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2012 LDS Planning Calendar

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Fri, 01/06/2012 - 10:09am
Back in the olden days I used to create a planning calendar each year with some LDS Church history trivia in it. Every year people ask for a new version, but I've had callings that prevented me from making a new one. Who knew it would remain so pop...

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2012 Primary Choose the Right Weekly Theme List

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Thu, 12/15/2011 - 1:54pm
These documents have the weekly themes listed by date for the 2012 Primary Theme Choose the Right. There are two pages. You can print them back to back or on separate sheets for use in your Primary binder. Great for Primary presidencies and secre...

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Leader Planning Handout for 2012 Primary Theme - Choose The Right

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 1:03pm
This handout was created to be used as a handout for teachers and Primary leaders. You can include it in teacher or leaders binders as a super fast reminder, or use it as a visual aid for a Primary Leadership Training or Inservice meeting. Also avail... JPG - JPEG image file
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Leader Planning Handout for 2012 Primary Theme - Choose The Right

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 10/25/2011 - 12:58pm
This handout was created to be used as a handout for teachers and Primary leaders. You can include it in teacher or leaders binders as a super fast reminder, or use it as a visual aid for a Primary Leadership Training or Inservice meeting. ...

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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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Power Phrases

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Fri, 09/23/2011 - 10:35am
I've made a list of Power Phrases that students can use in sharing the gospel. A power phrase is an opening phrase that precedes a testimony about a topic. Some teachers require their use during Seminary devotionals to help students learn to share ...

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Jenny's Seminary Handbook

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Thu, 09/15/2011 - 9:38am
This is the handbook I'm using for Seminary this year in PDF and Open Office formats. It was useful for me as a new Seminary teacher to write out my rules and expectations. The academic grade is determined by whatever means the teacher determines. ...

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Find Ideas by Scripture Reference

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Tue, 08/16/2011 - 2:08pm
LDS Article I have recently begun tagging content by the chapter it references. Not all content that references a scripture is indexed here, but it's a start. Click on the following links below to find helps relating to that scripture, including handouts, quotes, and stories: 1 Corinthians 15 Scrip...
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Lesson Preparation Tips from Seminary Mom

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:50am
LDS Forum I received a recent email which asked me how I prepare and plan for my lessons. Here is what I responded (modified slightly): * * * "What I have found most successful for me in lesson preparation are four steps which I spread throughout the week: ...
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Using Art to teach the Gospel

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:42am
LDS Article Seminary Mom is big on hands-on activities, something I think is very important. Here are a couple of her ideas for using art to teach different messages in the scriptures: Principles to Live by (Helaman 15-16 Malachi 3 Principles to Live By Today our scripture block was Helaman 15-16. Using the manual I introduced several of the important disc...
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Tardies in Seminary?

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 9:18am
LDS Forum Seminary Mom has some suggestions on how to deal with tardy students in Seminary: TEACHING TIP - What to Do With Tardies? Starting late is any teacher's buggaboo. We don't want to short-change the kids in their important seminary lessons. But what if we have kids who come late? Not only do they interrupt the class by their entrance, but they are mi...
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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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Build a Play: How to teach Gospel Students through Drama

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Sun, 03/13/2011 - 8:45am
LDS Article Here's a great example of using drama to help gospel students learn from Seminary Mom: One of my number one desires as a seminary teacher is to have my students fall in love with the scriptures. I want them to know these individuals we read about who really lived a long time ago. I want the students to feel the truthfulness of what they are reading...
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Young Women Class Purpose Posters

Submitted by Jenny Smith on Tue, 02/15/2011 - 9:06am
This is a series of 3 posters with the YW class purpose statements and symbols. They are black and white. I printed them on cardstock, and they were displayed on tables during New Beginnings so that parents could know more about the new purpose stat...

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Gossip

Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/30/2011 - 3:15am
I saw a similar object lesson to the toothpaste. The teacher gave the students a small pillow filled with feathers. The teacher tore it open and told him scatter the feathers. After he had done that, he then told him to go and pick up all the feathers and not come back until he had them all. Of course that was impossible. Gossip is like scattering the feathers, hurtful words or shared confidences cannot be taken back just like you can't find...
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