FHE: Love at Home
Jul 14th, 2008 by Bethany
Today we’re doing a Love At Home lesson. I chose this one because Colin reminded me that today is the anniversary of our first date. Cute, huh? So, here’s the plan for the lesson (mostly from the FHE Resource Manual lesson on the subject).
Tell the children that you are going to pretend that a special visitor is coming to your house. His name is Jesus. Ask them to think how excited they would feel to have Jesus come to visit them.
- • What should we do to get ready? (Clean the house. Dress in nice clothes.)
- • How will we act when Jesus comes?
The children could act out the things they would do.
Explain to the children that if Jesus were here they would have a good feeling. They would know he loves them.
Tell the children that if Jesus were in your home they would want to try very hard to be good and to show their love for one another.
Explain that each day they can have that good feeling in their home by sharing, by not fighting, and by being kind to one another.
Sing “A Happy Family” (Children’s Songbook, p. 198).
- • What does the song say we all do in our family? (Love each other.)
- • How do you think mother knows you love her? (Help the children name some things they do that show love.)
- • How does father know you love him? How does sister? How does brother?
You might use pictures from books and magazines to illustrate some of the things you talk about that show love.
Explain that you always want to have love in your home so that a good spirit can be there.
Little children can also participate in helping with the chart entitled “Love One Another.” Explain that when they see someone who is showing love in the family they can come and tell you. You will write that person’s name on the chart for them. You could also help them color in a part of the chart.
Explain to the children that they can also be a good example in showing their love throughout the week.
Show your family the chart entitled “Love One Another.” Explain that each time they see a family member showing love to someone in the family, they are to color in one of the rays around the heart. They are also to write that person’s name down on the chart. Each family member could have his name on the chart several times.
Put the chart up in a place where all the family members can easily see, read, and color it, such as on the refrigerator or a bulletin board.
Challenge each family member to show love in your home throughout the coming week so that all the rays of the heart will be filled in before your next home evening. Challenge them to feel the spirit of love in your home.
For an activity we could play “spin the bottle,” only when the bottle lands on the person everyone says something they like about that person.
For dessert, I’m thinking it would be fun to make a heart-shaped cake, or maybe heart-shaped cookies like these.