Thursday, April 1, 2010

Conference Packets

It's my favorite weekend coming up!! Add to the fact that our 180th LDS General Conference falls on Easter (a favorite holiday), and it should be a pretty fun weekend! I am always searching (usually the morning of general conference) for activity packets for my kids to do to keep their attention. This year I am an ENTIRE day ahead of schedule and have found the most outstanding packets. I just have to share them with you! In the past, I have printed all the same packets for my kids. But as they grow older and their learning styles and needs have changed, I am SO EXCITED to find different packets for different ages. I thought I'd link you to the ones I printed so you can choose for yourself! YEAH! (Can you tell I am excited!?!)

Here is the PERFECT one for ages 2-4. Short, simple, and to the point. Thank you Crystal!
http://crystalshares.blogspot.com/2010/03/its-conference-time.html

There's many options from this website as well.
http://scriptures4kidz.com/s4k/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15&Itemid=35 (scroll down)
I printed parts of the junior primary (pages 6 and 10) and parts of the senior primary packet for Hannah. *I just chose what I thought would interest her and be at her learning level... it was pretty long.

Sugardoodle.net has always been a favorite of mine. I use it for many things. They have FANTASTIC packets on their site: http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851
I printed all of the youth packet for Hunter and the entire Senior Primary packet for Brock. Make sure and print it as a PDF. Love it!!

Lastly, the church has put out a very straightforward packet that could also be used for adults. It just has pictures of the 1st Presidency and 12 apostles and spaces to write what you've learned. I actually printed a copy of this one to give to my neighbor that is investigating the church and is watching conference this weekend. SCORE! Here's the link to that one: https://beta.lds.org/general-conference/children?locale=eng It's called "Conference Notebook."

***One more thing!! I use these bingo cards and laminate them so that the kids can play bingo one session. Each one is different, there are 12 cards in all. We use M&M's to mark them off. Laminating them preserves them for each semi-annual conference.
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/games/bingo_boards.pdf

Hope you find what you're looking for! I sure did! Can't wait until Sat. morning!!!

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