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You could talk about when life gives you a lemon, make lemonade. Each of us will have different struggles within our families. We need to learn how to work together as a team, to be kind and loving. Give the girls a box of lemonheads. On the box put a smiley face on the lemonheads.



Blueprint to Making a Home a Heaven on Earth (from BYU Women Conference)
I had the parents bring something from each girls' room. They handed it to me before class and I asked them why they chose it. I then brought some things my husband and I picked out from our house that personified us. I talked to the girls about why I picked each item (a picture of my family because it reminds us of the good times and our love). After I went through all of my items I pulled out items for the girls one by one and told them what their parent had said about them. One girl in particular who frequently has an attitude and a shell had tears in her eyes when I repeated to the girls that her mom sees her as someone who puts others first. The girls saw themselves through the eyes of their parents.  I did have an inactive girl come and I had nothing of hers to display. I then asked for someone in the class to tell us about something she has in her room and what that tells about her. It seemed to work well. (Idea by Sheila Holfeltz)
I just taught lesson 7 and this is what I did. I think it turned out really good. I started out by playing the song "father do you love me" found in the primary songbook as "teacher do you love me" Then I talked about what harmony is. We read some of the case studies from the manual. Then we discussed the questions from the case studies. Then we talked about some personal experiences where something we did created a loving environment in our home. For the last 15 minutes of class, I brought stamps and ink and cardstock to make cards. I let each girl make a card then write a note of appreciation to someone in their family. The girls had so much fun. Most of the girls did at least 2 cards. I think it really helped to do a hands on activity for this activity. (Idea by Brandy Sims)
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We had lots of family photos around the room for all to see. During the lesson we talked about things that we do as a family that was fun and memorable, maybe not spendy, but memorable. There were some great ideas. then, we compared the family to rope, rope is strong and can withstand almost anything,...but if you unravel the rope, it gets weaker and weaker until it breaks. our families are the same way, they are strong when we stick together, but as we lose site of them it gets weaker and weaker.  We put a little piece of rope on a piece of paper with the words..."A family is strong when all its members are working together and, like a rope, cannot be broken easily." (Idea by Stephanie Gibbon)



Catherine Matthews Pavia, “How I Learned to Be Happy,” New Era, Sept. 2006, 11.
The Candle Story - relate this story to girls explaining we help impart God's love.  With our "light", God's love can reach every corner of our homes.  You could give them a small candle as a handout with a copy of this story.