Here's a resource to help you teach your children about the people in the Bible. This Bible People printable will help you do just that.
Need a good Bible curriculum for your "one room" Sunday School? This guide includes all-in-one Sunday School ideas & curriculum for the multi-age class!
Free LDS General Conference Printable with updated 2018 Apostles and Prophet and info on the back
Use these ten kindness games to teach kindness and kindness concepts in a fun, silly, hands-on way that kids will love to play.
In our home, we love general conference. We also love ice cream. So it seemed like a great idea to combine the two for a weekly family night. I would like to share with you our lesson plan to help your family prepare for General Conference also. This FHE talks about what general conference is […]
When you're still technically in school, but the conditions just aren't great for teaching, what do you do to make the most of the time? Here are 30 ideas.
****NEW Fantasy General Conference Free Printable Print >>>>HERE Alright World, it is getting close to the next session of Gene...
I saw another blogger make a fabulous Armour of God felt book activity, but unfortunately don't know what blog so can't post credit (sorry). A4 design, the soldier without his armour. I've created a couple of versions, all of which can be printed onto card, laminated and made into a great scripture related activity. It can also be printed on to transfer paper (if using a mirror image version of image. The pieces can also be matched to the correct shape/ word. A version were the pieces are all on one page. I am going to put these up on alljoinin.net but yet to do so. When I create this in felt I think I will make the man out of felt sewn so that the armour can be then gripped onto the man most effectively, I will keep you posted.
Print this chart to reframe ordinary actions and values Jewishly (and in Hebrew too, even if you don’t know from Hebrew). When you catch your kid doing something good, name it, frame it, prai…
When I ask my son where he feels closest to God, he always answers in the forest or somewhere in nature. Following his cue, on a recent family trip to the forest, I took along materials for one of my favorite Godly Play stories, "The Ten Best Ways to Live". As you may have guessed, this story is about the Ten Commandments given to Moses in Exodus. The title here says so much: we tend to think of commandments in our modern language as being something harshly restrictive, but these commandments are meant to show us how to live life to the fullest. I brought along a portable desert sack that is smaller than the one I use in church and knew where I could get some sand in the forest. Then, I took 7 small wooden figures, a rock for Mount Sinai, and the heart-shaped box that holds the commandments. In case you have never seen the box that holds the commandments, it looks like this: There is a strong non-verbal message going on in this story that is communicated through this box. The heart shape communicates the motivation behind the commandments themselves: not a divine Kill-joy who tries to control everything, but a wise Father who loves us enough to give some healthy advice and boundaries. There are two versions of this story, an abridged version for small children and a longer version for older ones. The last time my kids heard the abridged version because we were with younger children, so I chose to tell them the longer version this time. My favorite part of the longer version is where Moses asks to see God's face and God explains that no man can see God's face and live. Instead, God places Moses between two rocks and allows him to see God from behind. The GP storyteller then makes the statement that seeing God face to face is too much for us. But if we see him from behind, we can then follow Him all the days of our lives. The heart in the foreground has the two greatest commandments that Jesus said summed up the 10 Commandments: Love God, Love people, and a reminder that God loves us. The Ten Commandments themselves are on the other plates to the left. During the wondering phase, my son found the most important and best thing to be how Moses always put God first. Both children were pretty aghast that the children of Israel would worship a golden calf, which led to a discussion about what kinds of things people today worship. The only single commandment that either child seemed to mention or identify with was the first one, probably because we have been learning the commandments together. That's one of the great things about "Wondering" in Godly Play: you can focus on the things that speak to you at that particular point in time and then find something new at a later date. In that respect, GP is a lot like Lectio Divina. We have been learning one commandment a week during our family time before the kids go to bed each night. I have been using a kid-friendly version of the Ten Commandments that you can find here. I let the kids make up hand motions to go with each commandment and this has been effective in helping them to remember. Do you have any interesting ways to teach children about the Ten Commandments?
I attended a Bible teacher's workshop and wanted to share some of the photos.
We had a blast with these Gideon activities for kids, they especially loved our craft this week.
Use these ten kindness games to teach kindness and kindness concepts in a fun, silly, hands-on way that kids will love to play.
General Conference Jeopardy is a game shared by Elder Neil L. Andersen. A fun way to review General Conference as a family. October 2018 Conference.
The kids will have a blast and learn such a powerful lesson with this "Making Good Choices Object Lesson & Family Discussion Outline." Such a cool idea!!
