FHE Made Easy – An Introduction
What’s FHE Made Easy? And can family home evening possibly be “easy?”
Well, no.
But my aim is to make it easier.
FHE for the Slacker parent, if you will.
Here’s the plan:
A lesson for every week of the year.
52 lessons.
Published every Monday morning–right when you need them.
I’ll tell you what items you need and what prep you need to do beforehand right off.
The songs, the scriptures, the stories? All links.
The most work you’ll be doing is printing off a coloring page or activity.
{Okay, there are a few hands on activities, but I’ve kept it super simple.}
Can you handle it?
It gets better.
You know that Book of Mormon that you know you should be reading with your family? Did you know that if you read 15-20 verses a night for 365 days, you’ll be finished? Heck yeah.
Check out this link. Download it. Frame it, if it makes you feel good. 15 verses a day. Book of Mormon. Owned. You can do this. It’s even possible that I can do this, and that’s saying something.
Each week I’ve listed the reading assignment for the week. Make it work for you. Marathon session and do it all in one night? Great. Read as you can, and play catch up on the weekend? Perfect! This is for you and your family, so make it a good fit.
Also? Don’t forget about kid involvement. That’s important. The lessons are all straightforward enough that even a junior primary child could “teach” the lesson. The opening song is chosen (and linked!), but the closing song is up to your conductor in training.
Many Family Home Evening programs have a lesson on charity, followed by a lesson on gratitude, and so on. That’s all well and good. I teach in senior Primary though, and two of my own children are learning from the Book of Mormon. Let’s keep things simple and learn out of the Book of Mormon ourselves. So this year? Our lessons match week-for-week with the Book of Mormon manual. I took care not to repeat anything from the manual, just reinforce. Your senior primary kids most likely learned about how we got the Book of Mormon on Sunday. So the FHE lesson on Monday will also focus on the beginnings of the Book of Mormon.
If you follow this Family Home Evening Made Easy program throughout the year, I know your family will grow Spiritually. I’m so excited to teach my children more about the Book of Mormon. I hope you’ll join me!
Oh and one more thing. For you eager beavers who want to pre-plan, or for those of you like me who know that it’s not ready to go from the start it won’t happen, you can purchase the entire years worth of lessons in one simple download. Print as you need them, print all at once, or have it downloaded in your tablet, ready to open up on a whim. All 102 pages ready to download for $10. For real. I’m way too nice to y’all, but you keep me sane. Call it a sanity discount. The complete file will be available to purchase starting 1/2/2012, as long as things go well!
Side note: the ability to keep this in your tablet or iPad is exactly what I wanted. They are pdf files with clickable links, so everything you need is right there.
Except the stuff you need to print. But you know… everything else!
But if you’re cool with checking the blog each Monday, then stick with the free version. Because it’s like, free. And free is awesome. It just magically appears once a week. You open, you teach.
You win!
I am going to try this! We are having a baby in a week so I might get off to a rocky start! I will check it every monday:) If I like it I will buy it becasue I love the idea of having it on my tablet!
thanks for making this! I’m excited to use it this year! I also excited that it isnt just a year of FHE but that it is the Book of Morman. Our oldest is in Senior Primary so this will be wonderful. That and Our Bishop has changllenged us all to read the BOM again this year as well. Thanks again!
Great!! My oldest two have a spotty church background (when my husband and his ex got divorced, his ex left the church), so anything I can do to encourage and enhance learning about the Book of Mormon is SO important to me. It *is* geared more towards the older kids, but I think even younger kids will have a good time with this! I really hope you enjoy it and I’d love any feedback you have!
I am so intrested in buying this. How do I do it.
Melissa, I will email you! I’m glad you like them. :)
Sarah,
I purchased the FHE Book of Mormon lessons. I noticed that lessons 2 and 3 are exactly the same. Is this an error? Thanks
Valynn, thank you for noticing this! I have emailed you the corrected link and will be updating the links on the blog immediately. Again, THANK YOU!!
Thanks for doing this! When we were challenged to read the Book of Mormon as a family I thought “I have 4 kids ages 6 and under – there is no way” but 15 verses? We can handle that :) We usually read out of the children’s version but 15 verses – got it. Doing it. Inspired. Thanks! Oh, and I love your FHE lessons. Thanks for that too!
Oh, I know. It sounds so impossible. I’m hoping we’ll be able to handle it. I have noticed when we, ahem, miss a day (and yes, this has already happened), because you’re only doing 15 verses or so, it’s REALLY simple to catch up!
Thanks for reminding me to use it. I will definitely put it on my tablet ASAP:)
How can I buy the entire year of lessons? I don’t see a link.
April, I will email you!
Bought the lessons and had a great time with it! Thanks theslackermom!
Glad you’re liking them! I’m looking at those raincoats you sell… TOO CUTE!!
Hello I would like to buy the entire year lessons. How do I do that.
Edwina, simply click on the “buy now” button on any FHE Made Easy post. It will link you to a PayPal page where you can sign in with your PayPal account, or elect to pay with a credit card. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at Sarah@confessionsofaslackermom.com. Thanks!
I am just curious if there is a new FHE Made Easy for 2013?
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Thank you!
Are you doing FHE lessons for 2013? Or do we just repeat 2012? Loved them last year and had a hard time finding them for this year
Lori, thank you so much! I’ve been really torn about doing it for 2013 (clearly, now that it’s April). I’m hoping to get something up soon, feel free to pray that I’ll get it done! :D