Before my son goes to bed at night, he and I enjoy reading from the book My First Book of Mormon Stories.
Of course, my son has his own ideas on how the stories should be told.
Since he is unable to pronounce the word Liahona, he calls it the Leenahona. When we read from the story, I enjoy listening to him call it the Leenahona as he tells me, “it tells people where to go.”
In the chapter Nephi Builds a Ship, he proudly informs me that Nephi is building a pirate ship and that Nephi and his brothers are pirates looking for buried treasure. I gave up trying to correct him; he is only four-years old, after all.
When we ready about King Benjamin, he always asks me who built the tower for King Benjamin. Naturally, my son’s favorite store comes up in the discussion–Home Depot–and we move on to the next story.
I love reading with my son and enjoy his unique take on the stories from the Book of Mormon. What are some of your favorite stories from the scriptures as told by children?
Brian D, my two-and-a-half-year-old boy still says “there’s Jesus!” whenever he sees a bearded person. 🙂
Brian D, my 12-year-old and nine-year-old daughters dressed up my two-year-old as Capt. Moroni for FHE last night. He carried a pole wiht the “standard of liberty” written on paper. He wore a cowboy hat and a towel as a robe. He ran around saying, “I’m cappem moni, I’m cappem moni.” It was definitely cute.
How fun!
My son likes to play dress-up and has a soldier outfit that he likes to put on. I will have to tell him the story of Captain Moroni when he next puts it on.
My son was born on 12/22. We tried hard to keep his birthday from becoming lost in Christmas. I realized we were doing OK when as a 3-year-old he saw a house with Christmas lights and exclaimed, “There’s another house ready for my birthday!”
Instead of “Liahona,” I encourage my kids to refer to it as “The Golden Compass.”
Great stories.
Here’s a little Youtube clip of a gospel discussion my kids had not long ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djHohTetHfE
Kaimi – That is very funny, and I will be stealing that joke as much as possible.
I had a lot of fun with my kids reading the scriptures and explaining what the word Smote meant. It quickly became their favorite word for a while.
Kaimi- Then Ronan was right, you can relate “The Golden Compass” to Mormonism! 🙂