Ether 4 & 5 – Building Spirituality
[example of student work – click on picture to see a close-up] Today as a class we studied Ether 4 & 5. But there was so much meat in this part of the scriptures that I decided to hold what I call “Spiritual Midterms.” We’ve done this off and one throughout the year, but it is where I give them…
Ether 3 – Journey to our Promised Lands
Today we discussed truths and principles from Ether, ranging from the end of Ether 2 to most of Ether 3. I started off by sharing two articles from the newspaper. One was a picture of a truck that had crashed into five cars and then a shop. A car had swerved into the path of the truck driver and as…
Ether 2 – Building Your Barge
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] Today I reprised a bit of what we discussed yesterday – how Jared, seeing the fragmenting of his society’s language, implores his brother to ask the Lord that at least the two of them will retain understanding of each other. The brother of Jared does so and the…
Mormon 9/Ether 1 – Scripture Scholar Moment!
[example of student work – to see up close, click on picture] I was excited to share this scripture block today. I didn’t spend much time in front of class doing it though, because I really wanted the kids to delve into the scriptures for these particular principles taught in these verses. [Actually I try never to be in front…
Easter Story Cookies
EASTER STORY COOKIES To be made the evening before Easter Place pecans in zipper baggies and let children beat them with the wooden spoon to break into small pieces. Explain that after Jesus was arrested. He was beaten by the Roman soldiers.Read John 19:1-3. Let each child smell the vinegar. Put 1 tsp. Vinegar into mixing bowl. Explain that when…
April 16, 2006: Happy Easter!
I don’t normally blog on Sundays. But I absolutely had to post to say Happy Easter. My Greek father-in-law would say every Easter morning, “Christos staneste” (not sure on the spelling. Sorry, Steve!). That is Greek for “Christ is risen.” Again, I just had to post to celebrate that Christ is indeed risen. I am so grateful for this. Our…
Scripture Mastory Memory Game
Today we played a memory game. A sweet seminary student made the cards. There are 54 cards. On the front are numbers. On the back are 25 scripture mastery verses and 25 scripture mastery key words. There are also four extra cards with the words Candy 1 (two each of this one) and Candy 2 (two of this one). I…
Girls Camp Secret Sisters
Have a camp mail box made from vinyl shoe holders, the kind that fit over doors (They are quite inexpensive). Label each pocket with a girls name and insert a small note pad and pencil. Each girl has a secret sister that she writes to each day before 4:00 pm. These notes should be something that they admire or look…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
