Printable Book Guides for the Book of Mormon

My kids have come to know the stories of the Book of Mormon as we have studied them at dinner.  Now they need to be able to find the stories in their own scriptures.  To help with that I created book guides for most of the books in the Book of Mormon.  They are intended to make it easier to find the stories.  They are sprinkled with quotes, study ideas, a picture to color, a timeline, and some spots are left open for illustrations to help my kids develop a variety of scripture study skills.

The number on the left side of the guide is the corresponding chapter.

Timelines really help!

The pictures on the page are also in the margin of the right page in the Book of Mormon.
Bad picture, sorry.

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Choose the "two-sided" print feature so it will print properly, it will print 3 pages (on both sides).  

The pages are then cut exactly into quarters.

They aren't perfect, but I do think that they will be a powerful tool 

as our family continues to learn from their scriptures!  

Temple Quote

If our people will faithfully attend the temple the Lord will bless them in the following ways:

greater love and unity in the home,

businesses and professions will prosper,

their children will be saved,

and angels will protect them.

-Elder Vaugh J. Featherstone

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Christmas Music

"Music has boundless powers for moving families toward greater spirituality and devotion to the gospel. 

Latter-day Saints should fill their homes 

with the sound of worthy music.

The hymns can bring families a spirit of beauty and peace and can inspire love and unity among family members.

Teach your children to love the hymns. Sing them on the Sabbath, in home evening, during scripture study, at prayer time. Sing as you work, as you play, and as you travel together. Sing hymns as lullabies to build faith and testimony in your young ones."

-taken from the First Presidency Preface to the Hymn book

To help bring the true spirit of Christmas into our home this season we have printed these beautiful hymns to set out each night with dinner.  We will sing one each night to invite the Spirit into our home as we sit together to eat, to learn about Christ, and to celebrate this season of His birth. 

We especially love dinner time as a family devotional time because we never forget to eat!  

The links to print these songs are found below.  They can be printed as a full page or two to a page.  Printed two to a page they would make a nice little Christmas song book.

Click here to print these 7 hymns full size

Print O Come All Ye Faithful and Silent Night on one page

Print O Little Town of Bethlehem and Hark the Herald Angels Sing on one page

Print The First Noel and Away in A Manger on one page

The Reason for the Season

Each year we try to find a way to study the names of Christ at Christmastime.  It's such an effective way to remember all that He is and all that He accomplished.  This year we printed them from this lovely website and made them into ornaments for the tree.  Each night at dinner we each pick one, share it with an insight or a story from Christ's life, and hang it on the tree.  The little kids are so excited to hang things on the tree that they don't let us forget, and the big kids surprise us with what they know!

We try to focus on Christ in our decorations.

We especially love Nativities that can't break.

Somehow we ended up with one extra baby Jesus.
 He sits on my kitchen windowsill, above the sink.
I love his cheeks and his one armed wave.

And to drag out the days and make the waiting unbearable
the kids each have a candy countdown.  :)

Scripture Study for Early Readers

This kid wanted his own scriptures.  He's getting ready to be baptized!

Our family is reading through the Book of Mormon in the nice scriptures that we will give him when he is baptized, but until then he wanted his own copy of the Book of Mormon to read.

It's BIG

We gave him a colored pencil and told him that he could mark any verse that he could read on his own.  

We printed off some of the "Bright Idea" posters that illustrated Book of Mormon verses:

Put on the Armor of God

We Rejoice in Christ

Lie Down Unto the Lord

There were also lots of D&C verses, but here we were focusing on the Book of Mormon.

We printed off some scripture pictures that he can color during Sacrament Meeting or when he wants to "study" his scriptures.  We glued them into the book so he can find stories on his own.

Lehi's Vision

Nephi Build a Boat

Abinidi and King Noah

Alma and Amulek's Mission to Ammonihah

Ammon, a Great Servant

The Zoramites and the Rameumptom

Samuel the Lamanite

Jesus Visits the Americas

Jesus Heals the Sick and Blesses the Children

The Jaredites are Led to the Promised Land

Moroni and the Book of Mormon Promise

The Book of Mormon, a Gift from Heavenly Father (inserted into Joseph Smith History)

There is room for him to add pictures that he illustrates as we read the scriptures as a family.  

