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Last week's newsletter shared some ideas regarding celebrating birthdays and half-birthdays.
Several teachers from around the world wrote to share their favorite birthday recognition ideas. Here are a few of them:
Sister Rockwood shared the address of a very interesting website that contains the definitions and meanings for hundreds (if not thousands) of boys and girls names. You can search all names or names by a specific category (such as, African-American names, Biblical names, Anglo-Saxon names, Gaelic names, etc.).
For example, if you have a student named "Suzanne" you could include this information (from the website) in her birthday card:
SUZANNE. (French and Hebrew.) Suzanne means "Lily." It is a variant of the Hebrew word Susannah. In the apocryphal Book of Tobit Susannah courageously defended herself against wrongful accusation. White lilies grew in the Biblical city of Susa in Persia.
Before including "name derivation" information in birthday cards, I recommend that you check the names of all of your students to ensure that you can provide information for everyone and to be certain that no one might be embarrassed by the meaning of their name.
The Keaau Seminary class in Hawaii paints a smooth rock white all over. On one side they write Happy Birthday (Name) of the person being celebrated, and on the other side they write "Seminary Rocks!" Then they let everyone else in the class sign their name on the rock using permanent marker pens. The rock is presented in class. It's fun and economical.
One teacher mentioned that she places a single birthday candle in the middle of a chocolate candy bar and invites the class to sing happy birthday. (If you do this inside of a church building, though, you will need to wait until you're outside in order to light the candle.)
Another teacher coordinates with the music director in her ward so that the birthday student gets to select one of the hymns sung during the sacrament meeting nearest to their birthday.
There are an unlimited number of inexpensive and easy ways to recognize your student's birthdays. The best one is the one that works best for you and your students!
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