Bunco – One of My Favorite Family-Friendly, Grab’n'Go Games

Posted by on Jan 14, 2010 in Popular Posts: Entertaining | 5 comments This past New Year’s Eve I was hit with a party dilemma.  We were hosting a big family party at our house and I needed a game that could be played by everyone – adults and kids.  There are lots of games on the market that can be ‘played by all ages’ but I wanted something that could actually be enjoyed and possibly won by all ages.  Finally, a few hours before the...
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Help Your Family Connect with Their Scriptures with Easy Scripture Stickers

Posted by on Nov 23, 2007 in Popular Posts: LDS | 7 comments After over two years of creating, testing and refining this bright idea, it’s finally time to post it. Hopefully you’ll be as enthusiastic about it as I am. Two years ago my husband and I decided to purchase scriptures for each of our kids. Although they were pretty excited to have them at first, the scriptures quickly lost their luster for my young, non-reading kids. I needed a way to...
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Gossip Object Lesson

Posted by on Mar 11, 2007 in Popular Posts: LDS | 3 comments I used the following object lesson to illustrate the point that in regards to gossip, we never know who we could hurt or how far our words will carry. At the beginning of class, I asked one girl to come to the front of the room, turned her back to the class, and handed her a softball.  I then asked the rest of the class if there were any that felt comfortable catching the ball.  When one...
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Sabbath Day Object Lesson

Posted by on Jul 14, 2006 in Popular Posts: LDS | 5 comments I used this object lesson to illustrate that the Sabbath Day commandment was created to help our bodies, minds, and Spirits. To begin, I asked one of my laurels (who is an art lover) to name one of her favorite artists.  I then asked her, if I removed the name from one of his works, would she still be able to identify it as his?  She said yes, and I had her explain why.  She mentioned that...
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Repentance Object Lesson

Posted by on Jul 7, 2006 in Popular Posts: LDS | 6 comments I found the initial idea for this object lesson using a $20 bill online.  It worked well for my Laurels so I thought I’d pass it on. At the beginning of class, I held up a new, crisp $20 bill.  I asked the girls if any of them would like it.  I asked the most enthusiastic volunteer to tell the class what she would buy with the cash.  I then took the bill from her, wrinkled it and then asked...
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