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Any ideas how to combine several lessons to get caught up?

The post Any ideas how to combine several lessons to get caught up? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Amy Stuart Wolcott Amy Stuart Wolcott: Any ideas how to combine several lessons to get...

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What do you do if you have a ‘Snow Day’ or ‘Calamity Day’?

The post What do you do if you have a ‘Snow Day’ or ‘Calamity Day’? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Kirsten Thomas Fitzgerald Kirsten Thomas Fitzgerald: So, what do you all do if you have...

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How to involve a student who refuses to participate in an activity?

The post How to involve a student who refuses to participate in an activity? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Ben Millard Ben Millard: Anyone have suggestions on how to involve a student...

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Rewards and prizes that ARE NOT candy?

The post Rewards and prizes that ARE NOT candy? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Wendy Milam Gorner Wendy Milam Gorner: Help needed! So many of the ideas for games and contests for...

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What do you do when the winter doldrums hit?

The post What do you do when the winter doldrums hit? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Laralee Trentman Laralee Trentman: What do you do when the winter doldrums hit? Last year I did a...

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RED Read Every Day

The post RED Read Every Day appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Lollie Lyman Debenham Lollie Lyman Debenham: Somebody posted the idea of getting the students to Read Every Day (RED) by...

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How many of you stick closely to the manual?

The post How many of you stick closely to the manual? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Emma Pearson Emma Pearson: How many of you stick closely to the manual? Do you use other resources...

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Helping Parents Help Tardy Students

The post Helping Parents Help Tardy Students appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Josh Donat Josh Donat: Interesting post on LDS Living today. If you’ve got a student that’s struggling with...

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Do You Need a Source or a Resource ?

The post Do You Need a Source or a Resource ? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Scott Knecht When I was a brand new, full time seminary teacher I went to a training meeting. I was eager for...

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Seminary Success and Tender Mercy

The post Seminary Success and Tender Mercy appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Angie Kent Rennie Angie Kent Rennie: This is a bit long, but I just wanted to share a little *success* & a...

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Help seminary students find and identify the principles being taught?

The post Help seminary students find and identify the principles being taught? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Kathleen Hemphill Kathleen Hemphill: Does anyone have a great way to help...

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Smeinary Students Teaching?

The post Smeinary Students Teaching? appeared first on Jenny Smith's LDS Ideas. By Ben Lewis Ben Lewis: I have been pondering about President Eyring’s talk during the Priesthood Session about preparing...

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10 Tips for Giving a Great Talk

Primary Object Lesson Talks You will get some good ideas from my LDS Object Lessons for simple Primary talks. Top Ten tips for Giving a Great Talk by Robert Felts, New Era, August 2000 from LDS.org...

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Regional Seminary Inservice Report – Leading Discussions with Good Questions...

We had a regional inservice training the first weekend in January. In this area, Seminary and Institute teachers are invited to a Saturday training that lasts for several hours. This one went from 9 AM...

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Improving the Quality of Devotional Talks

Youth devotionals — they can put the most patient of teachers over the edge.  The forgetting, the faking, the false doctrine, the too-familiar gospel cliches all combine in a slow-moving train wreck...

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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...

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Evaluating A Gospel Lesson – 10 Questions to Ask

After a lesson is complete, you may feel elated or even discouraged.  Evaluating your teaching is an important, often neglected, step that can help you improve as a teacher.  Evaluating your lessons is...

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Increasing Student Participation during Gospel Lessons

Most gospel teachers struggle with classroom participation. Sometimes you’ll get a classroom of students who are very active and loud, and other times you may have a classroom of very quiet students....

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My Lesson is Boring!

AC expressed a common concern on the LDS Seminary Teacher Facebook Group: “I’m a new teacher this year, not creative at all and need desperate help. I have my two boys in my class and they both tell me...

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The myth of “Church Approved” resources

I got an email today asking me if my website was church approved.  I thought I had squelched the myth of “church approved” 11 years ago…  Guess not. This question indicates a misinterpretation of...

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