by Larry Richman | Dec 17, 2012
The website for the Friend magazine (friend.lds.org) offers coloring pages, videos, stories, and activities that celebrate the birth of the Savior.
by Larry Richman | Dec 13, 2012
This month’s Friend magazine offers a scripture and children’s activity for each day leading up to Christmas. The following is the center spread of the magazine “The Best Christmas Gifts.”
by Larry Richman | Sep 10, 2012
The “Follow the Prophet” stories in the Liahona and Friend magazines feature stories about President Thomas S. Monson’s childhood. These stories teach gospel lessons through short biographical pieces from President Monson’s life, quotes from...
by Larry Richman | May 4, 2012
The Friend magazine (friend.lds.org) has updated its website with a new design and several resources for parents and teachers to help them teach the gospel to children. Some of these resources include videos of Primary songs in American Sign Languages (ASL),...
by Larry Richman | Apr 27, 2012
Want to talk to your family about choosing good media? The article “Choose the Right Media” in this month’s Friend magazine can help encourage meaningful conversations in your family. It includes a checklist children can use to gauge if they’re reading,...
by Larry Richman | Feb 28, 2012
The Friend magazine has released a new video “Pass it On,” based on a general conference address given by President Thomas S. Monson. Ideas and scriptures related to the message are also available on the video’s webpage and can be used for lessons at...
by Larry Richman | Jan 25, 2012
The Friend magazine is introducing new features in the magazines in 2012. These new features will help children and leaders improve gospel study at home and at church. The following will be available in 2012: Scripture Figures – 10 issues of the magazine will...
by Larry Richman | Jan 9, 2012
Beginning this month, the Friend magazine is publishing an online resource of helps for teaching children, including stories, activities, and media resources. Parents can browse by gospel topic to discover online Church resources. Primary teachers can click on...
by Larry Richman | Dec 20, 2011
Do your children like taking photos? Coming soon, the back cover of The Friend magazine will feature photos taken by children! The magazine wants to see their best shots about how the gospel blesses their lives. E-mail submissions to friend@ldschurch.org and include...
by Larry Richman | Jun 10, 2011
Why read the Ensign magazine? Watch this video about how the Ensign is prepared. This video was created soon after the redesign of the Liahona (and thus the other magazines) to let Ensign readers know of the changes, encourage them to read the Ensign, and solicit...
by Larry Richman | May 23, 2011
Have you noticed that the June issues of the Ensign, Liahona, Friend, and New Era magazines are now online? So, if you want to prepare a home teaching or visiting teaching message in advance, you will now have access to the magazines each month by the 20th of the...
by Larry Richman | May 11, 2011
This year, the Friend, New Era, and Ensign each celebrate 40 years of publication. Before the magazines were the Friend, New Era, and Ensign, there was the Young Woman’s Journal (first published in 1890), the Improvement Era (1898), the Juvenile Instructor (1901), the...
by Larry Richman | Feb 16, 2011
Did you know there are about one million Primary children in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? To celebrate this, the Friend magazine is sponsoring a new project, “One in a Million,” to show how each child is a special son or daughter of God. You can...
by Larry Richman | May 29, 2009
The Friend magazine has launched four new matching games for children: Scripture Stories, Apostles and Prophets, Latter-day Prophets, and Temples. They can be accessed from the “Games and Activities” section on the home page of the online Friend magazine....
by Larry Richman | Mar 27, 2009
Every day, the social networking giant Facebook is becoming a larger part of the overall Internet experience. More than 175 million people have joined since its founding in 2005, and its users contribute millions of pieces of content every day. Every day in February...
