Game from Finch Family Games.

 We also did this fun little activity sheet finding Lamoni's sheep. We also sang some of the missionary songs you can find in the Children's Songbook.

It was one of those days that I was excited about and my kids ended up fighting over who was going to sit where and getting mad when the game didn't go their way.  Those days can be trying, but other times I have noticed them recognizing that they need to be more like the people in the scriptures we've been learning about and so I think despite the discouraging times they are still learning the messages that I set out for them to learn.

Scripture Heroes: Alma the Younger

Today we talked about Alma the Younger.  You can download his Scripture Hero Chart here.  We watched the LDS Scripture video about Alma the Younger and how he was led to repent of his sins.  Such a wonderful story.

I came across these cute printables from Mormon Mommy Printables and knew that I had to make some for my boys.  They were a bit tedious to cut out, laminate, then put brads in, but I'm glad I did it. They are so cute and they not only helped me tell Alma's story, but then the boys had the chance to play with them and retell the story themselves.  

We spent a good deal of time talking about the steps of repentance.  Teaching LDS Children has these printables and some other ideas to help teach this story.

I put each step on one of our actual steps and then the boys took turns explaining what each thing meant that was on the step they were on.  We used an example of something that happened with my 6 year old last night since he did something he wasn't supposed to and then did the best he could to do follow the steps of repentance from what he'd remembered from things we have talked about before.  

 Living Scriptures has a little video clip about Alma the Younger.   A Year of FHE also has a great lesson to help teach about Alma the Younger.

Scripture Heroes: Abinadi

Today we talked about Abinadi.  You can download his scripture hero chart here. I used clip art from Free LDS Clip Art. I love how Abinadi stood strong and testified even as he was being burned to death and thought it was appropriate to make his power testimony.  

 As always we watched the LDS scripture video about Abinadi and King Noah.  We also watched a little video clip from Living Scriptures.

I told the story using these flannel board figures.  After that we sang "I Belong to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints" instead of just sitting or standing I marched around our living room and had them follow me as we sang.

A Year of FHE has a great lesson about Abinadi.  It also includes this book mark that each of my children colored. Then I laminated them and we put ribbon through them .

I also used another game that I got out of a Finch Family Game book.  You can see their website here.  This game was about testimonies.  We had to spell out the word testimony by matching the cards up.  The cards were different things we can have a testimony about.

After the game I bore my testimony to my children and gave them the opportunity to share their testimonies as well.  They have already guessed that we will be talking about Alma next.  :)

Scripture Heroes: King Benjamin

Today we talked about King Benjamin.  You can download his Scripture Hero Chart here.   There are many wonderful things that King Benjamin taught, but I thought focusing on service and Mosiah 2:17 would be best for him.

 We watched the LDS Scripture video about King Benjamin.  A Year of FHE has a wonderful lesson about King Benjamin I used it to help teach my kids about him and we also did this fun printable.

They each colored something and then we looked up the scriptures listed and read them together. 

 I got this coloring page to do from the church's website.  It is a color by number coloring page.

We used toothpicks and marshmallows to make our own towers since King Benjamin had a tower built so that he could be seen and heard by more people.

I thought about different service things we could do and decided to keep it simple.  I want my kids to realize that they can do simple acts of service each day especially in our own home.  I suggested we make their Dad's "lunch" that he takes to work today (he works swing shift so lunch is really dinner).  They loved the idea and even made him a little note for him.  (My youngest did not want to be part of that picture)

 They were really excited to have their dad find out that we had made it for him and so he didn't have to do it.  I think King Benjamin is awesome.  We learn so much from his teachings.

Scripture Heroes: Enos

Today we talked about Enos. Here is a link to his scripture hero chart.  This clip art I used came from Free LDS Clip Art.

To kick off what "super power" Enos had I wrote down the letters that make up the word prayer and mixed them up and had my kids unscramble them to make the word.  My six year old was the first to figure it out.

We watched the LDS scripture video about Enos.  We also watched a Mormon Channel video called Did You Think to Pray?  We actually watched that video several times.  :)

I retold the story and made sure they understood it.  You can get this flannelboard picture from Teaching LDS Children.

A Year of FHE has a wonderful lesson about Enos.  I used that to help tell the story and we also used the coloring page from it.

A Year of FHE also has a wonderful lesson about prayer.  I used the visual to remind the children of the four parts of prayer.  

We also sang "I Pray in Faith" and "A Child's Prayer" from the Children's Song Book.  This link will take you to the list of songs about prayer from that book.

I really liked this activity from Teaching LDS Children.  First I picked up one of the phones and pretended to call someone, but no one picked up.  I talked about how Heavenly Father wants to talk to us, but we need to "pick up the phone" and the way to do that is to pray.  Then we did the activity taking turns.  The questions went on the large phone and the answers the children would put on the small phone.  

You can check out all the links to Nephi here.

