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This is an uber-check list of things you can do all wrapped into a game. We've already been playing it and it appeals to all ages!
Here are some pictures!
Each player has their own tally board. Every time they land on a picture, or are sent to a picture from a card, they get to put a bean, m&m, or penny on their own playing board - somewhat like bingo.
The rules are pretty easy - the 0 lets you jump across and change direction and you can't count a picture unless you actually land on it so you might circle with spins to go around it and try to land on it again, but you can not go back unless it tells you to. The first one that makes it to "heaven" with all of the pictures tagged with pennies, wins.
Interested?
Here are more pictures!
In my PDF I included all the print and cut links so that if you have a Cricut machine, it will do most of the work for you.
If you choose to have an awesome evening and play this game, please send us pictures and tell us what your favorite part was.
For lagers, I use family history tree charms and put different colored ribbons on them.
I always have a Kid Zone or Children's Corner when I book a family history fair - because parents need to be able to study the presentations from each booth. Little kids get bored.
This is my newKid Zone class marker - I hang it on the door of the 1/2 way open slider door of the Overflow in the cultural hall.
Sorry for the terrible picture but it's basically Utah in the background, pioneer parents, wagon train, oxen team rattlesnake,cactus, and the Temple I put them on
Cricut Design Space so that anyone can create this. I made a new Kid Zone poster this year. One goes on the Greeter's Handout showing them the answers to what they need to find, where they need to find it and then a picture which will be attached to the booth. There is also a numbering system that will have the # on the Greeter packet matching the # on the table. They can't get lost.
Bring in two low 12 x 3" tables from the Nursery and about 10 chairs - Make sure there are chairs for the leaders. Have a sign in with the text number of the parent. Make sure that the parent knows this is only for their convenience while they are on the premesis. Yes, I had a woman drop them off and go shopping. I guess I was her tender mercy for that day but they need to know that they are liable and not shift that to us and leave to do errands.
Kids Corner is always the overflow in each building - So I leave the CH overflow open so parents can see their kids and know they are having fun. The following things are listed in my book,
"How to Create the Successful Family History Fair!"
I look for religious or family-oriented coloring books and crayons - not markers (they are problematic with the carpet). I also look for the 4 x 6 white plain puzzles so that each child can draw a picture of their family and then when they break it up, they can put it into an envelope and put it together when they get home.
4.00 per pack - Try amazon. make sure you bring white envelopes to put each family picture in for them to take home. Also bring sandwich bags that they can decorate for whatever they get to take home -
A great thing for them to work on is a Family Crest.
I found these at Oriental Trading - but they may be in other places or you may have an artist who could do a large one and copy it at Kinkos several times.
One board game we created is called 20 ways to gather Israel - and the people playing it and having the most fun were actually the kids and the missionaries -
I believe I called the game pieces "laggers" from a place we saved when it would be our turn again in hopscotch. I found family Tree charms to put 10 different colored ribbons on for markers for the game board.
The cards are just from an excel file on my one drive and you print them onto regular paper then glue them onto thick card stock and cut out.
HOME MADE GAMES ROCK!
I raised five children, and one of the things I loved was when the teachers wanted them to memorize things like - American Explorers, spelling words, or even capitols of states. It was so much fun to make the games - all I needed was the following:
1 large cardboard box flattened.
6-12 12x12 pieces of cardstock to cover the board ( use glue)
using a 2" marker from cardboard, create a trail all over the board.
Include these types of things - a SLIDE - if they land on it they slide down to another level;
a LADDER - if they land on it, they climb instantly to another level. Obviously, slides represent procrastination and ladders represent opportunities or blessings.
GAME PIECES. Here is a link to an excel file with 2" blue and red hearts, and also the pictures of grandparents, relatives, things that we readily recognize from our teachings
Okay, you are noticing that my artistic abilities leave something to be desired. All I can tell you is that kids love this game, So I always take it when we have a Family History Fair for the Children's Corner. The directions are pretty easy: spin (I got a spinner from eBay—so what's it used for????). I fastened it down to the board, or when it spins, the white top goes flying like a helicopter.
RETURN TO HEAVEN
Everyone starts on the Family
Everyone gets to spin once - the highest will go first - go clockwise from there
If you land on a pink heart or blue heart you have things to do and many of them have something to do with learning more about your Grandparents or could be.....remembering something nice about them. Game pieces are usually some r piece that would represent a family - I found family tree charms on eBay and I use 10 different colors of ribbon to tie to each one. See excel file below to print out pink heart and blue heart cards (only the player gets to use from two piles on the board. On the game board remember to cover the whole game board with clear packing tape - liquid accidents won't ruin your game.
Keep going until you get to the entrance You need the exact amount to get into heaven. Sometimes people get stuck there waiting to roll a 1 and others surpass them and win. The point is that we do not always have to have the perfect (or be perfect) because if we keep trying, God and the Atonement of Jesus Christ will help us get whatever perfect number will help us get to heaven.
