I love teaching children and during the past few months, I have been blessed to teach the 3 year olds. Last week during sharing time, one of my little sunbeams looked up at me with such sweetness, trust and love. Just as these little ones trusted me to care for them for a little bit of time every Sunday,…
Helping to get your children excited to learn about their family might be challenging but with these fun lessons it will be a breeze. Lesson 1: The Family Start by sharing this fun video about families. Teach: Teach your children about what a family is by asking them a few questions: “What is a family?” “Why are families…
I am so excited to help my little ones come to know and love their ancestors as much as I do. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has some awesome lessons to help you teach your family about family history. I thought I’d create some fun printables and worksheets to use each Monday night during our Family…
There are many hurtles that prevent people from learning about their family history. They might be really busy, not have the education to know where to begin or a million other reasons why, but kids? Well, their only stumbling block is us as their parents! What child doesn’t love sitting on their parents lap and having them read them…
Here is an inspiring story to get you motivated to find your own ancestors pictures, stories and just maybe a cool artifact like shown in the video below. Happy Hunting!
We did it! Day 40 of our 40 Day Family History Challenge. I hope you now have planted in your heart the love for your ancestors as you began this amazing journey with us. If you are just stumbling upon our website, start your own 40 day challenge today! There are links on the right side of our website…
FamilySearch is encouraging us to index the millions of records that are ready for our eyes to see and fingers to type the information. They are doing a fun Christmas tree decorating event for December. Jump on board and index some records tonight! How about doing your own Countdown to Christmas with this Christmas tree and ornaments! Click on…
We just had a great family reunion last Saturday. We shared some fun ways to get going with family history. I will post some details to help you plan your next family reunion soon. Here is a video highlighting some of our ancestors. What would they tell you if they were here to speak with you? Share your feelings…
Today is Thanksgiving and what a better way to spend a few minutes after you have filled your belly with yummy food and filled your heart with great conversations with your loved ones than to find out more about your ancestors. Today, we are going to see what we can find out about how our ancestors celebrated the holidays…
Today's challenge is to find out how you connect to your ancestors. What are some things about the country your ancestors are from that you feel connected too? Once you find out more about where they came from, teach your children about how you feel connected to them. During our Youth Conference which was all about Family History, I…
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