Well, today's lesson was not stellar. I don't know why I keep doing this same lesson -- it's a flop nearly every time. I'm just expecting too much. These students just can not write a short script from a scripture text to save their lives. Three years I've been doing it, and it never seems […]
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I nearly cried from exhaustion yesterday. It has been a long summer. I can't wait for it to be over. School started for the kids on Tuesday, but Seminary doesn't start until the first Monday. It's a good thing, too, because what with volleyball tryouts and my ill relative and interviewing/coordinating/training caregivers and managing two […]
Bring a small candy like a starburst, set it on the table and ask "who wants the candy? Who REALLY wants the candy? " Whoever seems most eager, pick for the example. Say, "Joey, (or whoever) you really want the candy. It'll make you very happy. So you can have it, but you can't use […]
This hilarious video from the Los Angeles Young Adults parodies Relief Society and Priesthood lessons. So funny!
My son helped me make a set of online scrpture mastery flash cards using Quzlet. Before you ask, yes, these include the updated 2013 scripture mastery passages. Each phrase is an actual quote from the scripture so that students can learn actual scripture phrasing. Scripture Mastery Keyphrases 1 Nephi 3:7 - "I will go and […]
I attended SVU's Education Conference this weekend. What a strange experience that was! It was part fundraising convention and part spiritual feast. So bizarre. At points it actually seemed like we were at a timeshare sales pitch or an Amway convenction. Other times it was just like BYU's Education Week, and sometimes even better. I […]
Today I am on the beautiful campus of SVU in Buena Vista, Virginia, for their 17th annual education week conference. We are excited to hear Julie B Beck and Marlin K Jensen speak. Find out about the conference at http://SVU.edu/conference
Today was our final day of class. Students cleaned out their cubbies, ate some yummy food, watched some YouTube videos (sorry, kids -- still no Strange Brew), and wrote some questions to Stump the Chump. It was a fun laid back day to enjoy our time together. New Book of Mormon Manual I am relieved […]
Titus I can't find any notes on this .... How on earth am I still in this calling. Philemon Philemon didn't seem to have anything of particular value doctrine-wise, so I gave the kids a little background on it and we did scripture mastery.