For the "Pearly Gates" picture for the game board, I just googled the same name and in images - found what my mind thought the gates might look like at the time I created this game. Funny thing is, on one of my last illnesses with my hip saga, I actually passed over for a few seconds or minutes - my body was floating above the hospital bed and then I could only see fog and hear certain voices. I talk about it in the introduction of my book, "Get the Story Right!" I wish great success for your wonderful Family History Event Perhaps this game will help the children understand how our Heavenly Father desires all of his children to return to His presence where God and our Savior reside and to have the kind of life that exists in the Celestial glory. Only the Adversary would tell our minds that we must be perfect or have
the perfect life to get in. That is impossible - Perfection is only able through our loving God's only Son's Atonement for our sins.
Ok - remember, play nice. Everyone spins one time - highest gets to start the game and spin - then go clockwise around the board.
land on a picture and do what it says
land on a heart - draw a blue card
land on a pink heart - draw a pink card
do whatever it says and move that many spaces if you get it right.
this is motivation to learn where your grandparents are from.
Another fun game:
This is a game that teaches you where to look for documents
These are fun invitations that you can create to give with a plate of cookies to a non member or less active member to invite them to create a family tree - look for the pattern on Cricut - it's free.
This was an idea for one of our FH linger longers. Extra tables were brought in - ones for consultants who wore a white shirt and these hats (from tshirt.com?). At first I balked silently but Kristina Potter was in charge and people said - I lie the hats because I can tell who can help us and who can't. That sold me on this idea and they were correct.
We keep this blog for our Stakes that we work with. It makes it very easy for them to reach out and download tools for success.
Sometimes we get messages "waiting for moderation" and don't get to them right away - my apologies for that. In order to keep this page appropriate for all ages, we choose to not open the comments. Invariably we get spam, people trying to advertise their master classes as inexpensively as possible, and some inappropriate comments. We do get some good feedback and prefer you email us directly if you have any questions or training needs at naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com
We did receive a question about a game I invented but I was unable to reach her as there was no return email left -
Yes we have been released as Area Advisers, but our Elder Lythgoe has asked us
to continue helping others no matter what the boundaries are.
You can reach us at meyerandmeyerconsulting.blogspot.com
and our email is meyerandmeyerconsulting@gmail.com
Any email that goes to naswfamilyhistory@gmail.com will be forwarded to us, but we prefer you use our new email.
We just love helping you all too much!
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BELOW, I HAVE ADDED THE ONES MOST PEOPLE REQUEST. IF THERE IS ONE YOU DON'T SEE, LET ME KNOW.
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We have been working with our Stakes and the additional 6 which now make up the Phoenix East Coordinating Council. We gave a great stake some tools today and thought you might like them as well!
THE AREA SEVENTY OVER THE ADVISERS AND FAMILY SEARCH MANAGERS FEED INFORMATION TO THE AREA ADVISERS. THEY ARE INSPIRED AS TO THEIR AREA - THE DIRECTIONS BELOW ARE JUST A REITERATION IN PICTURES OF THE HANDBOOK 2022
The Area Advisers pray about what to show the Stake Presidency. The Stake Presidency uses or chooses other options as they have utilized their personal revelation for their Stake
this is the most requested info and praised by leaders in New Zealand, the USA, Australia, and Canada to help them understand their calling. The verbiage is from the Handbook.
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Two Men - One War - One amazing story
Lt. Michael Concannon March 29, 1924 - May 25, 2006
First - let me apologize for the way this is formatted - blogger sometimes is very difficult to edit...
The way Angel’s work…
I thought you would like to know why we feel Douglas’ story of his ancestors was appropriate for Memorial Day. He was guided and led by great patriots who came to this land to escape oppression at the hands of other countries (Russia). They were extremely loyal to this country and true patriots. Otto, his grandfather actually died in Salt Lake City – was he a Church Member? We will find out! There are so many ties between my father and his service to this country and this young man’s family. The spiritual feeling I felt as I researched his tree was not imagined. I felt their guidance.
Here’s the Story.
I am an author on Amazon and recently finished another adventure in clean reading for any age group. It's a time travel book called, “A Matter of Time”, which is now on Amazon. You can read about the premise on one below in the clean reading section of this page, but for now, I'll just address the part which involves my soldier. One of the characters, an agent, gets transferred from the dungeon in England in 1660 to the shores of Hawaii before he became a state. He is so grateful to be out of the dungeon, he asks the Scientist what his assignment is, as he will do anything to keep from going back. She reveals to him that he, indeed is in Hawaii now, but that his assignment will be to help a young man who escapes death while aboard the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to heal, write letters to his brother and inspire him to do something great to help others in their lives.
