I nearly cried from exhaustion yesterday. It has been a long summer. I can’t wait for it to be over. School started for the kids on Tuesday, but Seminary doesn’t start until the first Monday. It’s a good thing, too,…
Information on Seminary Course Options (released time, home study, daily or early morning, and online)
Our unit has a number of challenges that make it very difficult to organize Seminary. Our boundaries have resulted in a unit that covers parts of the boundaries of three high schools. Additionally, one family of three Seminary-aged children attends…
Why Students Hate Seminary (And What Teachers Can Do About It)
Students hate Seminary for many of the same reasons they hate school. I know I hated school, and there were times I didn’t like Seminary, either. Below are three reasons students might hate Seminary: Seminary has no point. Students show…
Elders will be Sisters
This hilarious video from the Los Angeles Young Adults parodies Relief Society and Priesthood lessons. So funny!
Teaching The Keystone of our Religion
I’ve been looking for ideas for how to teach about keystones during Seminary next year, and it seems I’m not the only one. The interest stems from a quote by Joseph Smith that says: I told the brethren that the…
Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery Flash Cards for 2013
My son helped me make a set of online scrpture mastery flash cards using Quzlet. Before you ask, yes, these include the updated 2013 scripture mastery passages. Each phrase is an actual quote from the scripture so that students can…
Help me Remake Magic Squares – Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery Rhymes
UPDATE: Below is the work-in-progress. Here is a link to the final version created with help from user comments you see below: http://www.mormonshare.com/lds-clipart/book-of-mormon-scripture-mastery-… UPDATE 2 – If you are looking for strict magic squares style rhymes (without the verses) follow…
Book Review: Teaching the Book of Mormon Part One
I emailed John Bushman, from NW Seminary Share to see if I could do a book review of the book he recently co-authored titled Teaching the Book of Mormon, Part 1 (1 Nephi – Alma 16) by Bushman, Romney, Manis,…
Ideas for Teaching Jacob 5: The Olive Tree Allegory
Today I am home from church with a sick kid, so I thought I’d begin my collection of information on how to teach Jacob 5 next year. I am hoping to do it in two parts, with one an introductory…
The Day I corrected the Church Historian (almost)
I attended SVU‘s Education Conference this weekend. What a strange experience that was! It was part fundraising convention and part spiritual feast. So bizarre. At points it actually seemed like we were at a timeshare sales pitch or an Amway…