For more ready-to-print FHE lessons visit http://thegoldenseven.blogspot.com Keeping Your Language Clean by Lara Goold Materials needed: scriptures, Oreos (store bought or homemade with recipe below), tape or glue for ―Zip Your Lips‖ Purpose: To teach family members that when they use bad words (whether they be swear words, potty language, taking the Lord’s name in vain, or just speaking unkindly to others) that they are offending other people and more importantly the Lord. Scripture: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain‖ (Exodus 20:7), 13 th Article of Faith Opening song : ―Choose the Right Way,” Children’s Songbook, page 160 Prayer: Attention Activity: Have someone volunteer to help you out. Give them a chocolate Oreo cookie with white frosting in the middle. Have them twist off the top. Tell everyone that when good (uplifting, clean, correct....) words are used, it is like eating the white part of the cookie. Have the volunteer then scrape off the frosting and eat it. Then have them smile big for everyone. There will be no discoloration. Then tell your family that when they choose to use words that are profane, vulgar, demeaning, .... it is like eating the dark cookie. Have the students eat the chocolate part of the cookie (both sides), then smile big. Their teeth will be stained dark. Not so attractive! This is like their reputation; like their soul..... It becomes stained and unattractive. Story: ―Garbage Mouth‖ with visual aids. Afterwards discuss how offensive it is to be around someone who uses garbage words. Activity: Zip Your Lips: Tell the story of Pres. Hinckley about when he was a young boy, then do the accompanying activity. With the slips of paper (and any other things you would like to add) tape or glue each boxed word inside of the folded lips and talk about how we should zip our lips against bad words and negative language. Enrichment Activity: Read and Summarize: Have older children read one of the articles included on the ―Resource‖ page and write a paragraph or two in summary and present it to the family. Trash Bad Language: Have your family write words or language that they struggle with onto scraps of paper then crumple them up and take turns tossing them into the trash can. Display: Hang up the little posters during the week to help you to remember your quest to clean up your language Closing song : “Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words” Hymns, page 232 Closing Prayer: Refreshments: see recipe below
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"Zipping Your Lips Against Bad Language" FHE Lesson
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Keeping Your Language Clean by Lara Goold
Materials needed: scriptures, Oreos (store bought or homemade with recipe below), tape or glue for ―Zip Your Lips‖
Purpose: To teach family members that when they use bad words (whether they be swear words, potty language,
taking the Lord’s name in vain, or just speaking unkindly to others) that they are offending other people
and more importantly the Lord.
Scripture: “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain‖ (Exodus 20:7), 13th Article of Faith
Opening song: ―Choose the Right Way,” Children’s Songbook, page 160
Prayer:
Attention Activity: Have someone volunteer to help you out. Give them a chocolate Oreo cookie with white frosting in
the middle. Have them twist off the top. Tell everyone that when good (uplifting, clean, correct....) words
are used, it is like eating the white part of the cookie. Have the volunteer then scrape off the frosting and
eat it. Then have them smile big for everyone. There will be no discoloration.
Then tell your family that when they choose to use words that are profane, vulgar, demeaning, .... it is like
eating the dark cookie. Have the students eat the chocolate part of the cookie (both sides), then smile big.
Their teeth will be stained dark. Not so attractive! This is like their reputation; like their soul..... It
becomes stained and unattractive.
Story: ―Garbage Mouth‖ with visual aids. Afterwards discuss how offensive it is to be around someone who
uses garbage words.
Activity: Zip Your Lips: Tell the story of Pres. Hinckley about when he was a young boy, then do the
accompanying activity. With the slips of paper (and any other things you would like to add) tape or glue
each boxed word inside of the folded lips and talk about how we should zip our lips against bad words
and negative language.
Enrichment Activity:
Read and Summarize: Have older children read one of the articles included on the ―Resource‖ page and
write a paragraph or two in summary and present it to the family.
Trash Bad Language: Have your family write words or language that they struggle with onto scraps of
paper then crumple them up and take turns tossing them into the trash can.
Display: Hang up the little posters during the week to help you to remember your quest to clean up your
language
Closing song: “Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words” Hymns, page 232
Closing Prayer:
Refreshments: see recipe below
For more ready-to-print FHE lessons visit http://thegoldenseven.blogspot.com
Homemade Oreo Cookies from http://recipeshoebox.blogspot.com
COOKIE:
2 chocolate cake mixes (dry)
1 cup butter
4 eggs
FILLING:
1 pkg. (8-oz.) cream cheese
1-3/4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbs. butter
Combine cake mixes, butter, and eggs and roll into small evenly sized balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet
and bake at 350° for 6-8 minutes. When cool spread with filling and then sandwich them together like an Oreo!