Spiritually Centered Sundays

Sundays always seem harder when they are not scheduled.  The kids want to run around screaming, and they tend to get more irritated if I don't have a number of activities appropriate for Sunday for them.  It actually makes it more relaxing for parents to schedule Sunday because it usually will stay quiet and peaceful in the home.

Sunday Schedule

7:00 Breakfast

7:30 Clean up and get dressed

8:00 Listen to quiet and spiritually uplifting music while looking/reading books

8:35 Leave for Church

9:00-12:00 Church

12:30 Lunch

1:00 Clean up

1:15 Puzzles

1:45 Write a letter/Journals/Draw a picture

2:15 Read Scriptures, or inspirational stories, or walk by the lake

3:00 Explore The Friend Website or Bible Website, or watch Mormon messages, or have family singing time

4:00 Deliver Goodies to someone

5:00 Prepare Dinner

6:00 Dinner

6:30 Clean up

7:00 Family Gospel Lesson/Family Counsel

7:30 Quiet time in room

8:00 Bedtime

Of course this schedule may have to change if the time for meetings changes.

Here are a few helpful websites to help keep Sunday a Sabbath Day:

These are helpful activities for kids online:

http://www.lds.org/friend?lang=eng

http://www.kidsbibleinfo.com/

Here are some great printables for scripture reading and A.O.F. memorization:

http://scriptures4kids.com/

Here's a way to make a quiet book:

http://www.favecrafts.com/Quilting/Quilted-Soft-Book-for-Kids#

Here are some amazing ideas for Sundays:

http://lds.about.com/od/1/a/sabbathday_holy.htm

You can get great puzzles and Sabbath day books from here:
http://deseretbook.com/LDS-Games-Puzzles/c/31#q=&page=1&sort=popularity&facets=category:31
http://deseretbook.com/search/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Kids+books&x=0&y=0#q=Kids%20books&page=1&sort=score&facets=
and here:
http://www.lovetolearn.net/catalog/index.lasso?page=hits&q=Jesus