Media Minutes

I woke up with a great idea to motivate more reading with my children....
Have them earn media minutes.

The way I set it up is:
1 page read outloud = 3 minutes of media
1 page read in mind= 1.5 minutes of media
So, they come report to me what they have earned and
I put media minute tokens in a jar with their name on it.

They can turn them in for use at any time
if they have all their schoolwork and family chores done.
Media = ipad games, computer games, extra videos/tv, radio, youtube, etc
that is inline with the commandments of God (no swearing, killing, adultery)
So far, they have been very motivated- especially in the car.

21 Day Book of Mormon Reading Challenge

If you want to get into the best habit every- read the Book of Mormon every day.
Here is a list of readings for 21 days (it takes 21 days to establish a habit)

21 Day Book of Mormon Reading Challenge

 _____1. 1Nephi 3:5-7, 4:1-18, ch8, ch11 (Gold Plates+ Lehi’s Dream)

_____2. 1Nephi 12-14 (Lehi’s Dream+Latter-day Prophecies)

_____3. 2Nephi 2 (The Fall)

_____4. 2Nephi 4, 2Nephi 5   (Nephi’s lament + manner of happiness)

_____5. 2 Nephi 9 (The Resurrection)

_____6. Jacob 2, Enos 1: 1-8 (Pride+ Chastity, Repentance)

_____7. Mosiah 2-3  (King Benjamin)

_____8. Mosiah 4-5 (King Benjamin)

_____9. Alma 5 (Pride Self Assessment)

_____10. Alma 17:1-3, Alma 22 (Teaching the King)

_____11. Alma 32-34 (the seed)

_____12. Alma 36 (Alma’s conversion)

_____13. Alma 39-42 (Repent + Plan)

_____14. Alma 24, Alma 53:10-22, 56:47-48, 57:21, Alma 48

             (People of Ammon + Captain Moroni)

_____15. Helaman 3:20-32, Helaman ch5 (Rock Redeemer)

_____16. Helaman 13-15 (Samuel the Lamanite)

_____17. 3 Nephi 11-14 (Savior in America)

_____18. 3 Nephi 17-19 (Savior in America)

_____19. Mormon 8-9 (Book of Mormon prophecies, repent)

_____20. Ether 2-4, ch12  (Brother Jared, Faith)

_____21. Moroni ch7, ch10 (Gifts, Charity, Promise)

Easter Eggs with Scriptures

This year we taped scriptures about Christ on our Easter eggs 

for the kids to memorize before they eat the candy inside.  

I picked a scripture from each topic in the Book of Mormon index 

under the title "Jesus Christ." 

 Here is the link to the scripture list:

Easter Egg Scriptures