Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Seminary Mom used lunch sacks to emphasize the importance of the material in 3 Nephi — truly a spiritual feast. Kids in her class added notecards to their lunch sacks each day during the lesson to add to their feast. It’s a great example of how to carry a theme over multiple days for lesson continuity. Below is her description of how it worked. This theme could be adapted to…
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Fun ideas for teaching youth to lead music: Use glow sticks! Turn off the lights and let the fun ensue! (Katie) Tell youth they will be invited to lead the music during sacrament. It’ll help them stay on task! (Deanne) “In my conducting class at BYU we had to draw the different patterns in front of us on the chalk board at the right height and size and then we…
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This information was originally published at http://kenalford.com/semlist/2002/02jan04.htm and sent out as part of Ken Alford’s email list to Seminary teachers. Christmas break is a perfect time to “get a jump” on the remainder of the school year. Time invested during the Christmas break can pay dividends throughout the entire year. Here are a few things that you may wish to consider doing during the Christmas break: Take time to prayerfully evaluate…
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Hello Teachers,It seems I am a bit behind many of you in your teaching schedule right now. So I figure it might be best to post all 4 of my ideas for the book of Exodus now. So here it goes. Hope this isn’t too much at once. Exodus 16Here is a worksheet I’ve used to get my class familiar with Manna that is spoken of in chapter 16. worksheet_on_manna.docFile Size: 16 kbFile Type: docDownload File Exodus 5-25 -Worksheet: Comparing Isra […]
Hell hath both an entrance and an exit During this hundred years many other great truths not known before, have been declared to the people, and one of the greatest is that to hell there is an exit as well … Continue reading →
Satan has power on earth only as individual persons give it to him by succumbing to his temptations (Teaching of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 187). The agency of human beings is to choose righteousness through the Holy Spirit of … Continue reading →
When you are in the spirit world, everything there will appear as natural as things now do. Spirits will be familiar with spirits in the spirit world—will converse, behold, and exercise every variety … Continue reading →
When I first began teaching, I kept hearing people say that teachers should “teach with the Spirit”. What did that even mean? It’s not like I can control when the Holy Ghost testifies or if another person can hear or listen to him, right? Does teaching with the spirit mean I should scrap the manual and wing my lessons? A lot of teachers I observed didn’t feel a lesson was…
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Downloaded from: http://inkablinka.com/2014/05/minister-visiting-teaching-message.html The Visiting Teaching Message for June reads about how we are disciples of Jesus Christ as we minister to others. Taking inspiration from the following quote, I made a decoder and bookmark that is meant to illustrate how we need to first observe, and then serve: Linda K. Burton, Relief Society general president, taught: “With practice, each of us can become more like the Savior as we serve…
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The Visiting Teaching Message for June reads about how we are disciples of Jesus Christ as we minister to others. Taking inspiration from the following quote, I made a decoder and bookmark that is meant to illustrate how we need … Continue reading →
Downloaded from: http://nwseminaryshare.weebly.com/2/post/2014/02/alma-43-62-lessons-in-spiritual-warfare.html I recently presented to my teachers ideas for teaching the War Chapters. While giving lesson ideas, I wanted to demonstrate how quickly you could go to some key verses, give a good “Look for”, follow up with good questions, and then have the students come up with good “Take Aways” that you hope would stick with them. The text in Red is what I might invite…
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Downloaded from: http://littleldsideas.blogspot.com/2014/01/january-2014-visiting-teaching-message.html When I think of January goals and resolutions usually comes to mind. So, as I was creating this month’s VT message I had the idea to have a space where your sisters could write down some spiritual goals they would like to achieve this coming year.I included 2 great quotes from the message and the scriptures as well. Invite your sister to take some time to ponder…
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