I’m really not the superstitious type, but wow, twenty thirteen has proved a bad year for us. Also age thirteen was a bad one for our son, though I suppose that’s to be expected: ah, middle school. But wow, this…
Jacob 5 Part 1 and 2
I did Jacob 5 differently than the manual. The manual is set up for students who have not read Jacob 5, but as you know, the kids in my class read the text and so “discovery” type activities just don’t…
Cell Phones in Seminary Class
Electronic Device Use of Electronic Scriptures Survey Report, 2012-2013 By Jenny Smith Note from the Author: I originally gave Russell Simon permission to publish this paper on his blog this past summer. Due to some (frankly silly and inconsistently applied)…
2 Nephi 31-Jacob 4
This has been a fun few days for me in class. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m back in the groove or because the stress level is back down or what, but things have been good. The only issue…
Hey, God
So this was quite a day. My investigator asked to be included in our devotional and prayer rotations, so I added her name to our prayer bucket. Today her name was drawn for opening prayer. I asked if she was…
2 Nephi 29-30, Flex Day
2 Nephi 29-30 Today I used the ideas from Teaching the Book of Mormon Part One to teach my lesson. I loved the Fred example from the book and modified it into a comic strip form so that every kids…
2 Nephi 27-28
2 Nephi 27 Due to some unforseen circumstances, I was completely unprepared ahead of time for this lesson. I had prayed to the Lord to let him know I had been doing my best, but I just could not get…
2 Nephi 20-26
Tomorrow is election day which is a holiday here in the Commonwealth, and so I’ve got a bit of a break tomorrow. Time to catch up on the blog. 2 Nephi 20-24 This morning a couple of kids had questions…
2 Nephi 9-19
The title of this entry makes it sound like I’ve got a whole lot of catching up to do. Truthfully — nope. I caught a cold last Monday and by Tuesday I was wasted and had to cancel class, so…
2 Nephi 5-8
2 Nephi 5 To prepare for this lesson I taped a big sheet of bulletin board paper to the wall and drew this basic map: I will add to it throughout the year to help students keep track of where…