You really have to understand a story to be able to illustrate it!

We're excited that he's excited to read the Book of Mormon.  

I'd love to hear any other ideas for helping early readers love and understand the scriptures!

Family Scripture Study at the Wright's

Family Demographics
Seven kids under the age of 12 and a ridiculously handsome husband.  We also are sporting about three different styles of Corelle dishes, as you will see in a minute.

What Works For Us

Several years ago my husband and I struggled to know how to incorporate scripture study into our family’s activities.  At the time we had five children and only one of them could read, and the words of the scriptures were still much, much too hard for him.  We desired to share with our children the stories and examples from the scriptures without having to scold them to sit still and listen.  After much thought and prayer the Lord provided us with a plan, a plan tailored to our family and our needs. You see, our boys don’t sit still well- except for meals.  So, during dinner we read the Book of Mormon.  Mostly I tell the stories, reading a verse or two aloud.  We learn the meanings of difficult words and talk about how our challenges might be like the challenges of the prophets and missionaries in the Book of Mormon and how the Lord can bless and strengthen us like He blessed and strengthened them.  As we read I highlight verses that are especially important, or write a little note in the margin. When our oldest was baptized- we gave him the Book of Mormon that we had just finished reading as a family and we started reading and marking a new book for our next son.  We are now on our fourth reading of the Book of Mormon.  As we have continued with this plan our kids have developed a love and knowledge of the scriptures.  They are coming to know the people in the Book of Mormon and sense their goodness and whole-heartedness to God.   I don’t know if this will be the right way to share the scriptures with our children when they are older but it is the way that the Lord has directed us to share them with our children right now, and it is just right for us.

Blessings 

• It invites the Spirit and things run more smoothly when we are doing it consistently.
• The kids are excited about the stories and remind me to get them ready.
• The kids are becoming very familiar with the stories and personalities in the scriptures!

We hope to claim these blessings in our home:

“I feel certain that if, in our homes, parents will read from the Book of Mormon prayerfully and regularly, both by themselves and with their children, the spirit of that great book will come to permeate our homes and all who dwell therein. The spirit of reverence will increase; mutual respect and consideration for each other will grow. The spirit of contention will depart. Parents will counsel their children in greater love and wisdom. Children will be more responsive and submissive to the counsel of their parents. Righteousness will increase. Faith, hope, and charity—the pure love of Christ—will abound in our homes and lives, bringing in their wake peace, joy, and happiness.”

(Marion G. Romney, Apr. 1980, 90; or Ensign, May 1980, 67)

Struggles 

• If I don't remember to get the story ready during the day I'm too frazzled to do it well at dinner time.
• If more than one person spills their drink I usually give up for the evening and just clean up messes. 
• It doesn't work when we eat out or when we have company for dinner (which isn't too often).

Our scripture shelf at the end of the table.

Plan of Salvation Study Guide

“The great plan of salvation is a theme which ought 

to occupy our strict attention, 

and be regarded 

as one of heaven’s best gifts to mankind.”

-Joseph Smith

History of the Church 2:23

During a lesson in Relief Society the teacher read the quote above about the Plan of Salvation occupying our strict attention.   I could draw the standard Plan of Salvation diagram with its circles and slashes with my eyes closed, what more was there to study?  It bothered me, until I discovered bits and pieces of the Plan of Salvation scattered throughout the Book of Mormon.  Jarom, a descendant of Lehi asks, "what could I write more than my fathers have written?  For have not they revealed the plan of salvation?" (Jarom 1:2).  

The Plan of Salvation is given life and color and clarity in the words of the Book of Mormon!

I wanted a way that I could record these bits and pieces in a way that would allow me to study and learn more about each part of the Plan of Salvation.   I also wanted something that my kids could work on as they independently read the Book of Mormon (when they are a little older)- a way for them to find the truths of the Plan of Salvation in the Book of Mormon.  

I ended up creating a study guide for the Plan of Salvation.  It can be filled out as a project, or just added to as you read through the scriptures.  I have mine in a three ring binder which allows me to add pictures, more pages, and conference talks that are illuminating, like this one!  

The Plan of Salvation truly is "one of heaven's best gifts to mankind" and actively searching out the doctrines has helped me to see more clearly the things which God would have me do here on earth, and the person that He would have me become!

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