In lesson 15, Jacob and Esau, the kiddos had a blast doing some “cooking.” We started off by asking the kiddos if they remembered who we were talking about last week (see Lesson 14). Sure enough, they remembered. As we spoke about Abraham, his wife Sarah and the promises God fulfilled to them, we placed […]
How to prepare your next LDS lesson plus basic outline to print
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Use the Resisting Temptation Group Group Activities as a fun activity for your next children's sermon.
Scripture Reference: Judges 6 Suggested Emphasis: The Lord can help us do great things for Him, even if we feel we are not good enough. Memory Verse: “Yes, God is working in you to help you w…
Feeling frustrated with the struggle to keep your students' attention? Here are 20 ideas to help you maintain their attention in fun and engaging ways!
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Prophets and Apostles Matching Games This is up to date as of April 2018
In the Collaborative Model, struggling students are never left out or left behind.
Gideon is so much fun for the students! This is a lesson with a lot of visuals, and they are able to up, moving around and loud! Gideon is found in Judges 6. Gideon was one of the judges. He was a judge for 40 years. An Angel of God came to Gideon and said, “The Lord is with you, you mighty man of valor!” (Valor means full of courage or brave.) The Israelite people had disobeyed God, so He let them be ruled over by the Midianites for 7 years. Gideon really couldn’t believe that God wanted HIM to fight the Midianites. The Lord told Gideon to take down the altar of Baal and the wooden image that was next to it. (Judges 6:25-27) He was told to build an altar of rock and sacrifice a bull. Gideon took 10 men and tore down the altar of Baal during the night. When the men saw the Baal altar gone the next morning, they asked who had taken it down. Someone said Gideon. They told Gideon’s father (Joash) to go and bring Gideon, but Joash replied, "Let Baal take care of it!" People from different tribes started gathering with Gideon. Gideon asked God that “IF you really want ME to save Israel, I will put a piece of wool on the floor. If You put dew on the wool only and there isn’t any dew on the floor, then I will know you will save Israel by my hand.” The next morning, Gideon could wring water from the wool and there wasn’t any dew on the floor. Gideon asked God again, “Don’t be angry with me, but one more test, will You put the dew on the floor and make the wool dry this time?” And, of course, when Gideon woke up, there was dew on the floor and the wool was dry. (We discussed dew outside and how when we have dew, it is everywhere, and not just certain places.) The next morning when Gideon and the people woke up and gathered together, God told Gideon that there were too many people there to fight the Midianites. God wanted the people to know they won the battle because of Him, not because there were so many people willing to fight. God told Gideon to let the people go that were afraid. So, 22,000 left, but there were still 10,000 people with Gideon. God said, “That is still too many. Take them to the water for a test. Separate the ones that cup their hands and lap the water like a dog from the ones who get on their knees to get a drink.” (Judges 7:5) God told Gideon to take the ones that cupped their hands to drink. There were only 300 men, but God said that He would be with them to beat the Midianites. God instructed Gideon to take his servant and go down into the valley where the Midianites were camped. They had so many people in the camp “like locusts” and so many camels; they were like “sand on the seashore!” Gideon divided the 300 men into three groups. He gave each of them a trumpet, and empty pitcher with a torch inside. Gideon told them to watch him and copy what he does. When I blow the trumpet, then you will blow yours and say, “The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.” For the battle, I turned off the lights, since it was midnight. The kids threw down their pitchers, held the torch and blew their trumpets! FUN! (I warned the next-door teacher before class!) Gideon had 100 men with him and when they got to the camp about midnight, they blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers. Then the other groups of men did the same thing! They held the torches in the left hand and trumpets in their right hand. The Midianite men woke up and cried out! Some of them killed each other and then they ran! Gideon sent messengers to tell the other tribes to seize the Midianites that are hiding. They found them everywhere! They even captured two princes! After all the fighting, the country was calm for 40 years. (Judges 8:28) This is today's take-home that we used during the lesson. There is a front and back which is just black & white so you can print on color cardstock. I cut them out, and put glue around the outside edges, LEAVING the top open so I could insert the torch. You can print it here. I found this pitcher at Hobby Lobby, the 'horn' at Oriental Trading a LONG time ago and made the torch for this visual. I use a ram's horn that can be purchased at eBay or Amazon. I also bought this fleece at Hobby Lobby ($12.99-30% everyday). Pretty expensive, so I bought 1/2 a yard and cut smaller pieces to let the kids take home. They love to feel this! I handed out sandwich baggies for the fleece and the trumpet to be kept in until they got home. The fleece likes to shed, but really, it's worth it! HA! Had to show you this! My dog must have thought I had a friend for her, since it looks like poodle hair! She sniffed it all over and had to nudge under it! ☺ Sorry, back to the lesson! Click here to download the updated visuals. The file contains updated visuals for Judges 6-7 and all are not shown. Click here to download the pictures to color. (These are the same as the visuals but are black & white.) Click here to see the worksheets for this quarter. Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission.
