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Activity Days Ideas
Activity Day Ideas #1
One of the things that appears over and over in the goals listed in thr Faith In God booklet is “describe…” “discuss…” “list…” “share…” etc. All those things seem pretty vague and well, I hate…
Activity Day Ideas #2
At the previous activity we made something to work with, so in order to balance work with fun, at this activity we made something to play with- Marshmallow guns.
Activity Day Ideas #3
Before this activity I sent the girls home with a blank pedigree chart (pdf) and instructions to fill out the chart as much as possible with a parent and to find a story from their…
Activity Day Ideas #4
There are two goals listed in the Faith in God booklet that suggest learning a song. Under Learning and Living the Gospel is: Learn to sing Choose the Right (Hymns, no. 239). Explain what agency…
Activity Day Ideas #6
In my last post I mentioned that, due to weather, we had to postpone filming our movie twice. Which means that there were two activities where I had to come up with something at the…
Activity Day Ideas #8
While I was in college I discovered the joy of attending the student recitals. They are, for the most part, free. They are also generally speaking very good performances (as it is a self selected…
Activity Days Idea #5
Under Learning and Living the Gospel one of the goals is to “Tell a story from the Book of Mormon that teaches about faith in Jesus Christ. Share your testimony of the Savior.” I suggested…
Activity Days Ideas #7
The church’s Humanitarian Services does a great deal of good, and is a nice starting point for finding opportunities for service projects. They maintain a Current Needs page that is updated once every few months…
Children’s Nativity Script
Here is a simple, readers theater nativity I wrote for my Primary Sharing Time. Â I also used it for a Family Home Evening. Â Other than Joseph and Mary, all parts are gender-neutral. You may increase…
Christmas Series: Primary Nativity Program
If your ward is anything like mine, the Nativity program put on by the children of the Primary at the annual Ward Christmas Party is a highlight of the season! Â Some years, the script…
Comfort Box: The 72 Hour Kit that will save you from becoming a zombie.
Am I prepared? Anytime I am watching a zombie apocalypse roll forth on television I question if my emergency preparedness supplies are sufficient. Would I survive or become a zombie? The ward emergency preparedness…
Emergency Substitute Young Women or Sunday School Lesson
I teach a combined class of Laurels and Miamaids. A couple of months ago, as I was planning a lesson, I kept getting emails saying that my lesson time would be cut short. They had…
Guest Post: The Cost of Volunteer Hours in the Church’s Cub Scouting Program
by Nate Curtis Nate is an economist and EmilyCC’s spouse and co-Cubmaster. He wrote this post as a response to her “Institutionalized Gender Inequality Starts in the Church at Age 8.” Money is a standard…
Racer’s Choice
All the planets aligned and one of our dearest feminist fantasies has come true. My activity day girls got to participate in the pinewood derby.
Resurrection Eggs
Right now my church job is doing Activity Days for the 8-year-old girls. As Easter is coming up, I decided to do a craft that would double as a FHE that the girls could do…
Rituals of Adulthood and Equality?
After participating in The White House Youth Round Table discussion last month I started thinking about more than just politics. It forced me to evaluate who we as a community consider juvenile or adult and…
Birth/Rebirth
- Activity Days Ideas
- Birth / Rebirth
- Book Reviews
- Christmas
- Classics
- Come Follow Me Lessons
- Contemplating Heavenly Mother
- #CopingWithCOVID
- Daughters in My Kingdom Lessons
- Deleted Comments Department
- Doves & Serpents / Exponent Blogger Swap
- Exponent Blog Ten Year Retrospective
- Exponent Gets Political
- Fortieth Anniversary
- Friday Photo Feature
- From the Backlist
- General Women’s Session Reviews
- Gospel Principles Lessons
- #hearLDSwomen
- Heavenly Mother’s Day
- International
- International Women’s Day
- Menopause and Me
- Mixed Faith Marriages
- Mormons and Death
- #MormonMeToo
- Music and the Church
- #MyExponent2
- Poetry Sundays
- Primary Lessons
- Queer Mormon Women
- Reconstructing Faith
- Relief Society Lessons
- Religious Feminism Podcast
- Sacred Music Sundays
- Single and Married in the LDS Church
- Teaching, No Greater Call
- A Values-based Approach to Woman-friendly Policy in the LDS Church
- Virtual Oases
- Visible Women
- Visiting Teaching Lessons
- WHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife
- Women of the Bible
- Young Women Lessons