Developing Talents: Friendship Kits

We would like to welcome Ella, the newest girl to our group.

For our activity today, we finished up what we started last week.

Our first activity was the telephone game to reinforce being a good listener with our friends.

The girls put together "friendship kits" which had some tips and reminders for being a good friend. There were also some cute notes to give to our friends.

The girls passed off the 7th Article of Faith. We will begin to work on those; I just have to figure out a good system in doing so. I'll keep everyone posted with what we come up with.

I had hoped to work on another completely different activity, but we didn't have time. I'll save it for another time.

Developing Talents: Friendships

A Challenge:

Memorize the 7th Article of Faith and pass of at our next meeting on January 19th.

There will be a treat for those who do it!

For our activity today we talked about being a faithful friend. Our lesson and activities revolved around this topic. Some of the quotes in the lesson came from a message in the July 2010 Ensign, written by Pres. Eyring, "Faithful Friends."

We talked about the Savior and how we can become his friends as we serve others. I challenged the girls to be kind to those they already know and to make new friends because their lives will be blessed by doing so.

We went on a friend "tips" hunt (which the girls loved) where they found hidden tips about being a good friend.

We started to make friend notecards for our friendship kits. We didn't have time to complete the kits, so we will finish them the next time we meet.

A skill needed when being a friend is being a good listener. We did activities that helped us to be better listeners. In one activity, the girls were each paired up with another girl. They took turns describing a picture to the other girl who was drawing it. In the other activity, the paired up girls interview each other and shared what they learned with the rest of the group.

The girls seemed to have a great time. I had prepared so much for our activity, that we didn't have enough time to finish. The girls also wanted to do the "hunt" again. So the next time we meet, we'll finish up what I planned.