Sunday, September 21, 2008

My good idea for Sunday

My kids love Color Wonder books and markers. We took them to church for them to color during sacrament meeting but I didn't like the idea of Backyardigans or The Incredibles invading the spirit available for them to feel. Then I found that a kind lady had put together all of the activity and coloring pages from the Friend at this website: http://www.ldscoloringpages.net/ and an idea came to me. We bought one of the blank Color Wonder drawing pads (about $3.75 at WalMart) and I took some time to print pages from the website onto the Color Wonder paper. They still get the joy of using Color Wonder materials without the worry of marker on their church clothes.
Today, Paul (I was incredibly sick at home) gave them one sheet each. He gave Emma a coloring page and the boys a hidden picture each and they lasted about 20 min. with the one page! We don't get out any entertainment stuff until after the sacrament. Hopefully these will help our children stay in the right frame of mind as topics from the pulpit filter into their minds. I get discouraged when I feel they are not listening and understanding the wonderful spirit there but I am often surprised at what they do pick up.

3 comments:

Cami said...

What an AMAZING idea!!! I guess We'll have to say goodbye to Diego! Thanks Brooke. :)

Dahlene said...

I'll have to try this for Noah.

The Sayamas said...

Awesome! KAemon got some of those markers for his birthday yesterday, we haven't tried them yet, but I am so excited about the website. I'm the same as you, I always try to pack books that have a gospel theme.