Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/intro-to-mormon.html I asked a series of questions and had them tell me who they thought it was talking about.Who am I?1. A prophet came to him when he was young and told him of records engraved on metal plates that he had hidden in a hill. The prophet told him that he was to go to the hill when he was older and obtain the plates (see Mormon…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-24-26.html What are hieroglyphics? I put the following scriptures on the board: 3 Nephi 24: 8-9, 10, 11-13, 16-173 Nephi 25: 1, 2, 5-63 Nephi 26: 6,11 I handed out an index card to each of them and had them pick a verse, draw the hieroglyphic and then explain to the class what it meant. I did this one for them to give them an idea of what to…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-1-7-anaconda.html Need to cover a lot of chapters at once?A fellow seminary teacher, David Palmer, did the following activity for 3 Nephi 1-7, he says: “I will occasionally put the desk in a snake like order and put questions on each desk and allow students to work on the questions as music is played, then after a min. or so they switch to the next desk. Just makes…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-13-16-samuel-lamanite.html The only Lamanite Prophet in the Book of Mormon… SamuelWe looked up scriptures to see what Samuel wanted the people to know.using an idea from a fellow seminary teacher, Debbie Duran,we made a spiritual wallI gave each of them a pieces of paper and had them write what keeps them close to the gospel.Then I handed them arrows in which they needed to write a temptation of…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-5-remember.html When I say “Pop Rocks” what comes to your mind? After you have tasted these exploding candies, you will ALWAYS REMEMBER them. It is easy to recall what they felt like, tasted like and I bet you can even remember when and where you first tasted them. Here’s a statement by President Spencer W. Kimball. Read what he said about the importance of remembering the gospel teachings we…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-40-42-what-happens-when-we-die.html Life is often viewed in the world as an incomplete puzzle.People have pieces of understanding, BUT often don’thave a complete understanding of how life and deathfit together I broke them up into two groups for this activity. I made up my own pattern for a puzzle. On each piece I wrote a scripture verse from Alma 40-42 that related to the spirit world and the Resurrection.Then I…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-38-alma-speaks-to-his-sons.html Do you ever feel as if your sibling gets more attention than you? we watched this video from Mormon messages called “The Prodigal Son” Alma (the younger) had three sons: HelamanShiblonCorianton Shiblon is the middle son, like most middle children, my heart goes out to them. They often feel left out. I wonder if he did? Helaman, the eldest, gets 77 verses and two chapters of counsel…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-37-small-and-simple-things.html A fellow seminary teacher, Sharra Dains, shared this idea-it was genius! I randomly put numbers 1-50 on the page and told them to circle them in order, starting with #1.Do as many as they could in one minute.They didn’t do well at all-most got between 10-15 circled.Then I handed them another paper, in which I folded in fourths, and place #1 in top Left corner, #2 in…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-36-chiasmus.html I passed out a sheet of paper and had them put their name on it.Big and in the middle.Then told them to close their eyesWith their eyes closed, they had to listen to my voiceand follow my directions.I said things like, “fold your paper in half””rip off top right corner”… The holes were different in each one of their papers.WHY?My directions were not clear and precise.When the…
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Downloaded from: http://ocdprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2014/03/activity-gather-sunshine.html The last Sunday in March will be the first Sunday of spring. To celebrate, print and cut out the butterflies and flowers. Write the names of songs you want to review on the back of the flowers and write some interesting ways to sing those songs on the back of the butterflies. (Keep in mind that you’ll probably be reviewing “I Stand All Amazed,” so choose ways…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/03/alma-33-34.html We had “mini lessons”, where the class had the opportunity to teach the lesson. We may be few in numbers, BUT they ALWAYS give wonderful thoughts!!
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/03/alma-32-seeds-of-faith.html What verse in Alma 32 has the word SEED in it? Since we talked about faith … I thought we should do an activity I did years ago when teaching Primary… After all, kids are kids, and they like to eat! We made “Dirt Cups”. Hint: verse 28S wellE nlargeE nlightenD elicious
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