Articles Of Faith Charades - Primary Activity Days - Fun Article of Faith Lesson!

Such a fun way to have an Article of Faith lesson!! 

Hook the computer up to a TV and you are ready to go! 

Most church building have TV's, but this activity would also work at a home! 

I tried to have each Charades word at least somewhat relate to something in the Article of Faith. Here's the leader key (answer key) that shows the PowerPoint slide with the Charade word under it... some are more intuitive than others but all the Charade words are "easy" and perfect for kids  :)

 

There files are available HERE

Latter Day Saint Church History Tour - Early Church Events Lesson for Kids - Primary Church History Activity - Activity Days for Latter Day Saints

I am beyond excited about this activity!! After making and doing this Church History Jeoparty Lesson for my kids, I've kind of been on a roll with church history! I realized my own kids don't know much about it! I grew up going to Palmyra every other summer so I feel like church history was just part of my childhood but my kids are not so lucky! This was a great way to introduce some main topics and give them just a hint of some stories they will hopefully learn more about one day!

I'll let these infographics do the most the explaining but essentially this is a PowerPoint driven lesson where each player/child/participant has a workbook to help them follow along. On each new slide of the PowerPoint, the class will do 3 things: 

1. Play Charades. This Charades word is related to the lesson topic and is meant to keep this fun and light for kids. 

2. Get the letter they need to fill in their workbook so they can "translate" a Joseph Smith quote at the end of the workbook when they have all the letters. 

3. While kids are filling in the letters in their workbook, the leader can share what happened at that location and teach just a little bit. Please feel free to add any info that you know if time allows. 

 

My kids HATED this, so it worked perfectly :)

My kids + a few neighbor kids had a blast with this and I was so happy they actually remembered some things they learned! These files plus more are available HERE :)

Guessing Valentines - DIY Valentines with a riddle!

I made these "Guessing Valentines" for a different project and I thought these could be really fun at activity days! Maybe to add to a service activity in February or maybe you can make a whole activity of making a gift basket for different people in the ward! 

The idea is you have to solve the guess what's inside using the clue before you can open it up and eat the candy, making these Valentines just a little more fun!

I separated out the clues for the chocolate in the "Costco Mix" making it a lot easier to just print the Valentines for this candy. 

 

Latter Day Saint Church History Lesson + "Jeoparty" for Kids and Youth - Learn some basics about church history!

I'm embarrassed to say my kids hardly knew a thing about Church History. We live near Salt Lake and I have taken them to the Church History museum and they still didn't know hardly anything. I made this lesson for my own family and think it would make an AWESOME activity days or Family Home Evening. 

If you choose to use the digital version of the "Jeoparty", you shouldn't need anything besides a lap top, HDMI cable and your computer (unless you're more tech savvy than I am and you know how to do this a better way). 

I started with the Church History Lesson. I got all the information for the slides form LDS.org … there are a lot more topics but I  narrowed it down to highlights with just a couple bullet points on each slide. 

1. Young Joseph Smith

2. Joseph Smith's First Vision

3. Moroni Visits Joseph Smith

4. Joseph Smith Marries Emma Hale

5. Joseph Smith Obtains Plates

6. Priesthood Restored

7. Book of Mormon Translation Completed

8. Book of Mormon Published

9. Church Organized

10. Quorum of the Twelve Organized

11. Kirtland Temple Dedicated

12. Joseph Smith Imprisoned in Liberty Jail

13. Relief Society Organized

14. Joseph Smith Martyred

15. Brigham Young Arrives in Salt Lake

16. Salt Lake Temple Dedicated

After the Church History Lesson, divide the group into two different groups for some Church History Jeoparty!

I used the digital version.... so all I did was click the number and the question would appear underneath: 

All these files are available on my ETSY and I also included a scorecard for two different teams and of coarse an answer key :) HAPPY Jeaoparty!!