*Note:  I know that the people in the scriptures are in fact, just people who had imperfections.  However, I am using the idea of Scripture Super Heroes to help my children learn about people in the scriptures.  I also know that they have many admirable qualities than the super power I gave them.  I point this out to my children.  This is just a fun way that I came up with to help familiarize my kids with people in the scriptures.

Scripture Heroes: Nephi Part V

We wrapped up talking about Nephi and having courage today.  You can download the scripture hero chart here.  We watched three of the LDS Scripture videos today "Building the Ship", "Crossing the Sea", and "A New Home in the Promised Land".  After we watched the videos we talked more in depth and reviewed what we had learned about Nephi building a boat and crossing the sea as well as what happened after they arrived to the Promised Land.   We also watched some Living Scripture video clips.

 Teaching LDS children has some good ideas including this worksheet where you can discuss the types of tools Nephi used to build his boat.  I had my children guess and then we talked about how he had to make the tools himself and they decided which tools looked more hand made.

 Teaching LDS Children also has this fun game to help get our boat to the promised land by doing things that invites the Spirit.  It was a simple game where we worked together and everyone was a winner.

 I thought we needed to make some origami boats ourselves and I found this really cute printable that looks like a boat with Nephi inside when it is finished.  Sadly, I could not figure the directions from the website so I had to enlist my husband.  He had it folded in less than two minutes.  He is an advanced origamist, but still... I made him fold enough for each kid.  They were pretty happy about their boats.

 Of course, they needed to try them out in the bath tub. My husband said once when he was in Scouts they used rain gutters that worked well for this.  I don't have any rain gutters so we made do with the bath tub.

 Here is a close up of the finished boat.

Check out our other Nephi activities at the links below:

Nephi Part I

Nephi Part II

Nephi Part III

Nephi Part IV

Scripture Heroes: Nephi Part IV

Today we talked about Nephi again.  In particular we talked about things that happened while they were traveling in the wilderness.  We talked about them going back to Jerusalem to bring Ishmael's family with them, the Liahona, and Nephi's bow breaking.  Here is Nephi's hero chart.

 We watched the LDS Scripture video about them traveling in the wilderness and then discussed the things that happened in more detail.  Teaching LDS Children is always a good source if you need some guidelines for telling the story.

Here is a dot-to-dot of the Liahona that the kids each did of their own.

 Here is my 8 year old with his finished Liahona.

 I found this cute idea using pencils, rubber bands, and tape to make bows and arrows. (The link shows a better picture of it)  I thought it'd be a big hit, but sadly only my 8 year old had much fun with it. The other two found it too challenging for their little fingers to use properly.  Quite frankly, it was kind of a rough day all around.  I didn't have a lot planned because I felt the other days were kind of big, but my main event was the bow and arrows and it kind of flopped.  Hopefully, they still remember the message of the story which is the main point I am trying to get across anyway.

You can also check out Blues Skies Ahead for more ideas about Nephi's Bow.  Book of Mormon Kids also has some fun ideas with this topic.

You can see my other Nephi posts at the links below.

Nephi Part I

Nephi Part II 

Nephi Part III

Scripture Heroes: Nephi Part III

Today we talked more about Nephi more specifically about Lehi's Dream.  You can find this Nephi Hero Chart to download here.  We watched the Church's video about Lehi's Dream. 

 I used these cute printable flannel board figures from Mormon Mommy Printables to help retell the story and really emphasis what the things in Lehi's dream represented. Teaching LDS Children is a great aid for this and gives the scripture reference as well.

I taught them the first first of "Hold to the Rod" which you can find in the Hymn book on page 274 or here. 

We also watched a clip from the Living Scriptures video the link also has more ideas to go along with this topic.  A Year of FHE also has a great lesson for Lehi's Dream.  I adapted her activity for us in following the iron rod.  First I put out some obstacles and put a frisbee at the end with some Starbursts. Then they each took turns with a blindfold and no help trying to find the frisbee and Starbursts.  In fact, the other two boys had fun trying to distract them from getting to the end goal.

 Then I had one of them lead the other with the yard stick being the iron rod straight to the frisbee and starburst.  Of course, we talked about how it all correlated with Lehi's Dream.  We also talked about Nephi and how he had courage to hold to the rod and make good choices throughout his entire life.

 I have a few books from Family Finch Games that my mom gave me a while ago and so I will be putting as many as I can to good use as we study these scripture heroes.  In one of the books there was a "Hold to the Rod Game"  They have a great website where you can buy books or things to download.  I had to print off the things for the game, color them, cut them out and laminate them, but we had a great time.

 Here are the game pieces.  They rolled the dice and went around the board.  They had to pick something from the hold to the rod pile or letting go pile and read what they picked as they went along.

You can find Nephi Part I here and Nephi Part II here.

Also be sure to check out the great links I have on the side bar on the right.  They are great resources for any LDS topic.