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…
Jelly Bean Prayer
Jelly Bean Prayer Red is for the blood HE gave.Green is for the grass HE made.Yellow is for the sun so bright.Orange is for the edge of night.Black is for the sins we made.White is for the grace HE gave.Purple is for HIS hour of sorrow.Pink is for our new tomorrow.A bag full of Jelly Beans colorful and sweet,Is a…
Easter story
Using twelve plastic Easter eggs tell the story of Easter. On the outside of each egg write the numbers 1-12 with one number written on each egg. On the inside of each egg put the strip of paper that goes with the number you have written on the outside and the object listed for that strip of paper. Put all…
Mormon 8 & 9 – By the Mouths of Two or Three Witnesses
We covered Mormon 8-9 today. Following a suggestion in the teacher’s manual, I’d purchased two different newspapers yesterday (the Times and the Tribune) and clipped out articles as reported therein on two different topics. One topic happened to be on the Jewish passover holiday and the other topic was on Iran’s plutonium situation. I was able to find within the…
Mormon 7 – Mormon’s Final Words
[example of classroom activity – to view up close, click on picture] Today we studied Mormon 7, Mormon’s final words after having viewed the destruction of his people who were part of a 900 year civilization, now ended. I’d drawn the two outlines of a body on the board, one with straight lines and one with disconnected lines (to represent…
Mormon 1-6: Is My Lantern Completely Clean?
[picture of a half-cleaned lantern] Today the students presented their research on Mormon 1-6. But before we started, I showed them a lantern that was very dirty on one side and freshly cleaned on the other. I asked them, “How easy would it be to see if this lantern were completely filthy?” Then, “How easy to see if this lantern…
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