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Scripture Mastery Scavenger Hunt

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 02/01/2012 - 9:52pm
This is a fun way to get the kids moving to find their scripture mastery. The list of 100 items has the instructions listed on the top. I will repost them here to give you an idea of how to play. Old Testament Scripture Mastery Scavenger Hunt- Split ...
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The Prayer Bucket

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Mon, 09/26/2011 - 2:59pm
A veteran Seminary teacher told me about this method of choosing prayers for class that helps avoid having the same few kids volunteer to pray each day. I have used a similar method in Young Womens classes, too, and it works beautifully. You'll n...
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The Armor of God

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:36pm
Here is Seminary Mom's discussion on how spiritual knowledge and gospel study and preparation can We ... discussed the importance of of umbrellas, coats, shields, etc. and how they service us. And to lead into the application activity, I shared how ...
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Scripture Mastery Mix it Up

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 2:25pm
So today for scripture mastery, I passed out a sheet of 25 picture representations for each of the 25 scripture mastery scriptures. I gave the students five minutes to write out all of the references they could figure out for each picture representat...
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Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 10:33am
SCRIPTURE SCRIPTURE, WHO HAS THE SCRIPTURE? Announce to the class that we're playing a game called, "Scripture, Scripture, Who Has the Scripture?" Someone has hidden essential clues to eternal life and we are the detectives, finding those clues. On t...
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Scripture Memory - The 8 Best Game

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:10am
Today we played a memory game. I had previously selected 8 scripture mastery scriptures that I felt needed review. Drawing a big sixteen-square table, I then mixed up scripture references and key words all over the board. Then I covered them with col...
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Building a House of God

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:56am
Today we studied Helaman 10. To get started, I followed the teacher's manual with the questions included there (pages 202-203). Once we had discussed those points and I had read the two quotes included on those pages, I passed out six popsicle sticks...
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Signs of the Times

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:35am
Today, to emphasize the material in the teacher's manual, we did a Signs-of-the-Times activity. As suggested by the manual, I made a copy of pages 299-300 in the appendix of the manual, "Helaman and 3 Nephi: a Parallel to the Second Coming of Christ....
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United We Stand

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:16am
Today's scripture block was from Alma 54-57. My husband taught the lesson, as I've been battling a severe case of bronchitis. Here is the lesson plan I gave him, and from what I heard, he did very well! At the beginning of class he passed out a notch...
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Seminary Mom: Revving Review Game

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 5:13pm
oday during our scripture mastery day, we did a "Revvvving Review." This is where I have the kids take their scriptures and a paper and pencil and race through the Book of Mormon (or in Old Testament year the Old Testament, etc.), searching for all t...
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Seminary Mom: Spiritual Toss Across Game

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 5:07pm
Silly me - I'd looked at the schedule wrong for the week and discovered I was very far behind. Ouch. My error. This week was supposed to be Alma 43-58. That is a lot of chapters as it is, and then I make it worse by reading the week wrong. I only cov...
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Seminary Mom: Gospel Quilt Teaching Activity

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 4:56pm
ACTIVITY: Interestingly enough, the scripture we are working on for scripture mastery this week is Alma 37:6-7: "Now ye may suppose that this is foolishness in me; but behold I say unto you, that by small and simple things are great things brought to...
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Seminary Mom: Topsy Turvy Timeline

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sat, 10/30/2010 - 4:41pm
Today our scripture block was Alma 43 and the year (for the Nephites) was 74 B.C. Hmmm. How to make these detailed, technical war chapters come alive to our students? ACTIVITY: I devised a Topsey-Turvey Timeline by going verse by verse through Alma 4...
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Mr. Hot Potato - Scripture Mastery Game

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 4:17pm
My kids are excitedly preparing for Scripture Mastery Day at the stake center at the end of the year. Thus meet Mr. Potato Head. He's fast become one of their friends in this process. Here's how he has helped us this year when we've come to Fridays ...
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Scripture Scholar

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 12:11pm
Seminary Mom uses Scripture Scholar questionnaires to reinforce her teaching. I've attached several of her old Scripture Scholar forms to this node so you can take a look at them for inspiration. ...
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