This week's Junior lesson idea comes from a Friend article- "5 Ways to Be a Peacemaker." Keep kids active by engaging them in a role-playing guessing game. The Senior lesson idea focuses on helping kids become leaders and teachers in their classroom by providing them with a short teaching experience based on covenants.

What can you do to create the kind of classroom that kids feel comfortable and welcome? One way to start is to think about your physical environment and I offer some ideas of how to cultivate one for our amazing primary kids!

This week's Junior Primary lesson idea is about building your class to be more Zion like with encouraging words and making a class flag together. Senior Primary lesson idea has a fun cooperative game and then a project to build your ward to be like Zion. There are a lot of fun ideas for kids to build Zion this week!

A new teaching tip this week that builds on our earlier discussions about how to create a positive culture and climate in your classroom or family scripture study. Rewards and privileges are a fun way to focus on the positive behavior you see in your learners.

In this episode, the Junior Primary lesson idea centers around agency. "Choosing the right makes my spirit stronger!" is the catch phrase. The Senior lesson will be splitting into two groups and teaching each other about the Fall and Jesus Christ. Thanks for listening!

We discuss my favorite and most used teaching tip this week: specific positive praise and how it can greatly benefit your classroom! I will be alternating new teaching tips and lesson ideas every other week.

This week we'll be discussing Moses 1; Abraham 3 from January 5-11 from Come, Follow Me. The teaching tip is a reminder and a week to keep practicing clear expectations before and during your lesson. The Junior Primary lesson idea is an idea about learning through play that you and other's are children of God. The Senior lesson idea is an example of how to set up a role plays in your class to practice tough decisions older kids might face in their daily life.

This week we're studying the Introduction to the Old Testament from Dec. 29- Jan. 4 from Come, Follow Me. We start with a teaching tip about setting clear expectations with your students. The Junior primary aged lesson idea explores symbols of Jesus Christ. The Senior primary lesson idea centers around Christ's love and mercy for us through "Hesed" journals.