This free Bible lesson is based on Matthew 22:15-22 on paying the imperial tax to Caesar. It is designed for children’s church or Sunday Lectionary Sunday School Lessons for Kids No Right Answer? Sunday School Lesson from Matthew 22:15-22
Parable of the Pencil You will be able to do great things, but only if you allow yourself to be held by someone higher than you. It is...
I like a good plan. I love a great plan. Here is my plan for one of the most potentially fabulous (and often problematic) weekends of the year: October General Conference! Fabulous because, wow, a modern-day prophet?! Problematic because, convincing kids that it's inherently fabulous is neither inherent nor fabulous. Did that make sense? Preparation Earlier in the week, print and assemble "General Conference Doodle Books 2015, Part 2." Arrange creative supplies in neat stacks in the closet or office, including: stacks of old church magazines, markers and colored pencils, pens, glue-sticks, scissors, Legos, Lego Idea Cards, etc. Buy food. Clean the house on Friday. Put up fall decorations. Please note that where we live, Conference begins at noon and 2 pm. Your mileage may vary. Saturday Morning: attend the birthday party for a four year old in our neighborhood. Eat lunch there and pray that it finishes in a timely manner. First Session: Introduce the children to the "Creative Conference Corner" (kitchen table) with Doodle Books from Jocelyn Christensen, our special occasion coloring books, and fresh markers and colored pencils I bought during back-to-school sales. Oh, and their vacuum thermoses filled with water, so they aren't wandering into the kitchen. It's hard for me to focus on anything when I know someone is creating unnecessary crumbs and dishes nearby. Between Sessions: Encourage outdoor play. Tidy the "Creative Conference Corner." Put canned soup (Italian Wedding) in the slow-cooker on high. Second Session: Set-out old church magazines, scissors, and glue-sticks. Encourage General Conference Collages. Also have the Doodle books and coloring supplies available. Afternoon/Evening: Eat slow-cooker soup with a side of grilled cheese sandwiches. Encourage the 12 year old to dress for the Priesthood session. Start overnight maple cinnamon rolls (recipe from Sally's Baking Addiction). Sunday Morning: Finish making overnight maple cinnamon rolls. Enjoy as a special breakfast. Take the kids on a nature walk, looking for the prettiest fallen leaves. First Session: Set-out Legos and Lego Idea papers. Also have Doodle Books and coloring supplies available. Between Sessions: Libby's Pumpkin Bread. We made this last year during fall General Conference, and it was wonderful. Allow the children to swing, just to get out of the house. Final Session: Either set out play dough or printed quotes from the conference summaries that have happened so far, for them to decorate. If you check lds.org, you should see a link for "talk summaries." Copy and paste your favorite quotes into a word document. I brought the margins in by half an inch on each side, centered the words, and increased the font size for the image below. Sneak a lasagna in the oven so it finishes baking shortly after conference finishes. Afternoon/Evening: Take the lasagna out of the oven. Put in Pillsbury French bread. After eating dinner, offer to play Apples to Apples, Jr. with the kids before bed. Baby Ideas At almost 10 months, I feel Baby Q is too young to appreciate the toddler conference activities I've seen (we'll reevaluate in six months), so my objective is to keep him happy and quiet as much as possible. Before and between sessions, I'll try to give Baby Q some one-on-one play time, especially outdoors and active. Remember meals and naps. I think I'll assign one baby-helper per session (older sibling). We'll see how that goes. I could take him out of the room during choir songs to read board books. He loves a bottle filled with water. We can offer him that and his Cheerios snack container during sessions.
One of the best things to do on the first day of school is plan cooperative learning activities where students can get to know one another.
Religious education ideas for Catholic teachers, homeschoolers, and catechists- crafts, lessons, and printables on Sacraments, Scripture and Prayer.
Scripture Reference: Jeremiah 18-19 Suggested Emphasis: God is in control of nations and of our lives. Memory Verse: “God is King of all the earth. So sing a song of praise to him. God is Kin…
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