This year Annabelle’s birthday celebration is very simple. We do not have much celebration. We went to shopping mall for window shopping, then we had a birthday dinner with her but we did not have a birthday cake for her.
She saying is ok just as it is and together with family. Daddy and Mummy felt so warm when heard this. She was so sweet even though sometimes she was so naughty and rebellious.
After we went back home, we quietly gave her a surprise before she slept. We gave her the birthday present. Her reaction was so priceless! She was so surprise and happy to know that she is getting the Besta Electronic Dictionary after opened her present.
Happy Birthday my sweet heart! May you be blessed by Heavenly Father always and stay in His Light!
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.
At the first lesson, we were learning about some basic knowledge that the children need to know about the concept of Tithing and money.
We discussed about how Heavenly Father blesses us when we faithfully pay our tithing.
How the Tithing money being used in our church, and how to fill up the Tithing slip in our lesson in Tithing Wallet.
At the second lesson,we were learning 2 extra words, which is Saving and Spending.
On our third lesson, it would be more on budgeting.
We focused more on getting the children to know about the values of money and the prices of the food, grocery, daily household items which they are eating, seeing and using everyday.
It’s on our lesson in The Price is Right.
Now, we were learning on how to balance and create our own budget worksheet.
And, encourage children to do critical thinking on how much money they left or why the expenses or spending like that?
Finally there is a lesson which the children learned from our Elder Robert D. Hales’s talk during April 2009 General Conference, Becoming Provident Providers Temporally and Spiritually, on spending necessary.
“ He realized that spending more than you can afford doesn’t show love, we shouldn’t do it no matter what, even if it is Christmas or we really, really like something. He always remembered how wise his wife had been.”
“ So the second question we should always remember. Even if we CAN afford something, we should always ask “Do we really need it?” If we don’t we should try to be happy without it.”
Well, this have concluded the lesson on the Tithing, Budget and how Heavenly Father blesses us when we faithfully paying our Tithing. We have fun learning about these things that the Lord wants us to know about!
I still remember the first time when I heard this song, by reading the song title I thought it is the physical temple building which it means in the song. Eventually, when I started to learn and do the flip charts for the kids to learn, then I only realized that it mean the physical body which our Heavenly Father gave us.
When I sang the songs with Issac and Annabelle at home, I asked them “Do you all know what is the temple that the Lord gave us in this song?” Annabelle just answered me with her slumber voice, “Mummy, is our body lah…” I was like, “You know!” Annabelle said, “Of coarse…Mama”
These are all the visiting teaching messages for the sisters for this month, as I couldn’t make it to do a visiting teach face to face. Hope the sisters would like the messages!
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 is our 3rd lesson and it would be more on budgeting. This time we would focus more on getting the children to know about the values of money and the prices of the food, grocery, daily household items which they are eating, seeing and using everyday.
I got this idea from the website: http://www.thedatingdivas.com/the-price-is-right/. I did some modifications and amendments on the games cards to suit our merchandize and groceries which our family consume and use.
Well, this activity Daddy and me have planned to do it together as part during our weekly grocery shopping. Friday evening after work, and fetched both Issac and Annabelle to Main Place USJ21.
We had our dinner at Sushi Zanmai. After we ordered our food and drinks, while waiting for the dinner to be served, I brought out the games cards to both of the kids. I did bring colourful writing pens and have each of them write their price guess for each of the merchandise listed on their cards. When all have made their guesses, our dinner was ready to serve.
After dinner, we headed to Jaya Grocer, and starting our games. Both of Issac and Annabelle have to go and find each of the items and see how close their guess to the actual retail price. There are total 5 Rounds including the final showcase round.
Round 1, basically is writing your guess price, and the kids have to go around the store and look for the items and the actual price.
Round 2, is to get the kids to guess the price range and put in order from the cheapest up to the most expensive. Again, they need to run around the store to get to know the actual answer.
Round 3, is the items or merchandize had been given a price tag, and the kids need to guess whether it is too high or too low.
Round 4, is a bit tricky as it have 2 ranges of brands for 1 item and the kids have to check the price differences between the more economy brand and famous brand and why.
For this round, I did explain what budgeting is and why we often need to look for lower prices and the savings on items with economy brand compared with branded. If we are careful what we buy, we can save for more important things.
We also talked about how to decide when economy brands are a good choice and when they are not such as unhealthy ingredients, the weight of the products, sometimes like huge taste different, etc.; Difference in prices sometimes is due to the values of buying the name brand.
We did not do for Round 5 as it is all the electrical appliances and electronic gadgets.. We did it later with the internet online later part at home.
We ended the lessons with explain to them that, it is important to manage the money well so that we have the spirit with us, strong health, and peace of mind rather than fear, headaches, stress, and contention.
To manage money well, it is important to have a habit of saving for the future, budgeting (spend less than you earn), and always paying tithing first.
“The purpose of music in Primary is to teach the children the gospel of Jesus Christ and help them learn to live it. Primary songs make learning more enjoyable, help children learn and remember gospel truths, and invite the Spirit into Primary.”
That is the first sentence that in our Sharing Time’s instruction in How to Use Music in the Primary.
Thanks again for the loving mother which I found her beautiful and spiritual artworks, that she is so kind in letting us can able to download her artworks that we can use to create our lessons for the children! Her website is here: http://susanfitchdesign.blogspot.my. And, you can also visit her shop at etsy at https://www.etsy.com/shop/SusanFitchDesign.
Personally, I love this year theme song: If I Listen with My Heart.
