Monday, September 23, 2013

The Princess and the Pea

For Literature, we are starting with Fairy Tales.

This was such a fun lesson!  I got all of the kid's pillows and blankets.  They snuggled up on the floor and we read a few different versions of the Princess and the Pea.



Then I asked the kids to check their pillows.  Can you guess what they found?

Yep.

A pea.

They thought that was hilarious.  A few (okay one) of them even said they felt the pea...hmmm.  Really?

We loved learning about the moral.

First, we talked about how we are all "real princesses and princes", because we are all children of our Heavenly Father.  Who is a King.  Therefore, we are princes and princesses.  Cool.

I gave each of the kids this quote for their notebooks.


Then we talked about how "the pea" can represent the spirit, or the Holy Ghost.
The Mattresses can represent things that are distractions and make it difficult to feel the the spirit.

I had a lot of fun drawing this coloring page.



Then we talked about things that may be "Mattress Distractions" in our own lives.  I made another worksheet to remind us of those distractions.  This time, we put "the pea" on top of our mattress distractions, so that we remember that the we do not want to cover up the Holy Ghost!





I had the older kids write a short paragraph on what they can do in their lives to make it easier to feel the Holy Ghost.  It was a really fun lesson!

8 comments:

  1. Wow! What a great twist on the Princess and the Pea moral! What a fun way to teach it. And super-cute illustrations too. Thanks for sharing the photos of the kids doing their lessons -- makes me feel almost like I was there with you all. Great feeling!

    Lots of Love, Sue

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  2. OK-this is the coolest lesson and papers!! What an amazing lesson that ties things to eternity and what matters most. Love the artwork!! Love the pea in the pillow!! I am going to do the mattress distraction for myself!! Love the idea! I love this Family School. Is there a more important way for you to spend your time than sharing these lessons and testimony with your cuties every day? Now I am going to go make copies of your cool papers for myself. Thanks for sharing!! As always, we love and miss you all very much!! (Sorry if this publishes twice, but I can't figure out how to fix that!)

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  3. OK-this is the coolest lesson and papers!! What an amazing lesson that ties things to eternity and what matters most. Love the artwork!! Love the pea in the pillow!! I am going to do the mattress distraction for myself!! Love the idea! I love this Family School. Is there a more important way for you to spend your time than sharing these lessons and testimony with your cuties every day? Now I am going to go make copies of your cool papers for myself. Thanks for sharing!! As always, we love and miss you all very much!! (Sorry if this publishes twice, but I can't figure out how to fix that!)

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  4. cute idea! thanks for sharing! :)

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  5. Totally going to do this for Family Home Evening next week! The kids will love it! LOVED our Sophie Bear! Thank you so much.

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  6. Love this! oh how I wish you were already on year two so I could use your awesome handouts this year! I guess I will just have to use them to review some year one stuff!!

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  7. Love this! oh how I wish you were already on year two so I could use your awesome handouts this year! I guess I will just have to use them to review some year one stuff!!

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  8. So cute! We are going to do this too. Thank you!

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