Comments on: Teaching Grandchildren To Love The Scriptures… http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/grandparent/teaching-grandchildren-to-love-the-scriptures/ All About Being an LDS GrandParent and Staying Connected to Your Grandchildren... Eternally! Sun, 05 Jul 2009 15:58:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jodi http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/grandparent/teaching-grandchildren-to-love-the-scriptures//comment-page-1#comment-194 Jodi Sun, 15 Mar 2009 19:39:49 +0000 http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/?p=665#comment-194 Scriptures are definitely something MY family can improve on. It was never a big focus in my home growing up so it's hard to transition to doing it with my own family now. But I know we need to! Scriptures are definitely something MY family can improve on. It was never a big focus in my home growing up so it’s hard to transition to doing it with my own family now. But I know we need to!

]]> By: Helping Out With Grandchildren At The Birth Of A New Baby! | The LDS GrandParent Place http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/grandparent/teaching-grandchildren-to-love-the-scriptures//comment-page-1#comment-180 Helping Out With Grandchildren At The Birth Of A New Baby! | The LDS GrandParent Place Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:05:43 +0000 http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/?p=665#comment-180 [...] the three children are put down to bed for the evening.  Yes - after homework, dinner, bath and scripture time.  Daddy is a doctor.  In my opinion, my daughter is a Super-Mom,  if I have ever known one!  I [...] [...] the three children are put down to bed for the evening.  Yes – after homework, dinner, bath and scripture time.  Daddy is a doctor.  In my opinion, my daughter is a Super-Mom,  if I have ever known one!  I [...]

]]> By: LdsNana http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/grandparent/teaching-grandchildren-to-love-the-scriptures//comment-page-1#comment-178 LdsNana Sun, 22 Feb 2009 22:08:59 +0000 http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/?p=665#comment-178 Hi Katherine - It sounds to me like you are doing a great job. Remember, your students are still quite young. I think the most important thing you can teach them about the scriptures, is HOW to search them. They will have more instruction about the concerns that you have, on more of the technical parts of the scriptures, when they begin Seminary. When children are young, it is important to nurture a love for the scriptures, and what they can learn from reading. As they read, and discover an important principle in the scriptures, they will begin to exercise Faith in Jesus Christ. This is our goal. For example: In the scripture verse 1 Nephi 3:7, before you begin to read that exact verse, you could tell your children what to LOOK for... <b>LOOK for what Nephi learned the Lord would DO, IF he did what the Lord commanded him? </b> By asking very specific questions of your students, where the answer is very clear within the scriptures - they will be successful in their discovery. Depending on their age, you can then further discuss what they found and how this can apply to them. I am not a great advocate of games, etc... to teach children HOW to search the scriptures. If you will focus on this simple "teaching pattern" for discovery, children will thrill with what they find and it's meaning to them personally. Of course, we are focusing on teaching personal scripture study, versus scripture time; where games could be more appropriate. I imagine "The Friend" would be filled with many different ideas that you could apply to your class. tDMG LdsNana Hi Katherine -

It sounds to me like you are doing a great job. Remember, your students are still quite young. I think the most important thing you can teach them about the scriptures, is HOW to search them.

They will have more instruction about the concerns that you have, on more of the technical parts of the scriptures, when they begin Seminary. When children are young, it is important to nurture a love for the scriptures, and what they can learn from reading.

As they read, and discover an important principle in the scriptures, they will begin to exercise Faith in Jesus Christ. This is our goal.

For example: In the scripture verse 1 Nephi 3:7, before you begin to read that exact verse, you could tell your children what to LOOK for…

LOOK for what Nephi learned the Lord would DO, IF he did what the Lord commanded him?

By asking very specific questions of your students, where the answer is very clear within the scriptures – they will be successful in their discovery. Depending on their age, you can then further discuss what they found and how this can apply to them.

I am not a great advocate of games, etc… to teach children HOW to search the scriptures. If you will focus on this simple “teaching pattern” for discovery, children will thrill with what they find and it’s meaning to them personally.

Of course, we are focusing on teaching personal scripture study, versus scripture time; where games could be more appropriate. I imagine “The Friend” would be filled with many different ideas that you could apply to your class.
tDMG
LdsNana

]]> By: Katherine http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/grandparent/teaching-grandchildren-to-love-the-scriptures//comment-page-1#comment-175 Katherine Sun, 22 Feb 2009 06:03:30 +0000 http://www.ldsgrandparent.com/?p=665#comment-175 I love the way you describe the importance of teaching to your Grandchildren I think its a wonderful trait to have. I'm a mother of 4 and try hard to teach the ways of the church and what the scriptures have to say, and use examples of life on how to live and not to live. I'm also fortunate to be a teacher in the primary program, I teach the 8-10 year olds, although I test them on a regular basis to make sure what Im teaching is sinking in I am having an issue with how they use the scriptures. Or more to the point they dont know how to use them. I spend alot of my class having to explain where the D&C is or if its in the BOM or the Bible. Is there a lesson available that I can teach, on how to use the scriptures? I love the way you describe the importance of teaching to your Grandchildren I think its a wonderful trait to have. I’m a mother of 4 and try hard to teach the ways of the church and what the scriptures have to say, and use examples of life on how to live and not to live. I’m also fortunate to be a teacher in the primary program, I teach the 8-10 year olds, although I test them on a regular basis to make sure what Im teaching is sinking in I am having an issue with how they use the scriptures. Or more to the point they dont know how to use them. I spend alot of my class having to explain where the D&C is or if its in the BOM or the Bible. Is there a lesson available that I can teach, on how to use the scriptures?

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