Monday Nights in Nauvoo – Janet Burningham

How cool is this? With the focus this year on Joseph Smith, it only makes sense that we would undertake a deeper study of his background, surroundings, and lifestyle. “Monday Nights in Nauvoo” is a great family home evening resource book that centers the lessons around life in Nauvoo, particularly on elements of Church history. Now your family can study Church history together at home as well as at church. Each lesson begins with the background of the lesson, which ties it in to Church history. We are also told what pictures from the Gospel Art Kit would coordinate with … Continue reading

The Church Introduces a New Nursery Manual

For the past several years, nursery leaders and Sunbeam leaders have been teaching from the same manual. This hasn’t been a bad thing – our curriculum, as always, is inspired and our children have greatly benefited from the lessons they are taught. This last month, however, the Church released a new manual designed specifically for the nursery. The manual is entitled “Behold Your Little Ones” and has thirty lessons that are geared specifically to nursery-aged children (eighteen months to three years). In addition to full-color photographs to go along with each topic, the lessons have a line drawing that can … Continue reading