Oakland Stake Primary

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

New Online Resource

It’s here! A new resource for parents, teachers, and leaders of children! Beginning this month, the Friend is publishing an online resource of additional helps for teaching children. Included here are stories, activities, and media that support the Primary lessons being taught in 2012. You will also find an index of ideas for different gospel topics. These ideas are all approved resources and can be used with full confidence that they are endorsed by the Church and meet the standard of teaching true doctrine. It is a sacred responsibility to teach children the gospel of Jesus Christ and help them learn to live it. You are doing much more than teaching a lesson—you are teaching children to know and love the Savior, and helping them to be lifelong followers of Jesus Christ.

Go to: lessonhelps.lds.org

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

2012 Primary Lesson Schedules

Here is a downloadable version of the 2012 Lesson Schedules for Primary. It is an Excel spreadsheet that contains separate schedules for Sunbeam, CTR 4-7, and Valiant 8-11 lessons (to switch between schedules, use the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet).

2012 Lesson Schedule - Excel File

Each lesson name is a link you can click on to go to the text of the lesson on lds.org. You are welcome to download the spreadsheet and modify it to fit your ward's particular schedule or to distribute it electronically to your teachers.

If you don't have Excel, here is a pdf version (note that you can't click on the links on this one):

2012 Lesson Schedule - pdf File

November 2011 Leadership Meeting Links

Here are links to the videos and other online resources we talked about in the November leadership meeting. They can all be found on the church website, www.lds.org.

Instructional lessons and videos about teaching appropriate behavior in primary (from the 'classic' lds.org site - these haven't been migrated to the new site yet):

http://lds.org/pa/display/0,17884,5812-1,00.html

"Ministering to Children" Video from the Leadership Training Library:

http://lds.org/service/leadership/primary?lang=eng#ministering-to-children

"Primary Sharing Time" Video from the Leadership Training Library:

http://lds.org/service/leadership/primary?lang=eng#primary-sharing-time

"Watching over the One' Video from the Leadership Training Library:

http://lds.org/service/leadership/minister-to-others?lang=eng#watching-over-the-one

"Loving Those You Teach" - short talk by Elder Uchtdorf from the 'Teaching the Gospel' training materials:

http://lds.org/service/teaching-the-gospel/principles-and-methods-of-teaching/love-those-you-teach?lang=eng