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.
July 23, 2005
Ask and You Will Receive

Items needed a quarter or other coin (Put a quarter on your head) Tell the children that whomever can get the quarter off your head without touching you can have it. When they cannot get the quarter, tell them that if anyone of them had asked, you would have handed him/her the quarter. The Bible […]

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July 17, 2005
Repentance Object Lesson

Items needed a bottle of spot treatment crayons or markers patch wet wipes Hand out the objects. Explain that each object can be used to handle stains on clothing. Ask the students how s/he would use her/his object to treat a stain: Spot Treater - apply to stain and wash later. Crayons/Markers - create a […]

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July 17, 2005
Temple Work

Items needed a volunteer rope or a necktie Before the lesson begins (on genealogy or temple work or redeeming the dead), pull aside one person and ask them to help you out. So that others who are in class can hear tell them you are going to need to tie them up (do so gently) […]

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July 16, 2005
Sharing the gospel is a "piece of cake"

Items needed a slice of delicious cake ready to eat fork The teacher sits in front of the class devouring a piece of delicious chocolate cake, while verbalizing how delicious it is; how moist; how chocolatey; how delectable. The class watches and becomes a bit jealous. The teacher asks, "Oh, did you guys want some […]

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July 14, 2005
Addiction

Items needed a hard candy for each member of the class Give every member in your class a piece of hard candy (like a Jolly Rancher or Life Saver). Tell them they can't swallow, no matter what. Continue on with your lesson for about five minutes. Explain that this is how addiction is. The object […]

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July 12, 2005
Pray Often

Items needed a penny for each member of the class As seen in the July 2005 New Era. A morningside speaker told the seminary students to put the penny in their shoe. During the day whenever they felt the penny they were to offer a silent prayer. A penny in your shoe feels like a […]

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July 11, 2005
Removing the tarnish from our lives

Items needed a non-metal plate white vinegar salt some tarnished pennies (other coins will not work) a cloth Ask: What is the difference between the two kinds of pennies? Is it possible to make the tarnished pennies shine like the new pennies? Pour some vinegar on the plate.  Sprinkle in a some salt and allow […]

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July 11, 2005
Choose the right when a choice is placed before you.

Items needed two magnets, one labeled "Satan" and the other labeled "Heavenly Father" (I recommend these) several paper clips Place the two labelled magnets approx 30 cms (one foot) apart on a table top. Place the paper clips (class members) round about the middle point between the magnets. (Allow some paper clips to get caught […]

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July 8, 2005
Perspective

Items needed a pair of glasses with a strong reading prescription Ask a young woman to put on the prescription glasses and read Isaiah 55:8-9. It should be blurry for her. Isaiah 55:8-9 8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord. 9 For as the heavens […]

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June 30, 2005
Apostasy and Restoration

Items needed some wooden blocks in the shape of a tower or building, including one block labelled "Authority/Priesthood" The period of time when the true Church no longer existed on earth is called the Great Apostasy. (Gospel Principles, Lesson 16: The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times) Priesthood authority was restored to the earth […]

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