Teaching My Children WORK, Gratitude and Service- Part I

I LOVE this time of year! It's such a perfect opportunity to teach our children some very important values. I like to take full advantage of our Family Home Evenings in this regard, and it's so exciting to me!

I take a parenting class (that I've been taking on/off for the last 9 years or so cuz I just can't get enough of Carleen Tanner). And something she said recently in class is that some of the most important things we need teach our children is WORK, GRATITUDE and SERVICE; (and of course out of the 20+ class topics each year, 3 of them are on one of the above).

Anyway, so I figured I would start off this holiday season with a FHE lesson on WORK. I found a great lesson that was really effective on an awesome blog (that I recently found) called FAMILY HOME EVENINGS TO GO. Lara is so talented!

I have done and plan to do more lessons on WORK, and encorporate new things whenever we are ready for them, including allowance, money management, etc.

I also found some great articles on the web to read on the topic of WORK. Are you ready? There are lots!

Twenty Tips for Teaching Children to Work

Age Appropriate Chores for Children

Teaching Children Responsibility

Teaching Children the True Value of Hard Work

Teaching Your Children Responsibility, Work Ethic and the Value of a Dollar

Delegating Work and Responsibility to Children

Family Work Projects for Fun and Profit

The Elbow Grease Factor: How to Teach Your Children to Love Work

Lessons from My Father

Why Work?

Teaching Families the Value of Work and Responsibility

Sharing in Family Work

Be sure to check back tomorrow for part II... Teaching GRATITUDE!