Posted in Parenting, Primary on Dec 11th, 2008 Discussion »
At my first zone conference nearly 16 years ago, my mission president calmly took a piece of chalk and walked to the chalkboard. He then proceeded to “pound” a word into the chalkboard, and I do mean “pound”. The chalk was breaking, the chalkboard was moving backwards (it was a rolling chalkboard), and you could […]
Posted in Primary on Aug 15th, 2008 Discussion »
Words by Sherise Longhurst
Sung to the tune of “Latter-day Prophets”
Primary children are so much fun
When they are wild, and want to run.
They take off their shoes and then
They mark the chalkboard with ball-point pen,
Giggle and talk, and run all around,
Wrestle their friends, and roll on the ground
Beat their siblings up with scriptures their mothers made […]
Posted in Character, Young Women, Young Men, Church, Primary on Jul 18th, 2007 Discussion »
It’s more than a little personal. It’s what I grew up with. I got bullied every single week at church from just a few weeks after I started kindergarten (when “Bob” moved into my ward), until I was a teenager. I got bullied until the day I realized that I didn’t have to put up […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Service, Church, Primary on Dec 31st, 2006 Discussion »
R. L. from California wrote:
I just got called to the nursery and I’m considering apostatizing. Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but not by much. I am new in this ward, have young kids myself, and now, even at church, I feel totally isolated. How can I preserve my sanity?
Posted in Primary, Music on Jul 2nd, 2006 Discussion »
The church has published 13 standards for Primary children to live by, known as My Gospel Standards. Talented musician Tara Tarbet has composed music for each of the standards to help children learn and internalize them. She has graciously offered them to all of you to download for non-commercial use. The sheet music includes piano […]
Posted in Circle of Sisters, Gender, Primary on May 15th, 2003 Discussion »
Joanna from Bend, Oregon, writes:
I’ve been reading your column for a long time and followed you to Mormon Momma. Thanks for the great stuff. Today I have a question of my own.
Why did the church get rid of Achievement Days? When the girls finally had something that was like the Cub Scouts, it got dumped […]
