Name that Hymn game
Here is something that I tried during a Group Family Home Evening with our Branch. It is in PDF format. – Mark S. This is a PDF of a slideshow that originally played the hymns. The clues are great. Thanks for sharing, Mark!
How to Make a Clay Olive Oil Lamp – Late Roman Style
I made a couple of oil lamps yesterday to see if it was possible to make them during Seminary. I created a Flickr tutorial for this project and posted it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mormonshare/sets/72157630840973234/ – follow this link to find more pictures and instructions for making these simple clay olive oil lamps. What I learned First off, these lamps are not created…
The First Week: Study Helps Jeopardy – Mentors/Minions
During the first week of Seminary, it’s suggested that you teach a lesson on the study helps in the scriptures to help students get more out of their gospel study. New Testament Study Helps Jeopardy is an online Jeopardy-style game I made for my class to use for this purpose this year. It’s slanted toward New Testament. Some of these…
Music to FHE
We bought a Children’s Primary Songs Learning Keyboard from www.MormonMarket.com and our children have begun to play the songs to accompany the rest of the family when we sing to open and close FHE. We have even used it for one of our kids to showcase ‘their’ new song during FHE which always puts a smile on their faces. It…
Put Put Golf Acitivity
Combined Young Men, Young Women activates are a little more difficult in the winter. We changed A FHE activity to work for a combined YM/YW activity. 1st. We broke up all the youth into six teams 2nd: Each team was given a class room and building odds and ends like carpet rolls, duct tape, etc 3rd: Each team spent about…
The Prayer Bucket
A veteran Seminary teacher told me about this method of choosing prayers for class that helps avoid having the same few kids volunteer to pray each day. I have used a similar method in Young Womens classes, too, and it works beautifully. You’ll need : a wooden Popsicle-style craft stick for every person in your class (plus some extras in…
The Importance of Following Directions
Then to give a break from the reading (and to rouse the sleepy-headed students), I passed out a “3-Minute Test.” This was a quick little quiz to test “obedience” and precision to directions. You can easily make your own. Start off by announcing that they are to read through the entire test before doing anything. But then have a series…
Bucket Game
Everyone stands in a circle (alternate boy/girl if possible). Everyone holds hands. There is a bucket or a large trash can in the center (just short enough to jump over if needed). Everyone can try to pull each other so that someone either touches the trash can (which gets them out) or get two people to let go of their…
Awesome Activities for LDS Church members
