Teaching the Gospel—LDS Homeschooling in California—and everywhere!


Recommendations Free Resources Curriculum By Subject Choosing Curriculum Learning by Listening Virtual Field Trips	Teaching the Gospel Your first priority should be teaching the gospel. Depending on your family size and the ages of the members, you may decide to read the actual scriptures or you may decide to use a children's format. You could use the gospel art kit to look at the pictures while you tell the story on the back, for instance. Or you may decide to read the children's Scripture Readers. These are all available reasonably from Church Distribution. When you feel they are old enough to start reading the Bible themselves, I recommend using Penny Gardner's highlights of the Old and New Testament. Instead of reading from beginning to end, you read the stories from the scriptures. These will make more sense to the children and they will understand more of what's going on and so appreciate the scriptures more. I also recommend the Book of Mormon for Latter-day Saint Families, the New Testament for LDS Families, the Old Testament for LDS Families, and Church History for Latter-day Saint Families which include pictures, descriptions, discussion questions and other information to aid scripture study with children but the text is the actual scripture. Occasionally we would vary our routine and study by topics or read a church book for our gospel study time. Hold Family Home Evening every week so it becomes a habit. It doesn't have to be a major production, but it should happen without fail. In our family we read articles from the Church Magazines together, discuss them and play a game. Sometimes the article stimulates a great discussion, sometimes it doesn't, that's OK. If the article is short and we don't have much to add, we'll read another one or two. I feel like this works for us because it doesn't take any preparation, and no one feels like any fingers are being pointed at them because we just read the latest issue. Once in a while for a change we will watch one of the FHE video segments or another church video and talk about that. We also enjoy listening to audio mp3 books and talks on gospel subjects. There is a lot of free and inexpensive resources listed here. TOP
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	Free Resources The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Letters from Home By Ardeth G. Kapp We are Women of God By Sheri L. Dew Unto the Rising Generation By Neal A. Maxwell What I Want my Son to Know Before he Leaves on his Mission By James E. Faust To the Children of the Church By Ezra Taft Benson How to Teach Worldview by Cathy Duffy Raising Righteous Children in a Wicked World By Brent L. Top and Bruce A. Chadwick Spiritual Crocodiles By Boyd K. Packer 14 Fundamentals in Following the Prophet By Ezra Taft Benson Scriptures in a Child's Heart By Penny Gardner Highlights from the Old Testament Highlights from the New Testament Faith in God for Girls and Boys 2004 Primary Sacrament Meeting Program Songs 101+ LDS Sunday Activities What is Family Home Evening? Family Home Evening Games Family Home Evening Helps by Ruth Ann Cosby Family Home Evening Quick Tips Family Home Evenings that Work Family Activities Holy Lands Revealed Free Personal Ancestral File Book of Mormon Timeline Biblical Words Pronunciation Guide Why Prophets? Donny Osmond: My Beliefs LDS Church Distribution Deseret Book's Mormon Life Meridian Magazine Encyclopedia of Mormonism LDS Copywork BYU TV BYU Radio BYU Magazine BYU Broadcasting Free Web Courses from BYU A Book of Mormon Study Guide for your First Time Through By Heather Martinson Book of Mormon Discovery Gospel Principles Study Guide Gospel Art Kit GospelLink For the Strength of Youth True to the Faith CES Youth and Family Programs An Easy Approach to Remembering Scripture By Kenneth Higbee Agency and Control by Boyd K. Packer About Seminary from CES What a Way to Grow! by L. Tom Perry Why Bother with Seminary? by Darrin Lythgoe How can parents help make seminary attendance a rewarding experience for their children? Scripture Lifeline:The 5:30 Alarm by Danika Nielsen 100 Scripture Mastery Verses Scripture Songs to Download Old Testament Scripture Mastery game New Testament Scripture Mastery game More New Testament Scripture Mastery Games Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery game Doctrine & Covenants Scripture Mastery game Articles of Faith Game LDS Learning Games LDS Crossword Puzzles Gospel Puzzles Free Scripture Printables

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