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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 n...
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What to do with old Camp and Scout T-Shirts (Sew and No-Sew T-Shirt Bags)

If you're like me, you've got dozens of camp and school t-shirts that are too small or too ugly to wear outside, right? Well, here are some fun ideas to help you recycle those old tees into something usable again! This craft is easy to do and would...
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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 ...
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Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture

SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE, WHO HAS THE SCRIPTURE? Announce to the class that we're playing a game called, "Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture?" Someone has hidden essential clues to eternal life and we are the detectives, finding those clues. On t...
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Scripture Memory - The 8 Best Game

Today we played a memory game. I had previously selected 8 scripture mastery scriptures that I felt needed review. Drawing a big sixteen-square table, I then mixed up scripture references and key words all over the board. Then I covered them with col...
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Seminary Mom: Spiritual Toss Across Game

Silly me - I'd looked at the schedule wrong for the week and discovered I was very far behind. Ouch. My error. This week was supposed to be Alma 43-58. That is a lot of chapters as it is, and then I make it worse by reading the week wrong. I only cov...
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Scripture Mastery Muffin Cup Game - Version 2

Imagine my surprise as a new seminary teacher to learn that the goal of scripture mastery (for my students) was not just to memorize the targeted scriptures, but to be able to find them at any moment's notice. Once I discovered that "truth", I increa...
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Scripture Mastery Muffin Cup Game

Following is Seminary Mom's scripture mastery game idea: Preparation 1. I cut out circles of paper using the base of a small glass for tracing a well-rounded circle (not that a perfect circle really matters). 2. I wrote the historical setting on each...
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Tree of Life - Spiritual Fruits Activity

Today we reviewed four chapters in Alma - chapters 27 through 30. To start off, we read the chapter heading for Alma 27. Then the students divided into teams of two. They shared with one another something meaningful they had found in that chapter or ...
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Spiritual Brochures Activity

As an LDS seminary teacher, I am always looking for fresh ways to share the gospel with my class. In an effort to record what I have done (for future years), and to share with others, I've begun this blog. Hopefully it may be of help to more than jus...
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Baptismal Covenants Game

Break the Code The following messages are written in code. They are quotations from key scriptures used in this lesson. Break the code to find the key messages. ...
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CTR Cross-stitch

Download the attached pattern from the ...
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VIDEO: Look Inside an LDS Dry-Pack Cannery

An LDS cannery volunteer answers questions and demonstrates how dry pack canning is done at these facilities: ...
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Christmas Service Project for injured members of US Armed Forces

I saw this post on Facebook today, and am sharing it here so you all can see it, too. When doing your Christmas cards, take one and send it to this address: ...
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Going to the Temple Game

It's sometimes difficult to hold the attention of our Sunbeams for the length of the class time. We have found that games of any kind keep them engaged and help them learn. ...
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