I needed a character to be a survivor who is saved from one disaster only to help others in the future and when I went to the USS Arizona Survivor page, just because I am in Arizona and my father was actually born in Tucson, Arizona), the name of the Ship leaped off the page. Then, of all the survivors, I was drawn to Lt Cmd. Douglas Hein, who was a sharpshooter and his father was a Boxing champion – so was my father. Then I found out that his family was from the Netherlands on his mother’s side. That was just a quirky coincidence. My father in 1945 was in The Philippines and was one of the 11th Airborne 82nd who rescued over 2000 Dutch and Christian missionaries from a Japanese Prison camp on Leyte Island, a secret mission organized by General MacArthur, by parachuting into the camp while the Japanese were doing their exercises from an altitude of only 500 feet at dawn. On the History Channel, the story has been made into a documentary called Raid at Los Banos, Rescue at dawn. Douglas lost his last battle as a pilot over Manila Bay in The Philippines and his name is engraved on a plaque or wall on that island in Manila coincidentally, where my father reported from the jungles of Leyte Island at the end of the war.
It's been 13 years from yesterday, May 25, 2006, that my father, Michael Concannon passed away and while I was investigating this young man’s family, the entire time, I felt like Douglas Hein wanted us to know more about his father, Grandfather and Great Grandfather and the sacrifices they made through their patriotism in leading and protecting our country. Each of them had a distinguished Military career of sorts. The novel aside, the work we do is so precious and priceless and those who have gone beyond the veil are waiting for us to realize this and do more family history for our families. Those choice blessings won’t be seen until we step across, but we can feel the influence of angels when we do this for our kin. I can only pray that Doug’s Grandfather was indeed LDS and that his family is going to work soon on this line. The research I did for them has set it all into play to make it very easy for them to link it to Family Search.
I hope to meet him one day and thank him in person for the gift of his ultimate sacrifice and for protecting our freedom.
~Karen S. Meyer
I created a free puzzle for you to give out for your kids to do. Or adults may enjoy it. I am not sure it's that simple! Just right-click on the image below and SAVE IMAGE - Then you can print it and play it. If you need a fun YSA activity or Youth activity to teach Patriotism and respect for our Country and the Soldiers who protect us from tyranny and oppression at bay, please consider this Escape Room Activity or you may enjoy one of my other ones. People seem to love them!!!!
To create your own puzzle for your primary or any other class - go to: DiscoveryEducation.com
We have 3 to choose from: Escape From Crystal Caves, The Ghost of George Alley (Help Sally find her Great Great Grandfather) or Escape from Pearl Harbor
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The DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) has a College Scholarship Sally would like to apply for. First, she must prove lineage to someone who served in the Revolutionary War.
They only know that his cryptic messages he has left in the attic
may be the key to either some serious treasure or may even lead them to documentation which could land Sally a College Scholarship, being the Great, Great, Great Granddaughter of a Revolutionary War or Civil War Hero.
Help them uncover the treasure
Complete game plan - laid out in Powerpoint, Word, and all the clues - ready to put on this week if you want. You just supply the various locks and props that are in the script. Loads of fun and without realizing it, the YSA or YW/YM get some lessons in how to research using keywords and valuable life learning tools!
I searched for locks and lock boxes and puzzle boxes. Then I tried them out on all my kids (we have 12! So that was easy. I asked them to all give these a try and watched how long it took them to open them. One was a Physics Masters Graduate. He finished all three in less than 10 minutes. Everyone else was done in about 20-25. Now my goal is to keep the YSA busy for at least an hour, so I have enough of these twists and turns in my program to do that.
You can use whatever locks you want. You can change the pictures of locks or clues. It's all changeable except the story line.
Each game has over 100 hours of research and dovetailing - It is a lot of effort to work out all the twists and turns so I don't feel guilty charging for my time to create and prepare this for others. Feel free to email me and ask questions.
Karen S Meyer,
genealogymama1@gmail.com
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GAME #3
ESCAPE FROM CRYSTAL CAVES
Escape from the Cabin near Crystal Caves!
This is a fun YSA activity or any group interested in Family History.
It takes place in 1925 and is a real story about Floyd Collins. He loved to explore caves in the Kentucky Mountains and decided to turn one into an Amusement Park. This real life tragedy happened to be the first American Tragedy broadcast on Radio. Every night people sat around the radio to listen and hear if Floyd Collins would escape from the cave where he had fallen and was pinned below ground in between rocks.
All of America listened and prayed. People journeyed from all over the earth to kneel at the cave entrance and pray. It almost turned into a carnival-like atmosphere with thousands holding vigil. As you search for the hidden treasure, you find out more about his life and his family and part of the exercise is to put together a pedigree with the information. Each Lock Box or secret location gets you one clue closer to finishing the pedigree. Before you know it, you've completed 4 generations.
All answers are on Ancestry.
I did the research myself and all the documentation requested is there in the file and on Ancestry.
This comes with a PowerPoint to use for printing out the clues for the Players, a PowerPoint that shows the Game Master (You!) how to put it together, and how to discern any questions about the clues.
It comes with a clue and budget sheet to show how much props might be and where you might find them
It also comes with some handouts for participants from an Emeritus Seventy
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