Extreme Make Over
We had a woman in the ward who is a beautician come and demonstrate a hair cut. I called all the moms and got permission to cut hair, then at the Activity day, we put all the names of girls who had permission into a bowl and drew a name of a girl to get her hair cut. Then we…
End of the Year Seminary Auction
Today we had our end of the year auction and pizza party. We had a blast. It took very little preparation and the students seemed to really enjoy themselves. Here are the few easy steps: 1. Determine Each Student’s Brigham Bucks.I’ve found the simplest way to add up each student’s “money” to spend during the auction is to use the…
Going into the Summer
Howdy! I’m now two days into having sleep, not having to rise during the middle of the night to prep for seminary. It is a refreshing feeling. :0) Teaching seminary is such a blessing and privilege, yet it does require great effort, which somedays can be akin to climbing a mountain side. So it is a blessing to be able…
Service project
The girls in Activity days washed and disinfected all the toys in the nursery.
Family History Mother/Daughter Party
we had a “mixer” game where we had the girls bring a current picture of themselves and a picture of their mom at the same age the girl is now. The pictures were mounte onto construction paper with numbers on them, then pinned to a bulletin board. Each girl and mother was given a paper with a list of the…
Easter Program
We asked the girls to wear their Sunday clothes and we told them we were flying to Jerusalem to visit the Garden of Gethsemane. On the “flight” we had a flight attendant (one of the girls) pass out pkgs. of peanuts…and we had a pilate (the second counselor in the Bishopric) and a co-pilate (the Primary Pres.). The inflight movie…
Seminary and Scripture Mastery Teaching – A Year in Review
Now that my seminary school year is finished (yours still may be going), it is time to review several items so that I can analyze my teaching and any areas of focus needing help for next year. Here is a link to the Teaching Emphasis that CES needs us to use as we work with our students. To be able…
The Final Day of Seminary
Well, today was our final day of seminary. I actually was up all night, trying to get everything just so. Not recommended! [weak grin] But I was excited, because I’d prepared a “scrapbook movie” DVD to showcase the spiritual growth the students had made this year. The DVD contained a ten minute “scrapbook” movie for the seminary kids to distribute…
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