Tithing Games & Jars

Developing Talents #1 ~ Learn how to budget and save money.Discuss why it is important to faithfully pay our tithing and how Heavenly father blesses us when we do (see 3 Nephi 24:10-11). Pay your tithing and begin saving for a mission.

This week we still had our little lesson on Tithing. There are extra  two things – Saving and Spending.

Daddy gave them some guidelines by which they could decide how much to save and how much to save and how much to spend.

Daddy was suggested and recommended saving 50% and spending 40%, and of coarse the 10% for tithing.

Then we had a fun time decorating jars for them to keep their money in. The ideas I was adapting from one of the great Mormon Mom website: http://www.fabnfree.com/2013/04/14/tithing-savings-spending-jars-free-printable-labels/.

For this activity, I had went to few places to get the materials ready.

                           

I changed the original cans to much more smaller and neat plastic jars which I found it at Mr. DIY. it costs much more cheaper as I managed to get 6 pcs @ RM0.90 = RM5.94 only.

               

I did buy some fun and patterned but small tapes at Mr. DIY 2 rolls @ RM1.40 = RM2.80. I did not satisfy for the designs and sourcing for more designs, and I went to the Daiso to get some. As I cannot get the duct tape here.

And I managed to get some beautiful Japanese washi tapes or masking tapes especially at the Times Bookstore Citta Mall Ara Damansara, during the children attended their art class at Jane Yap Atelier. Of coarse the price would be a bit pricy. It is the Mt tapes MT ex series, which 3 rolls of tapes costs me about RM40.00++ but it is really beautiful and unique.

                   

That is where both Issac and Annabelle’s creativity and individual personalities really came out. They love to decorate their money jars.

                     

I was thinking like may be they would just wrapped the same design tape around the jar and overlapping it with one kind of tape wholly for that jar, but instead both of them surprised me with the choices they made to use all the different patterns on one jar, making a striped effect.

      

After they had taped up their jars I gave them some labels to put on the jar. I just downloaded these labels on a plain white paper as I do not have the label stickers.

                     

Annabelle picked some felt flowers and sticker onto the money jars and made hers looked more beautiful. When I asked Issac, if he want some decorations on top, he just straight away told me, “Nope, Mom. Flowers are for girls! I am ok with mine.”

                      

The jars turned out pretty cute and both of them had a fun time making them. They told me, “Mom, this time lesson is more fun than the last week lesson.” I was like… Hopefully they learned something about what to do with their money jars too!

Handmade Lantern 14 Sep 2016

It was the Mooncake Festival Season, Mahkota Tuition Center did have a handmade lantern activity for the children.

Teacher Yang taught them how to make and decorate their own lantern. It was super easy that everyone can do!

And finally, here is the group photos of all the children and lanterns which they made!

It’s Selfie Time 12 Sep 2016

We were having our dinner at Dave’s Deli Subang Parade.

Father & Son 11 Sep 2016

Taken during at chapel last Sunday…

109 ~ Search, Ponder and Pray

I started to love the Children’s Song after doing all these flip charts…

I would have to listen to the music and songs first, try my best to understand the lyrics and I would search for the suitable clip arts to insert in the flip charts. This process have made me get familiar and listen to the songs more. And, this is how I learn the music!

I really grateful for the callings and opportunity that Heavenly Father give me, to learn the ‘things’ I am lack of in my calling as a teacher and second counsellor in the Primary, which is the music!

Sleeping Princess

These are a few shots that Daddy took while Princess was sleeping…

Tithing Wallet

Developing Talents #1 ~ Learn how to budget and save money.Discuss why it is important to faithfully pay our tithing and how Heavenly father blesses us when we do (see 3 Nephi 24:10-11). Pay your tithing and begin saving for a mission.

This is our first part of the lessons of this activity. I have been eagerly searched and surfed the internet in my preparation for all these lessons.

There are so much examples of the lessons whereby prepared by all the Activity Days Leader Mormon Moms throughout the world, I am so excited about this!

The first lesson I was adapting from the website: http://www.themormonhome.com/teaching-tithing-wallet-printable/ about the teaching tithing wallet printable.

I think it is a great idea that Sister Rachel Evans Davis using the wallets as a teaching method to introduce the concept of Tithing and Money.

In addition on that, I did design some worksheets to include: asking the children to search for the scriptures.

Some lessons on where and how our Tithing Money goes.

And some pictures to help children to understand our tithing monies goes to fund the missionary work, temples, meeting house buildings, family history works, printing and translating scriptures, and humanitarian service to others.

Finally, the Tithing Slip is important too. How the tithing slip looks like, and how to fill up the tithing slip.

Both Annabelle and Issac were not so excited as I am, but thankfully that they just follow my flows.

I have planned and decided to split this lessons to 3 or 4 parts, throughout the month of September, every weekend  we will have our lessons from this Tithing and Budgeting.

As Issac almost approach 11 years old now, I was thinking like: How am I going to teach and help him to work on the activities suggested in the Faith in God program?

I as a parent, need to prepared him and help him to understand the importance of the live gospel principles and to receive the Aaronic Priesthood when he is approaching his 12 years old.

Hopefully the weekly activity days program we plan each week, both me and the children able to learn from it.