11.06.2013

I Am a Child of God

This week was not centred around a meal, so we had a casual dinner of home made chilli burgers on home made rolls (made by Duncan) and cucumber and sweetcorn salad.

We also watched a bit of wholesome TV

Waiting For Us To Start

From lds.org

From our earthly parents we have inherited our physical characteristics. We have also inherited qualities of nobility, goodness, and eternal worth from our Heavenly Father. Think of the potential of your children. Think of what it could mean to them to really sense their potential. Do you really believe that you are a child of God? Does that knowledge make a difference in your daily life?

Have two items that have obvious similarities and differences, such as a combination of two of the following: a small rock, a small ball, an orange, or an apple.

We used a play-dough ball and a plastic orange (naughty Mama had no real ones).

Hold a small rock in your hand, and ask your children:

What is this?

Hold an orange in your other hand.

What is this?

Ask your family to name as many ways as they can in which these two objects are different. Then ask them to identify how they are similar.

2. Bring a family picture with the parents and all the children, including grandparents if possible, or several pictures of family members, so that everyone is represented.

We used photo's of just the 4 of us who live in the house because we know Oscar's attention span is not that long.

Hold up the family portrait or the separate pictures of family members, and ask:

Who are these people? Who is this?
In what ways are the members of our family different from each other? (Facial characteristics, size, age, talents, and any other ways family members might mention.)
In what ways are members of our family alike? (Color of hair, eyes, freckles, interests, hopes, desires to learn, or whatever your family members identify.)

Point out that we inherited some of these characteristics from our parents.

In what way is our family different from other families? (Looks, house we live in, goals, number of family members.)

In what ways are we like the people in other families? (We enjoy playing, smiling, crying, praying.)

Point out that one way we are like each other and like the members of all other families on the earth is that we are all children of God.

Explain to your children that they will always be members of your family and that you will always be their father and mother. Nothing can change that. The same is true of God’s family. He will always be our Father. We will always be his children.

Explain to your children that because they are God’s children, they are worth very much.

What is it about us which Heavenly Father would love so much? What makes a good family member?

The suggestion next was to write a list of atributes Heavenly Father would want us to be. Because we are not all church members and because Oscar can't write we changed the activity to suit our needs.

Each of us did a drawing of our family, and above each person we wrote what we like about that person (including ourselves).