"For the Strength of Youth"
Activity Ideas

Game of Life
FTSOY Night
Standards Treasure Hunt
Lord's Standards vs. World's Standards
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 The 5 Minute Devotional or Talk - FTSOY Standards
Standard
Ideas and Links
Agency and Accountability
Gratitude
Education
  • Scarecrow Value Lesson
  • BE Smart Bookmark
  • Developing Talent Activities
  • Career Night (With a TWIST)
  • Develop good study habits.  Reserve and use a specific time each day for homework.
  • Participate in school-sponsored activities.
  • Study about other cultures. (I am a Child of God - Multiple Languages)
  • Attend specialized classes during summer vacation.
  • Read newspapers and news magazines regularly or listen to television and radio newscasts to become acquainted with current events.
  • Make a list of enjoyable books; then read them.
  • Read from a good book every day.
  • Participate in a Current Events Activity.
  • Visit the City Library for a tour
  • Learn a new skill such as leading music
  • Read a book to a younger child
  • Have guest speakers come & talk about their professions
  • Improve grades in one subject
  • Get a book at the library that everyone will read and discuss together
Family
Friends
Dress and Appearance
Entertainment and the media  
  • Have a karaoke night with Primary songs
  • Have an awards ceremony for the best appropriate TV shows, movies, songs, magazine articles, etc. for the year.  
  • Create a "Theater" in the cultural hall complete with a concessions stand, marquis lights and a red carpet (you can use a roll of red paper.  Have a screening of a Church film (perhaps a classic like "Johnny Lingo") and give out a list of things to do during the film.  For instance, count how many times the name "Mahana" is used, how many shells are on Johnny's necklace, stand up when you see a cow, etc.  Afterwards, ask the youth if they had a different impression of the film when they watched it closely.  Point out that a lot of  the things we watch, we watch passively, but we still absorb things from it.
  • Have a mock newscast using the GOOD news you find in your local paper.
Music and Dancing
Language
Dating
Sexual Purity
Repentance
Honesty
Sabbath Day Observance
  • Quotes from Church Leaders: The Sacrament
  • Listen to or read 4 General Conference talks and discuss them with your class, family, or parents.
  • Read the scriptures daily for a given period of time.
  • Read about the life of a past or present church leader
  • Read a scripture story and tell it to your class, your family, or a friend. Explain how you can live the principles taught in the story.
  • Act out a favorite scripture story or play scripture charades, and make scripture cookies.
  • Have an Articles of Faith sing-along
  • Complete a missionary experience such as: share a Book of Mormon, bring a friend to church, share your testimony.
  • Plan to give a well-prepared talk.
  • Bear your testimony in Fast and Testimony Meeting.
  • Read a church book.
  • Participate in a family or personal scripture reading program for at least one month.
  • Attend Stake Conference and discuss highlights with your family.
  • Read three issues of "The New Era" all the way through.
  • Write, using fifty words or more, what being a daughter of God means to  you.
  • Plan a missionary program as a  group and invite your friends to attend
  • Read scripture stories, have charades/group
  • Prepare a scripture story for FHE
  • Read the account of Jesus' birth in Luke
  • Do a secret good deed 
  • Memorize a favorite scripture about Jesus
  • Learn a Hymn or Primary Song
  • Read at least ten references in the Topical Guide under "Jesus Christ, birth of"
Tithes and Offerings
 
  • Visit the Bishop's Storehouse, and help to sort food.
  • Help to clean the church building, or pick up the parking lot.
Physical Health
  • Carry out your own personal exercise program for 2 weeks.  Keep a chart of your program.  Include some of the following: heel cord stretch, hamstring  stretch, sitting stretch, modified sit-ups, back stretch, ball dribble, jumping  rope, swimming, cycling, pushups, jumping jacks, jogging or running in place, endurance activities with music (aerobics).
  • Help plan a Mini-Olympics for Family Home Evening or as an activity.  Suggested events could be the hundred  yard  dash, discus throw, high jump,  javelin throw, broad jump, shot put, relay races.
  • Participate in an organized sporting event such as: volleyball, basketball, softball, soccer, track.
  • Know and understand the safety rules of swimming and the "buddy system." Swim 100 feet; half of this with the elementary backstroke
  • Participate in a community- or school-sponsored fitness program.
  • Learn the rules to a game like football, basketball, golf, etc.
  • Have someone teach some sort of lesson - ballet, hula, etc.
  • Play a game as a group - volleyball, basketball, kickball, soccer, etc. (See the GAMES section!)
  • As a group, participate in an exercise video (aerobics)
  • Go swimming at the Y.
  • Learn a new sport & practice 3 times.
  • Go out for a sport for school/community
  • Once a week for 4 weeks play a sport
  • Go on a walk every day for a week
  • Go cross country skiing or hiking
  • Organize a sport-a-thon for younger children
  • Go bowling and learn how to score a game
  • Go on a hike for at least l mile
  • Support your school team and attend an athletic event of your choice
  • Help coach younger children in game
Service to Others
Go Forward With Faith