Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
If you’re struggling with students getting into sidebar or off-topic conversations during your lesson, you may try teaching them this phrase that has worked for me: “between the prayers”. The concept is that once we’ve said the opening prayer, our time has been consecrated for the worship of God. We focus on the lesson at hand “between the prayers” because that time is set apart for a certain purpose. Cell…
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After a lesson is complete, you may feel elated or even discouraged. Evaluating your teaching is an important, often neglected, step that can help you improve as a teacher. Evaluating your lessons is the “report” part of the Return and Report pattern taught in the temple. Reporting, by asking questions of yourself, prayerfully consulting the Lord, speaking with another teacher or leader, or blogging experiences, can help you develop Here are…
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“A gospel teacher does not focus on himself or herself. One who understands that principle will not look upon his or her calling as ‘giving or presenting a lesson,’ because that definition views teaching from the standpoint of the teacher, not the student.” – Dallin H. Oaks Use these ideas below to help you plan student-focused lessons with better participation and meaningful exchanges. Before Your Lesson Click on the steps…
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Downloaded from: http://seminaryatsixam.blogspot.com/2014/08/plan-of-salvation-hula-hoops.html Pardon the photo quality as I explain how I used hula-hoops to teach the Plan of Salvation/ Plan of Happiness on our first day of Seminary.I lined up a few students at the front of the classroom and gave them hula hoops to replicate the pattern below. In between each person who was holding a hula hoop (circle), I placed another person to represent the lines in…
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Pardon the photo quality as I explain how I used hula-hoops to teach the Plan of Salvation/ Plan of Happiness on our first day of Seminary.I lined up a few students at the front of the classroom and gave them hula hoops to replicate the pattern below. …
The following information is regarding the grieving process and provides ideas on how to comfort the grieving. It also includes a section of “what not to say”. The Grieving Process (Kubler-Ross): Denial/Isolation – this normal response to grief is our way of buffering the aftershock. Can last for hours or weeks. Characterized by numbness, disbelief, disorientation, holding on strategies. This step allows time to help us gain control Anger – This response…
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The purpose of the nursery class is: to provide a loving, safe, organized place where young children can increase their understanding of and love for Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, have positive experiences in a Church setting, and grow in feelings of self-worth. The nursery class is the first Church experience where very young children are taught the gospel and interact with other children and adults. Source: Primary 1, Adapting…
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The purpose of teaching children in this age group is for them to learn that by following Jesus Christ’s example: they can choose the right, be baptized, and become members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Source: Primary 1, Helps for the Teacher, Purpose, vii The Four-Year Old Characteristics at this Age Suggestions for Parents and Teachers Is very active. Moves quickly. Likes to skip, jump, race, climb,…
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Downloaded from: http://inkablinka.com/2014/06/the-divine-mission-of-jesus-christ-advocate.html The July 2014 Visiting Teaching message is about Jesus Christ being our Advocate with the Father. I love the following quote: Of Christ as our Advocate, Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “It is of great significance to me, that I may at any moment and in any circumstance approach through prayer the throne of grace, that my Heavenly Father will hear my petition,…
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The July 2014 Visiting Teaching message is about Jesus Christ being our Advocate with the Father. I love the following quote: Of Christ as our Advocate, Elder D. Todd Christofferson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “It is of great significance … Continue reading →
It can’t really be the end of June already…can it?? I had so many plans to get these General Conference quotes up during conference weekend. Sigh. Unfortunately, moving across the country with two toddlers consumed my life for the last few months! Oh…
Downloaded from: http://inkablinka.com/2014/05/goblet-of-gratitude.html This is the Visiting Teaching message I’ll be sharing with my sisters in May – a goblet of gratitude – based on President Uchtodorf’s General Conference talk, “Grateful in any Circumstances”. I found some cheap (but wonderfully bedazzled ) goblets at the thrift store to hold the drops of insights President Uchtdorf shared about how to approach and cultivate deeply spiritual gratitude in our lives. I threw…
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