More Pictures of Story Telling and Cake Decorating

When a skilled storyteller begins to tell a story, all ears, regardless of ages, usually perk up.  This is because people of all enjoy listening to a story.  The best stories are the sort that have a truth or a lesson woven into them.  Even our Savior constantly told short stories or parables to those around Him.

Story Telling is an excellent skill to possess.  It is most valuable when used for teaching.  Storytelling does not take talent.  It simply takes a little practice.  These girls did an excellent job at practicing their story telling skills!  Over the next few weeks the girls will continue to practice using their story telling skills to present the hymn stories to the rest of the group.  In this way we will be working on earning two badges with one activity.

For the girls to earn the StoryTelling Badge, they will need to:

•  Tell one story from the Bible
• Tell one parable of Jesus
• Tell one story about a lesson that God taught you.
• Tell one story which illustrates a character trait such as honesty or truthfulness.  (Many of the girls accomplished this in class!)

These stories may be told to any group or your family.  Preferably, the whole family should be present.

Here the girls are decorating their Keepers Folders

Last session of our story telling

Eva Marie presenting our hymn story for the week.

Cake Decorating

We have continued working on our hymns badge.  Thank you to Eva Marie, Anna, and Lydia for presenting your hymn stories for our group.

Last week we introduced the Family Badge into our ongoing assignments.  The girls are to pray for each family member daily, and record it on a chart or calendar for two months.

For the last three weeks we have been learning the art of cake decorating.  We have learned how to make icing from scratch, dye the icing, put together piping bags, fill the bags.  We discussed the proper techniques for holding and squeezing the bag, and what each tip does.  Then we have practiced practiced practiced!  We finished off the study of cake decorating by making cupcakes and a cake for our homeschool group.

Here are a few pictures of our fun!