December 19th-25th: Christmas
This week leading up to Christmas we are going to be pulling together a lot of resources to make sure Christ is in the forefront of our minds. If there’s a day that doesn’t match your stage of life feel free to fill in something that does like a conference talk, church magazine article, etc.
I plan to continue this study method next year. Here’s a list of our planned resources for 2023 so that you can prepare if you’d like join us:
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- The reading will be pulled from the Come Follow Me schedule
- The New Testament Study Guide by Thomas R Valletta*
- Don’t Miss This A Word A Week*, They mentioned there will be a New Testament Timeline, and the weekly video (website linked here for listening/viewing options, specific video linked in the lesson plan)
- Big Picture Monday from Come Follow Me Study with Cali Black (can be found on Instagram linked here or YouTube linked in the lesson plan)
- DRAWN IN* get a 10% discount on a 1 year membership using code “HomeSeminary” automatically applied at checkout – double check to make sure it’s there though!
Interested in other New Testament study materials from Don’t Miss This?
Check out the my complete flip through of each one currently available, on YouTube!
I also made a dedicated video for the posters so that you can fully see them.
OK now we can focus on our Christmas study!
Monday, Dec 19th:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
DMT – Timeline picture & Word of the Week
DRAWN IN Bonus Episode: FAILS Episode 12
Closing Prayer
Tuesday, Dec 20th:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
Today we are going to read through the following Latter Day Baby books from Kindred Book (NOT affiliated) in this order:
The Creation
The Plan of Happiness
The Nativity (A Counting Primer) – We have this one, but they’ve redesigned it so take your pick 😉
J is for Jesus
The Sacrament
We have quite a few other Latter Day Baby books as well, and all of my kiddos enjoy them! However, if they are not the right fit for your stage of life I recommend looking for a talk about Christ, reading one or more church magazine article(s), or even looking for some Book of Mormon Central videos that catch you attention.
Closing Prayer
Wednesday, Dec 21st:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
We’re checking out The Chosen! Well the birth of Christ specials — we watched Season 1 Episode 1 a while ago but it was too intense for the kiddos and since this Mama doesn’t really have free time I haven’t made it back to watch more. If you know of episodes that are not intense, please let me know in the comments we’d love to include them next year as we study The New Testament!
We are going to watch them for free through The Chosen app no account needed just download it here
Today we are going to watch the Season 2 Bonus Episode: The Messengers (Season 2 Episode 9) – “The story of the birth of Jesus as told through the eyes of Mary and Joseph.” – Episode synopsis
Closing Prayer
Thursday, Dec 22nd:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
The Chosen Pilot Episode: The Shepherd (Season 1 Episode 9)- “a take on the birth of Jesus Christ through the eyes of some local shepherds.” – Episode synopsis
Closing Prayer
Friday, Dec 23rd:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
Don’t Miss This with David Butler & Emily Belle Freeman – This Christmas episode covers their More Than Just a Star book and ends with the Gentri song Love is Alive after they each share their special moments of the song.
so you can watch that with the book, or do the book with your kiddos and go to the video for the end (starting at time stamp 16:10) or skip it and just continue here:
Read through More Than Just a Star using the gathered items or cut out images from the dust cover.
Need to grab your copy still? Grab it from Deseret Book here*
We are also going to read some of our other Nativity Books
The Story of Christmas board book by Patricia A Pingry – We have this one from Amazon (NOT affiliated), but there is one at Deseret Book* with the same title and by the same author but with a whole different look so I am not sure if it’s the same.
The First Christmas Night by Keith Christopher – Amazon (NOT affiliated)
Usborne Touchy-Feely The Nativity (I am not a Consultant this is a friend’s link thanks for supporting her!)
Closing Prayer
Saturday, Dec 24th:
Opening Song
Opening Prayer
We are going to watch the The Nativity Story directed by Catherine Hardwicke – it is one of my all time favorite movies and look forward to it each year!!
There are many places to rent it online for like $2.99 or you can buy it on Amazon (NOT affiliated) to watch year after year!
Closing Prayer
Sunday, Dec 25th:
Today we will take a moment to watch:
The Christ Child and the Behind the Scenes videos on YouTube
This is my absolute rendition of their experience in Bethlehem