[Teachldsseminary] SM: Joseph Smith History verse

[Kim Malacko]

Cookie recipe please...........
this is a great idea.  You could probably decorate the cookie with the 
scripture reference and key words.
Kim


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Esemmom at aol.com>
To: <teachldsseminary at latter-dayvillage.com>
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Teachldsseminary] SM: Joseph Smith History verse


>I have 23 ninth graders and 11 of them have memorized JSH 1:15-20 so far
> this year, with 6 more actively getting closer.  I think all but 2 or 3 
> will
> pass it off by years end.  The best I've had in 3 years of teaching 
> Doctrine and
> Covenants/Church History.
>
> I have them read it outloud three times a day.  It is easy, since it 
> reads
> as a story.  I also have the first letters printed out on a sheet if  they 
> need
> it, but most who have thought they did need it, when they began, found 
> out
> they really didn't.  Reading it outloud reinforces the words to their 
> memory
> two ways.  First, they are reading the words, second they are saying  it
> outloud so they can audibly retain it.  It works!
>
> I also have promised them  "A Cookie As Big As Their Face" when they  pass 
> it
> off for two witnesses.  It is a homemade cookie of their choice  baked in 
> a
> 10-inch cake pan.  It equals 2.5 dozen cookies each.   Chocolate chip is 
> the
> current favorite.  They call it the "Got Cookie  Club".
>
> They memorize the scripture to the best of their ability, earn the cookie,
> and then they share it with family and friends, both member and 
> non-member.
>
> Like the gospel, they take the cookie (word) and share the "sweetness" 
> with
> those around them!
>
> Sister Brown
> Boise, Idaho
> "Get up in the morning.  Load your handcart.   Head to Zion!"
>
>
>
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