Shared by Kellee B on the LDS Seminary Teachers Facebook Group: So you get 25 3×5 cards and make sure they are all the same color of card (because these days they are in colors and not just white) and you want to cut them in half and write the keys words on one card […]

From Sharra D on the LDS Seminary Teachers Facebook Group: My class did the Toilet Paper game last week and LOVED it. I got the idea from some ‘minute to win it’ post. I had two rolls of toilet paper hanging on a straight [horizontal] pole at the front of the class. I had about […]

This super fun game was written by a Seminary student for his class.  Here are some notes on how to play it: We had a student plan an amazing week of scripture mastery activities. Yesterday it was hunger games themed on Mosiah 4:30. Their battles were rocks, paper, scissors. The person who lost had a […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: March 5, 2008 Duration: >30 minutes ****This has been my class? favorite game this year ? it really gets crazy! Goal: Score as many points as you can for your team by finding the scripture mastery reference and shooting baskets Needed: ? Garbage can or bucket ? Nerf balls or […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: March 5, 2008 Duration: >30 minutes Goal: Be the first team to spell a word by finding the scripture mastery references in your scriptures as quickly as you can Needed: ? Scripture Mastery Cards ? Use the cards on Bro. Kipp?s Seminary Place or use the cards provided by CES […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: >30 minutes Goal: Score as many points as possible by being the first team to find the scripture mastery reference and retrieve the ?point cups? from the center of the playing area. Needed: ? 8-10 plastic cups ? you?ll need extras! ? Black magic marker ? […]

Submitted By: Chuck Kipp Date: September 7, 2007 Duration: >30 minutes Background: Start the game off with the following: In the summer of 1843, the champion stick-puller of Hancock County, Illinois, was Joseph Smith, Jr., our latter-day Prophet. On June 30 of that year, Joseph met with several thousand citizens of Nauvoo at a large […]

Submitted by: Elizabeth Ingersoll Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: >30 minutes Divide the teams in half.(I handed out name labels with #1-7 in black ink on 7 labels, and #1-7 in red ink on 7 other labels for the 14 members of our class, to randomly create a red team and a black team. We […]

Submitted by: Chuck Kipp Added: September 7, 2007 Duration: 10 to 30 minutes Goal: Be the first team to have one of your teammates write the correct answer on a piece of paper, wad it up, and MAKE a basket Needed: ? Wastebasket, bucket, etc ? Many small pieces of paper ? Pencils ? 1 […]

Put down a masking tape line (all launches behind line). Out on the landing “field” place 5 sheets of paper each with various bonus points written on them. Also place out two sheets of black paper, the “mines” –no points at all if your plane lands on one of those. Give each team (or individual) […]

Place two stacks of scratch paper on the floor next to each other. Place a garbage can about 10 feet away. One player from each team comes forward and stands by a paper stack. You read the clue (or start reading the actual scripture) and the first person (of the two) to answer correctly (or […]

Obtain a ball (a child’s smooth, bouncy, ball ~8”-10” in diameter—like the ones you buy from the tall bins at discount stores). Write all 25 SM references randomly on the ball with a permanent marker. Begin by tossing the ball to a student. He catches the ball and then looks to see which references his […]

Here’s what you need: • Pieces of paper each with a scripture mastery reference (students can prepare these). • Tape • A pair of rolled socks (or soft Nerf ball) (I used dry “splash balls”) (or sponge balls) Here’s how to prepare: • Remove all breakable items from your classroom • Tape the scripture mastery […]

Have a certain color balloon assigned for each team. Each set of balloons contains clues for the 25 scripture masteries. (You don’t have to use all 25 balloons and clues). Put the balloons scattered all over the floor in one area by you. When you say “GO” one member of each team runs to get […]

Set up – 9 chairs in the center of the class in a tic tac toe formation. XXX XXX XXX Divide into two teams (x’s and o’s). Everyone on each team gets a number (We had 8 on each team so numbered them from 1-8) Object – your team makes a tic tac toe before […]

A student gets to shoots baskets (one point each) for as long as it takes for all other students to locate SM in their own scriptures. (or write it out)