Seminary games

Divide class into teams (smaller teams are better so students get to participate at a deeper level) Give each team a bag that contains the names of the books of the New Testament written on individual cards-I used 1/2 size of a piece of construction paper. One at a time have a team member draw a card out of the bag and race to the opposite wall to post. (provide masking tape or sticky tack) As soon as a student posts their card, they race back and tag the next team member who does the same…

By Jason Saul In my last post, I wrote about why it’s important for nonprofits to measure outcomes rather than activities. I was excited to see that the post sparked a discussion, but I also noticed that folks were unsure just how to go about measuring outcomes. So here are a few tips. In more than…

Last year, I was released from my calling as an early-morning seminary teacher in Caldwell, Idaho. I taught for four years and so I know…

Keep your LDS class learning with one of these 10 games

Today we played a memory game. A sweet seminary student made the cards. There are 54 cards. On the front are numbers. On the back are 25 sc...

Need ideas to help seminary students for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have fun learning Doctrinal Mastery scriptures? Check these out and ...

Here is our class Book of Mormon Scripture Mastery Ball The is a soccer ball, but you can use any type of ball. Ask your students if any of them have a spare soccer ball that they can donate to the class. We had one for New Testament and this is something most of the students have asked to have again. Toss, pass, kick, or volley the ball around in "hot potato" fashion. Have a person turn their back to the action and when they stay "STOP", whoever has the ball checks to see where their right…

This is an easy and fun way to learn and reinforce Scripture Mastery verses. See instructions and teaching moment at the end of the photos As students arrive, each seat has 2-3 post-it notes with a word, number, or punctuation mark. When I tell them to go, they must work as a group to get their words in order to make a scripture mastery scripture. Until they see who has the name of the book and some of the numbers, they generally have no idea which scripture they are trying to put together…

Scripture mastery activities are so multi-layered with purposes. Youth have fun while gaining confidence in the scriptures.

The Unfair Game is a totally unfair twist on Jeopardy that your students will LOVE to hate! Learn how to play and find sample game boards in this post.