This week’s idea for #familyhistoryonthesabbath was inspired by @roots2blossoms and @themommygenealogist ‘s Instagram posts from this last week! We have linked to their posts in the stories.
Sunday is a day where a lot of us like to limit and/or ban screen time (makes sense, right?!?). Something that I like to tell my kids is that they can have as much tech time as they want, ONLY if they do family history… Guess what?!? They ALWAYS take me up on it. @familysearch can be such a fun place for kids and I am always surprised by how much they learn.
Did you know that any child 8 years and older can have an account of their own?
Check out familysearch.org/discovery for some super fun games and activities that are fun for the whole family.
If they’ve been there, done that with the discovery activities, don’t stop there! Send them exploring! See if they can find a pioneer, an early settler, see if they can track how many countries their ancestors came from, have them find a story to share at family home evening, see if they can find any royalty in your family line. I am sure you can think of more ideas!
Are you going to let your kids have tech today? If you do, tell us how it goes in the comments below!
Remember, every week we will share a simple idea for bringing family history into your home on the Sabbath day. If you have ideas that you would like us to share, tag @seasonforfamily in your Instagram post and use the hashtag #familyhistoryonthesabbath
To help us not be on social media all Sunday, we will share your ideas on the following Saturday night or Sunday morning in our stories. They will then be available for viewing on Sunday.
