For each hymn/song you will find a list of suggested articles, poems, lesson ideas, extra scriptures, or internet references etc.  We choose one or two of these suggestions to include in our Sunday lessons for that hymn/song. 

Week 1 (Dec. 30th, 2001)

Ring Out, Wild Bells (Hymn # 215)

• Happy New Year Around the World (Friend - Jan. 1974, pg. 10)
• Read it and Reap by Danielle Nye (New Era - Jan. 1999, pg. 49)
• Lessons Learned in the Journey of Life (Ensign - Dec. 2000, pg. 7)
• Read a different poem by Tennyson such as The Lady of Shalott.
• New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs

I Pledge Myself to Love the Right (CS pg. 161)

• I Believe in Being Honest (Friend - Sept. 1993, pg. 36)
• You Promised (New Era - Feb. 1994, pg. 4)
• Our Covenants With the Lord (Ensign - Dec. 1980, pgs. 33 - 34)
• Learn more about the composer - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
• Listen to a different selection of music composed by Mozart.

As Zion's Youth in Latter Days (Hymn # 256)

•  I Stand Prepared (Friend - Jan. 1995, pgs. 12 - 13)
• This Favored Season (New Era - Sept. 1993, pg. 4)
• Be Valiant in the Fight of Faith (Ensign - Nov. 1974, pg. 33)
• Learn more about Susan Evans McCloud.

Once There Was a Snowman (CS pg. 249)

• A Friend in the Snow (Friend - Jan. 1974, inside back cover)
• Building in the Snow (New Era - Dec. 1981, pg. 27)
• On Building a Snowman (Ensign - Feb. 1989, pg. 48)
• Snowman Coloring Page
• Learn all about snowflakes and crystals.
• Old Time Poem - Falling Snow

The Wintry Day, Descending to Its Close (Hymn # 37)

• There are some difficult vocabulary words in this hymn for young children.  Spend some time looking up the following words and discussing their meanings: repose, dense, sable, shroud, pall, linger, meditation, rove, exiled, solitude, vale.
• Exploring: Deseret (Friend - Dec. 1993, pg. 36)
• Winter's Dream (New Era - Jan. 1999, pg. 51)