Don't Play Hockey On Sundays

Teaching the Ten Commandments

Can you say the ten commandments in reverse order? Can you remember which one is the fourth commandment? (Keep the Sabbath Day Holy). This video clip shows you why practicing hockey or playing it on Sunday is not a good idea. In fact, playing any sport on Sunday is not what we should do on Sunday if we are to honor it and keep it holy.

This Family Home Evening lesson is for all the children. Spend just a few minutes learning how to memorize the ten commandments by making memory hooks in your mind and you will all remember which commandment is which.

Are you ready to try?

First think of ten words that you associate with the numbers one to ten.

One - telephone pole - think of a telephone pole taller than the other telephone poles.

Two - shoe - one two, buckle my shoe - (think of a golden shoe)

Three - tree (three rhymes with tree)

Four - fore (think of a golf tee and a man yelling 'fore')

Five - drive (think of Dallin behind the steering wheel in the front seat of the car and his parents in the back seat)

Six - sticks (think of someone taking a stick to hit a robber)

Seven - heaven (think of what it takes to get to heaven and what it looks like in those clouds)

Eight - gate (think of a big lock hanging on a chain to secure this gate)

Nine - fine (think of a big judge in the court pounding his gavel and giving out a fine)

Ten - hen (think of a big fat hen laying a golden egg)

Are you having fun? Is your imagination ready for this?

Now match these ten pictures in your mind to each of the ten commandments.

1 - Thou shalt have no other Gods before me - think of one telephone pole bigger than all the rest
2 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image - think of a person kneeling down and kissing that golden shoe
3 - Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain - think of a sign on the tree saying that if you say "God's name" it hurts the veins of the tree
4- Honor the Sabbath day - Think of that golfer trying to hit a mustard seed on the tee - isn't that ridiculous...it doesn't work on Sunday
5 - Honor thy parents - Think of Dallin driving his parents around (at the age of 8?)
6 - Thou shalt not kill - Think of someone trying to "kill" that robber with a stick
7 - Thou shalt not commit adultry - think of how to get to heaven a man can't kiss his neighbor's wife
8 - Thou shalt not steal - think of the gate with the lock keeping people from stealing
9 - Thou shalt not bear false witness - think of the judging fining a man for telling a lie
10 - Thou shalt not covet - ok, are you ready for this one. You do not want that hen that lays the golden egg because it is not yours. You want one like it.

Test: Now say the ten commandments to each other in reverse order