My Testimony of Christ

MTC for Kids Family Blog

By Allison Beckert

Teaching children is such a focus of family life, especially when we know how important living the Gospel is to a strong testimony. While Primary classes are a valuable part of gospel learning, teaching children a Christ centered life begins at home. Tools to help are everywhere, and one powerful resource is MTC For Kids.

MTC (My Testimony of Christ) For Kids is a robust family blog, YouTube channel, and Etsy shop packed with material for you and your primary age children to use at home.

This is a family endeavor, and the videos that make up the bulk of the Come Follow Me children’s content feature creator and mom Melia, and her two youngest children. Melia clearly has a lot of practice teaching and raising kids in the Gospel. Her family includes 5 children from college age to elementary school.

Like other supplemental study materials by faithful saints online, MTC For Kids includes weekly Come Follow Me lesson materials. These videos are bright, engaging, and geared for kids. Starring in the videos are Abbie and Charlie who go on a scavenger hunt for clues about the scripture block for the week, and who bring back their discoveries to their mom Melia. With those clues, the lesson begins, focused on the main points of the scripture block and what those principles look like in real life. There are a few layers to these lessons, from simple visual aids and word play for memorization to thoughtful questions to bring to older kids for discus- sion.

Come Follow Me material isn’t the only offering from MTC for Kids. There’s a wealth of content for all different topics. A personal favorite has been the Singing Time videos and printables. Each song available includes a video with written lyrics as it’s sung. For most songs there are visual aids, from lyric cards to put up on chalk boards to story paddles for holding up each scene with the lyrics.

Seasonal activities are available, too, like Light the World at Christmastime. Recently with this year’s April Conference, a 15-day Countdown to Conference activity was available, along with several activity kits to help focus children on the talks. A favorite was the leadership bingo cards, with a variety of ways to play and learn the names of the Apostles and Prophets.

MTC For Kids will particularly appeal to parents of children ages 4 to 10.

Primary teachers will also find useful tools here, either to present themselves or help children present to their peers. Parents will appreciate the prepared material to use in Family Home Evening lessons and to help children prepare talks in primary. All content is available at mtcforkids.com, and they also maintain a YouTube channel and Esty store. Subscribe for updates and notifications when new videos drop on the channel, and when new products are made available.