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I believe that Neurolinquistics is a valuable tool for the family. NLP'ers model excellence. As I was studying NLP I recalled how the Boy Scouts of America wanted to create a great program for strengthening families. They looked around to see what was available and found that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) already had a great program in place called Family Home Evening (FHE). One evening a week LDS families gather together and have a lesson, activity, and usually a treat as parents teach their children skills and values. With permission from the church, the Boy Scouts modeled this program and created a wonderful program for Scouts.
Being LDS, we had FHE almost weekly and saw the benefit. There were occassions when we laughingly said that the only fight that begins and ends with prayer is Family Home Evening, but we persevered as parents and now see the benefits as our children shoulder responsibilities of jobs, spouses and families.
Here you will find lessons for your family based on the same lay-out that many successful Scout and LDS families use to create strong bonds and teach their children skills that will help ensure their success in the futures.
Unit 1: Introduction to NeuroLinguistic Programs (NLP)
Songs from LDS Hymn book | 220 – Lord, I would Follow Thee 254 – True to the Faith |
Children’s songs from Primary Song Book | I78 - I ’m Trying to be Like Jesus 276 - Do as I’m Doing 198 - When We’re Helping 164 - I Will Follow God’s Plan for Me 170 – The Things That I Do 168 – I Want to Be a Missionary Now |
Opening attention activity | Activity on modeling with candy and wrappers Give each family member a small candy to unwrap such as a tootsie roll or a piece of taffy. It is best to have one that has twisted ends. Ask each person to write down the steps needed to unwrap the candy. Give a prize to the person who gets the most steps |
Iinformation | Developmental specialists break down activities into very small steps to help teach children with disabilities to do what others do. So do physical therapists who work such people as stroke victims. Nerolinquists also break down activities into small steps for others to follow. |
Discussion | Can you write a program for unwrapping a candy that another could follow? Would it help someone who had never seen a candy before to have a program or a model to follow? |
Story | Will Allen Dromgoole’s poem, “The Bridge Builder” illustrates everyone’s responsibility to both the present and the future. An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, vast, and deep, and wide, Through which was Flowing a sullen tide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim; The sullen stream had no fears for him; But he turned, when safe on the other side, And built a Bridge to span the tide. “Old man,” said a fellow pilgrim , near, “You are wasting strength with building here; Your journey will end with the ending day; You never again must pass this way; You have crossed the chasm, deep and wide─ Why build you the bridge at the eventide?” The builder lifted his old gray head: “Good friend, in the path I have come,” he said, “There followeth after me today A youth, whose feet must pass this way. This chasm, that has been naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” Love builds bridges where there are none.” R. H. Delaney |
Discussion | What are some programs people have written? (reading, math, computers, tying a shoe, doing dishes, putting together a bike) Why write a program? (Make it easier for those who follow) Who has written the best program for our entire lives. (God through the scriptures) |
Activity | Who would be some good role models to follow? (list) |
Application Activity | Who in history would you have modeled |
scripture | D&C 38:27 |
Discussion | Why model the Savior? |
Scripture | Beatitudes |
Discussion | How can we be like our Savior? |
Discussion | How can we model the Savior? |
Game | Follow the Leader |
snack | Eat the rest of the candy from the introductory activity |
Resources and ideas |
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Talks and Articles | The Tugs and Pulls of the World by Neal A. Maxwell Ensign 11/2000 Think on Christ byEzra Taft Benson 3/1989 Listen to a Prophet’s Voice Ezra Taft Benson Ensign 1/73 What Manner of Men Ought We to Be? Ezra Taft Benson Ensign 11/83 Follow the Son of God Howard W. Hunter Ensign 11/94 The Beatitudes—Pathway to the Savior S. Michael Wilcox Ensign 1/91 |
quote | Thomas S. Monson John the Baptist provides for us a flawless example of unfeigned humility, as he deferred always to the One who was to come—the Savior of mankind. Through Ruth’s undeviating loyalty to Naomi, she was to marry Boaz, by which she—the foreigner and Moabite convert—became a great-grandmother of David and, therefore, an ancestor of our Savior Jesus Christ.
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Quote | “These Things Are Manifested unto Us Plainly” Elaine L. Jack Ask yourself, are the comparisons you may make of yourself and others based on the model of the Savior’s life, or do they come from trying to fit your life into the pattern of others’ lives? This means leading lives of faith and hope, and becoming thoughtful, prayerful disciples of our Savior. Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 1990
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Quote | Joseph Smith: An Apostle of Jesus Christ Dennis B. Neuenschwander Among the great apostolic lessons of this First Vision were both the physical nature of the Savior and Heavenly Father and the initial and fundamental lessons relating to Their power—each a pillar of apostolic testimony. The Prophet was introduced to numerous “plain and most precious” () prophetic and apostolic testimonies regarding the Savior, all of which served as models for him. Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > January 2009
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quote | Ida Smith He taught them they were responsible for their own salvation, that they had access to every needed blessing the priesthood gives, that they also had direct access to the Holy Ghost and to spiritual gifts and they also had direct access to the Savior—to model him, become like him, be heirs in his kingdom. And our main one is the Savior, himself. Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > August 1980
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quote | M. Russell Ballard We believe that Jesus Christ is our personal Savior, and we try to model our lives after Him and His teachings. We accept as fellow Christians all who believe Jesus Christ to be the Son of God and the Savior of all mankind. Gospel Library > Magazines > Ensign > November 2007
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Quote | Jesus said several times, Come, follow me. His was a program of do what I do, rather than do what I say. His innate brilliance would have permitted him to put on a dazzling display, but that would have left his followers far behind. He walked and worked with those he was to serve. His was not a long-distance leadership. He was not afraid of close friendships; he was not afraid that proximity to him would disappoint his followers. The leaven of true leadership cannot lift others unless we are with and serve those to be led." --Spencer W. Kimball, "Jesus: The Perfect Leader", Ensign, Aug. 1979, 5
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| The Boy Scouts were wanting a family program for the boys and looked for one to model. They then developed a program modeled after the Family Home Evening program of the LDS church. They even, with permission, modeled the lessons after our manuals. A wonderful example of the use of modeling. |
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