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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, 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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Bucket Game

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/01/2010 - 11:06pm
Everyone stands in a circle (alternate boy/girl if possible). Everyone holds hands. There is a bucket or a large trash can in the center (just short enough to jump over if needed). Everyone can try to pull each other so that someone either touche...
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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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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 Mastery Muffin Cup Game

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 7:34pm
Following is Seminary Mom's scripture mastery game idea: Preparation 1. I cut out circles of paper using the base of a small glass for tracing a well-rounded circle (not that a perfect circle really matters). 2. I wrote the historical setting on each...
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Tree of Life - Spiritual Fruits Activity

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 7:22pm
Today we reviewed four chapters in Alma - chapters 27 through 30. To start off, we read the chapter heading for Alma 27. Then the students divided into teams of two. They shared with one another something meaningful they had found in that chapter or ...
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Spiritual Brochures Activity

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 7:07pm
As an LDS seminary teacher, I am always looking for fresh ways to share the gospel with my class. In an effort to record what I have done (for future years), and to share with others, I've begun this blog. Hopefully it may be of help to more than jus...
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The Prayer Reporters

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 3:23pm
For FHE, we did a great lesson where the kids pretended to be reporters and talked about prayer. First I asked the kids to go get a pencil, notebook, and any clothes a reporter might wear ...
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