Category Archives: Primary

#LIGHTtheWORLD: Dinner on Your Doorstep Free Printable Kit from Pink Cake Plate

We hope by now you’ve heard about the mormon.org #LIGHTtheWORLD Christmas campaign and are finding ways to help others.   Sugardoodle has partnered with some creative bloggers to bring you free printable kits to aid you in your service.  Each blogger has created their own free kit of printable supplies for you.

Laura at Pink Cake Plate has designed a Dinner on Your Doorstep free printable kit to make taking dinner to someone else easy and cute.  You could take a whole meal or just a sweet treat to someone in need.  Get the whole family involved in this service activity!

All of the instructions and printables are completely FREE to use, however you will not find them here on Sugardoodle.  Instead we have shared them with some fabulous LDS bloggers and site owners who have each taken these printables and used them in their own way.  You can find them by visiting the #LIGHTtheWORLD main page and clicking on one of the supporting site links.  This list is growing daily, so check back often!

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We hope these free printables will inspire you to find ways to serve your neighbors, friends, and family.  The #LIGHTtheWORLD campaign is all about spreading kindness in whatever way you can.  It starts December 1, 2016 with a Worldwide Service Day.  Taking dinner to someone would be a wonderful way to share the love of our Savior.

Please help us spread the word about these printable kits on your social media.  Also, don’t forget to use the hashtag #LIGHTtheWORLD and share the mormon.org video.  Tweet, pin, and post about the goodness to help inspire others.  Let kindness light the world this Christmas season!

A big thank you to Laura at Pink Cake Plate for taking the time to create this fun dinner kit!

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LDS Primary Teaching Helps – FREE Lesson Review Worksheet

2017 LDS Primary - Lesoon ReviewHi friends,
I have been fortunate to be called into primary for the last several years, (presidency & teaching) and I have LOVED it!  There are several things that I have loved about working in primary, but one of the things that has been the BEST is being able to be in primary with my oldest son.  I love being able to see first hand what he is learning.  It is also great to be able to come home and talk about what we learned together.
We moved into a new ward this past summer, so I was out of primary for a short while.  During that time, I would ask my son how primary was and what he learned, and I’d get crickets.  Or one word answers.  I knew he was enjoying primary. I knew he was learning.  But I couldn’t seem to get him to talk about it…unless he brought home a handout or coloring page that showed what his lesson was about.  Then I could ask him SPECIFIC questions about what his lesson was about. For example, he would bring home a paper that he colored that said, “I am happy when I serve others.” From this, I could ask, “I see that you talked about serving others. What are some ways you can serve others?”  And what do you know, he would open up and tell me all about what he learned about serving others, along with lots of other little details about primary.
Shortly after moving into the new ward, I was called to teach the best 6 year-olds ever! When I began teaching, I wanted to be able to send home a handout or coloring page or something so that parents could use as a conversation starter with their children.  But I found that not every lesson lend itself to handouts, and often times, the coloring pages would be left in primary.  So I decided to create this printable LESSON REVIEW to email to parents each week after church. It has been a great resource for our class, so I thought I would share it with all of you!

Primary2017-LessonReviewListing-02This worksheet can be filled out a few different ways.  You can hand write the information in.  But if that doesn’t sound so enticing, I have made these worksheets editable!  If you have adobe reader, just open the files, click in the boxes to add text and type away!  If that seems to intimidating, you can also upload the file to www.pdfescape.com and add text there.  Then, save and email to the parents.  Or, print and take to each home.  If you had a child not attend that day, you could print and take to the home to let them know they were missed.

The worksheet has 5 components1- Fill in class name (ex. CTR 5, Valiant 11, etc.)
2- Fill out the date, lesson name and things your class is working on (ex. Articles of Faith, reverence, kindness in class, etc.)
3- Use this area to summarize your lesson and share activities or games you played.
4- Use this area to share what you challenged the children to do during the week.
5- This area can be used to give parents some talking points to use with their children. Or if you want to make a sheet for each child, you could write something that the child said or did during class.  As a parent, I love hearing what my kid talks about when I’m not around:)  You could also use this area to share a simple testimony.

I have created 3 different sheets.  1 for CTR classes, 1 for Valiant classes, and 1 for Sharing Time.  I hope you find these Lesson Review Worksheets helpful for you in your classes.
Heart,Melanie B.
SageWood Ave. Designs

Click here to download the CTR class Lesson Review
Click here to download the Valiant class Lesson Review
Click here to download the Sharing Time Lesson Review

I designed these worksheets to coordinate with my 2017 LDS Primary Theme Printables that are available in my shop.  Click here for more information on these coordinating printables.

2017 LDS Primary Theme

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MeckMom’s Teaching Tips: A Super-Sweet Object Lesson for Baptism Talks

This easy object lesson teaches about the blessings of baptism and how we can renew our covenants through repentance and the sacrament. As a bonus, the supplies you use double as an inexpensive gift for the baptism kids.

Check out the video below to find out how to use this cotton-candy object lesson in your next baptism talk, FHE lesson or primary class.

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Find more LDS teaching tips and printables on the Sugardoodle Blog and my site MeckMom.com.

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How does culture influence primary teaching in Hawaii?

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While on our trip to Laie Hawaii we interviewed several primary teachers that work at the Polynesian Cultural Center to find out how culture has an influence on their teaching.

In this interview we visit with Misty Rose a floor manager at one of the restaurants at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Laie Hawaii.  She has taught a CTR 7 class for nearly 3 years and has always been in primary callings as an adult.  We learn from her how she deals with the challenges of teaching a class with so many different cultures blended together.  Her class and many primary classes in Hawaii can easily have children with heritage from Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Hawaii and many other diverse places.  It’s fascinating to hear her experiences. Our site visitors can enter to win a trip for 4 Hawaii here.

Bottom line is the gospel of Jesus Christ is true and touches lives all over the world. Follow the spirit which will guide and inspire you how to best touch your class as you pray for inspiration.

MeckMom’s Teaching Tips: 30-second Trick for Teaching Scripture Stories

The internet is full of beautiful printables to teach the scripture stories. Unfortunately, sometimes you only have a few minutes to throw together a meaningful FHE or Primary lesson. In this short video I teach my favorite quick and easy trick for helping young kids act out the scripture stories. Using simple supplies you can find in any Church library, you’ll be able to whip up a finger-puppet primary lesson in a matter of minutes.

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