It's getting easier to get up for Seminary now that the days are getting longer again. It's such a relief to send the kids out in actual sunlight instead of in the dark like we did during December and the start of January. They still arrive in the dark, but sunrise is just 30 minutes […]
What a fantastic lesson we had in Seminary today! I'm not sure what happened to make things go so well, but wow, this was really a great lesson (from my point of view, anyway). Class started off very silly -- like Monday silly -- and we even got started a little late with our opening […]
For the 10 commandments lesson, I wrote the following chart on the board: 1 - Deuteronomy 5:1-8 2 - footnote f, D&C 68:25 3 - footnote b, Mormon 7:7, D&C 58:30 4 - Exodus 31:12-17, Deuteronomy 5: 12-15 5 - Deuteronomy 11: 8-9, 17, 21; Helaman 7:24 6 - footnote a 7 - 8 - […]
For today's reading I asked the kids to read 1 Nephi 13: 19-29, 40; 1 Nephi 14:23 and Mormon 7:8-9. Our discussion today was on whether the Bible was inferior scripture or not. They've heard all their lives that "plain and precious parts" have been removed, and the difficulty of reading the Bible sometimes means […]
Items Needed: A feather, a large rock Lesson Idea: Place the feather on a table and ask someone to come and blow the feather off the table. Place the rock on the table and have another person come and try to blow it off the table. You may want to have several people together try […]
Items Needed: A raw egg, food coloring, hypodermic needle (see your local pharmacy), a clear bowl. Previous Preparation: Color the inside of the egg by injecting it with the needle full of food coloring. Lesson Idea: Show the egg. Put it into the clear bowl. Ask your family to tell you everything they know about […]
Items Needed: One small sewing needle or pin. Lesson Idea: Hold the pin up in the air and tell the participants that you are going to conduct an experiment. You are going to drop the pin on the desk and would like everyone to be quiet so they can all hear it. Drop the pin […]
Items Needed: Paper for each participant Pens or Pencils for each participant Lesson Idea: Have a volunteer come up to the table with a piece of paper on it. Without lifting the pencil off the paper, have them draw a simple unfamiliar pattern without letting the other participants see it. (Not just a simple shape […]
Items Needed: Rope A cloth to protect the wrists Lesson Idea: Ask for two volunteers. Have one tie the other's hands with the rope (over the cloth as not to cause injury or pain). What are things the tied up participant can't do in this condition? What are things that can tie us up spiritually? […]
Items Needed: Breakable object that can be fixed with glue Glue A raw Egg A bowl Lesson Idea: Break the breakable item (or show two broken pieces) and have a participant come up and glue them together. Discuss making mistakes and making restitution. Break the egg in the bowl and have another student come up […]
