Author: Jenny Smith

Jenny Smith is a designer who started blogging in 2004 to share lesson and activity ideas with members of her home branch Mississippi. Her collection has grown, and she now single-handedly manages the world's largest collection of free lesson help for LDS teachers with faceted search. Her library includes teaching techniques, object lessons, mini lessons, handouts, visual aids, and doctrinal mastery games categorized by scripture reference and gospel topic. Jenny loves tomatoes, Star Trek, and her family -- not necessarily in that order.
January 11, 2007
Coming Closer Together

Teaches that as individuals move closer to the Savior, they also grow closer to each other. This is a good unity lesson. Place a picture of the Savior on the floor. Place the pictures of family or class members around that picture. Point out that as individuals move closer to the Savior, they also grow […]

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January 5, 2007
Recognizing the spirit through music

Items needed a way to play music a scary song a loud song a soft, reverent song Lesson Ask everyone to close their eyes and listen to the music that you are about to play. Tell them to think about how the music makes them feel. Play the scary music (you can find web sites […]

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December 31, 2006
Heavenly Father keeps his Promises

Items needed a pack of gum or small bag of candy Lesson Ask for a volunteer. Tell them that if they do 10 jumping jacks (or something quick) that you PROMISE (use the word "promise" over and over) that you will give them a pack of gum. After they have finished, tell them they did […]

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December 9, 2006
Commit to Applying Gospel principles

Items needed: a pencil Hand someone in the class a pencil, and ask them to "try to drop it" once the person drops the pencil, pick it up and say, "No, maybe my instructions weren't clear, I said TRY to drop the pencil". They might act confused, and maybe drop it again if so just […]

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November 30, 2006
Feed My Sheep

While introducing the lesson to the class, display the basket of goodies where all in the class can see. Start eating the contents of the basket and show extreme enjoyment of eating each morsel you put into your mouth, without offering anything to anyone else. (ensure no one helps themselves). While you continue to enjoy […]

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November 28, 2006
Scriptures and Obedience - Returning to live with Heavenly Father

Begin by singing Scripture Power. Say, “We are going to go on a treasure hunt and look for treasure”. Read 1st clue (below). During the treasure hunt try and get the children to do something else (say, “instead of going to the library how about if we go to the cultural hall and see if […]

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November 25, 2006
Cookie Work

The Value of Work! Have the delicious cookies sitting on a table and ask the girls how much work went into making the cookies. They should say the usually dumping ingredients into a bowl, mixing them, and cooking them. But if you really think about how many people helped to make the cookie possible it […]

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November 15, 2006
Tangible Faith

Show the children each object individually. An example would be perfume. I spray it in the air and ask them if they can smell it. I bring brownies and ask them if they can taste them. I ring a bell and ask them if they can hear it, etc. Use your imagination. I them explain […]

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November 12, 2006
Prayer Sandwich

Items needed bread peanut butter jelly knife To demonstrate the proper order to say prayers, you would hold up the first piece of bread and say, "This represents-Dear Heavenly Father", then while you spread on the peanut butter, you would say,"This represents-We thank Thee...". Next, spread the jelly and say," This represents-We ask Thee...", and […]

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October 8, 2006
Holy Ghost, recognizing the holy ghost and being worthy to keep its companionship

Items needed muddy socks bathrobe bowl/pitcher of ice water bowl/pitcher of warm water Start off your lesson with a volunteer to put on a pair of socks. When you show the volunteer the muddy socks, he/she won't want to put them on. Walk around the room asking for another volunteer to put them on. After […]

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