[Teachldsseminary] TEACH: Lamantation and participation

[Mary Jane Saylor]

Annie, in my class they did not sing, they listened to the song that was
suggested *the sky is crying *and *I *cry from efy cd as they wrote their
poems and  then those who wanted to share them read them.  Surprisingly
there were quite a few that wanted to share them.  I collected them all will
be putting them into a booklet that I will be passing out on the last day of
class.  The booklet will have a picture of this years class, the poems, the
scripture mastery's that the individual has passed off for the year and then
pages for the others to write positive comments about their classmate.  In
our class we play games every Friday.  This was a tradition that was
continue from last years teacher. I really don't like it.  I would prefer to
have the games spread out according to what would work. I have found that
sometimes the games are great but they really detract from the Spirit.  I am
very blessed that the youth in our seminary really try hard to learn.  Of
the 25 that are there every morning only 4 (the same 4 of course) seem to be
somewhere else.  When any of the 4 actively participate I feel really good
about the lesson:>) Have a great day.
Mary Jane EMS 25 great young people

On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Annie Edwards <mykidsmom at satx.rr.com>
wrote:

> As I'm reading different e-mails and stories on LDV about classes singing
> the blues for Lamentations, I'm thinking "what do you guys do that I don't
> do?"  My class would die a thousand deaths before they would sing blues
> songs.  Is it the kids that set the tone for these kinds of things or the
> teacher?
>
> I try really hard to make seminary fun, maybe too much sometimes because
> when I teach a lesson without games, they are almost offended.  So, we do
> get a long and have fun, but they are really quite shy and reserved for the
> most part.  Have some of you blues singing teachers faced this and broken
> them out of it, or is it that you have some strong kids who are fun loving
> and set the tone for the rest of the class?
>
> Annie in Texas
>
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> >I just wanted to thank everyone for their ideas on Lamentations.  We used
> > the blues and wrote poems this morning.  They really seemed to enjoy the
> > activity.  (Thanks for the song suggestion, I had no idea of good blues
> > songs to use)  We also played the Prophet and Apostle song from
> about.com,
> > they really got a kick out of it and had me play it again at the end of
> > class.
> > Have a great day.
> > Mary Jane EMS 25 great young people
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Mary Jane Saylor