I’m a Young Women’s leader in my ward and I absolutely LOVE it! {YW is the best!} Each week, I get to prepare a lesson for the girls and I take quite a bit of time planning and preparing.
Handouts are a must, mostly because I remember how much I loved them as a teenager, and I always type out quotes for the chalkboard in a cute font and on fun colored paper.
In case you haven’t noticed, I am a pretty visual person!
My husband thinks this is all completely unnecessary.
He might be right.
But I choose to ignore him. He is a man and reading straight from the manual is what men do.
I’ve come to really appreciate the site Sugardoodle.net- have you seen it? It is chalk full of ideas for handouts & lesson helps for all LDS auxiliaries and it has become my go-to site for each and every lesson.
Last year for 2011, Sugardoodle had a lesson schedule that kept our YW Presidency in check. Since it was available on line and had every date for each Sunday of the year, there were no (valid) reasons why we weren’t all on the same page. Whenever it was our turn to teach, we knew to check the schedule on Sugardoodle to make sure we were teaching the right lesson. It was brilliant!
This year, I’ve been waiting and hoping they would share another schedule for 2012 using Manual 1, but so far, no such luck. Then I decided, I’m a big girl, I’ll just make my own!
And I’m not just a big girl, I am a nice girl too, so I’m sharing this document with anyone who wants it!
Each lesson title is linked to the individual lesson helps on Sugardoodle so you can see all the fun lesson helps they have to offer. Just click the link below & enjoy!
YW 2012 Lesson Schedule Manual 1
*UPDATE: Since I have first posted this, Sugardoodle has added a lesson schedule. Click here to view it.
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Thank you! I’m in YW too and LOVE IT! Can’t wait to check this site out.
I love your idea and would like to share what we are doing in our ward. We recently split from all of the girls meeting together to having individual classes – our group grew last year! To make sure we were all on the same lesson each Sunday I created a private calendar on lds.org that only the YW presidency can view and edit. I entered the lesson number right there on the ward calendar. Then we have everything in one place. I also entered the girls birthdays on this private calendar. This way we can see the info but it doesn’t clutter the rest of the member’s calendars who have no need to know about YW. Love your website. Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful ideas.
I love that idea! I need to utilize LDS.org- what a great resource!