Saturday, September 24, 2011

YW-3-33: Each Person Is Divine and Eternal

I've decided that I try to put too many elements into my lessons.  The past 3 lessons, we've run out of time before I get to most of what I am wanting to do.  So for this lesson, I'm going to try to simplify it a bit.  I think this lesson is one of the most important there is and want to make sure the girls get it.
That said, I also feel this lesson is packed with guilt!  This question: "Knowing the worth of souls, would you want to make even one person feel that he or she was not of worth?" is what creates "Mormon guilt." 
Ok, tirade over.  Just wanted to put that out there.
So, I'm letting someone else do my handout work this week, thank you HolyHandouts.  Here's the handout:
Since I don't have many pairs of gloves, Phillip (my husband) suggested having the girls make gloves out of playdough (which we have plenty of).
The story at the end of the lesson seems pretty long and I think I might be replacing it with a video (visual works better than audio for our Beehives).  I'm thinking about the old seminary video with the girl who has to ask the "popular" girl to come to mutual.  We'll see, I have to find it and make sure it's not too long of course.  I'll post the details when I find it.
Discarded thoughts that might help you:  I had also thought of sharing the Sand Dollar story on the handout, but that whole simplifying thing got in the way... I'm sure there will be another opportunity.
I also liked this picture and thought about adding it to a handout:



Wow, lots of typing today.  Happy Saturday everyone and enjoy the RS broadcast tonight!

Saturday, September 17, 2011

YW-3-32: Service in the Community

For the puzzle, I took a picture of our teapot and broke it up:

These will be attatched to a baggie of Mini Chips Ahoy: (altered from the idea Rachael Gordon left at Sugardoodle)
Here is the handout 4/page.
And finally, we will be taking Linda's idea, also from Sugardoodle, and tying a quilt during the lesson.
I think it will be fun, wish me luck!

Uploading Videos

For some of my lessons, I've found vidoes from different sources online (i.e. YouTube).  Unfortunatly my internet service doesn't work all the way to the church building so I had to find a way to download the video to show it to the girls. 
This is the program I use: Online Video Converter

Saturday, September 3, 2011

YW-3-31: Service in the Church

This week's lesson tells a story about 2/3 of the way through about the three young men who went to help the pioneers in Wyoming.  Instead of reading the story, I will be playing the video of the talk from the Doctrine and Covenants and Church History DVD Presentations (segment 20, "Tried in All Things").
I used this quote from the end of the lesson for my handout:

Here is the handout: 6/page.
At the end of the lesson I will give the girls some journaling paper to write thank you notes to whomever they wish to thank them for their service in the church. 

Here is the paper: 4/page