"My oldest son, Jake, taught Family Home Evening a couple of weeks ago. It all started with a simple experiment. I told Jake that if I poured oil on water it would float on top of the water. Then we went for the food coloring. Then it turned into a discussion, mostly his idea, that […]
This is part of an email I sent out with our ward calendar as a general conference report. I'm copying it here because of the social networking links. I'm going to take a bit of liberty and make a General Conference report here -- not on the talks -- but on how the Church is […]
No longer must we wait a month for the General Conference edition of The Ensign to come out to use the Conference messages. The Church's Official YouTube channel, Mormon Messages, has all the talks from General Conference available for your use live right now: http://www.youtube.com/user/MormonMessages You can use these in your lessons, embed them on […]
I was delighted to hear about the changes to the Duty to God program announced at the Priesthood session of General Conference this weekend. Here's the video at Mormon Messages: Materials should be delivered to units worldwide in June, and use should begin immediately. First, learn about a gospel principle, and strive to gain a […]
Items needed: a picture of a straight road with hills (draw or find one) Lesson Here is another object lesson from my friend Brent Anderson, a former Seminary teacher: "This isn't so much of an object lesson, but the kids really responded to this. The straight and narrow path is, of course, straight and narrow, […]
Objects needed: carrot egg Lesson Here is an object lesson idea emailed to me from my friend Brent Anderson, a former Seminary teacher: "I took in a carrot and an egg. I asked [the students] what happened when they are boiled. One turns soft and the other turns hard even though the same thing happened […]
(Why I shouldn't bake....) With LDS General Conference fast approaching, I am facing my semi-annual dilemma: to Tivo or not to Tivo? It's rough to take out 4 hours during the day right at garden planting time to sit in front of the television for Conference. And to be totally honest, I haven't stayed awake […]
"Eunice Black, a Relief Society teacher, told of a speaker who set out 10 apples to represent his monthly income. He 'paid' one apple for food, two apples for rent, and so on until only one apple remained—a tithing apple. Then he asked the bishop to stand next to him. He said that he hoped […]
Items needed: raw egg egg cartons Lesson Wrap a raw egg in *several* layers of egg cartons and tape. Invite students to bounce the bundle off the wall or drop it on the floor. Take the package back, pulled it apart, and showed the students the sheltered, unbroken egg inside. Teach your students that the […]
Prepare some dominoes for an object lesson (or something that could be used in place of dominoes). On the first domino attach the label, Prayer. Attach other labels such as hate, anger, pride, selfishness, greed, dishonesty, and so on. Use as many dominoes as you think advisable, labeling each. On the reverse side of each […]
