Why? Because I heard them when I was a child.
When I was 9 years old, all the children in my Primary class were given their own copy of the New Testament. I don't remember if we read these chapters in Primary or at home, but I grew to love them. Did I understand them? Not everything, certainly, but many things I began to understand. More importantly, as I became familiar with them, I began to love them. And to love the Spirit I felt when I heard/read them.
(Oops! When I read the Ideas for Family Scripture Study and FHE on page 36, I found they had the same idea as what I wrote in the next paragraphs, but they have two cool videos for you to use to do it! I just watched the videos and they are really good. Short, but you could take a long time watching them if you stopped after each section, as suggested, and talk about what Jesus just said...)
These chapters can be divided up into at least 11 parts--in fact, they already are divided up into 11 parts by those little paragraph signs you see before some of the verses.
I would encourage you to consider reading and discussing 1 or 2 sections everyday. Don't worry about studying them ahead of time. Just read them together and talk about them with your family. Each contains gems that family members will remember all their lives:
Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth;
Pray to thy Father which is in secret;
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed by thy name;
Give us this day our daily bread
For if ye forgive men their trespasses;
Thy Father shall reward thee openly;
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth;
Consider the lilies of the field;
Judge not that ye be not judged;
Neither cast ye your pearls before swine;
Ask, and ye shall receive;
Enter ye in at the strait gate;
By their fruits ye shall know them;
I will liken him unto a wise man who built his house upon a rock...
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