Action Word Actions is where you and the kids together come up with Actions to do to represent key words in the song.
How to do Action Words Actions for As A Child of God:
I start singing the song … up to the first major word “earth,” then stop and say “What action can we use to mean ‘earth’?”
The children help me. We decide on something, then I continue singing until I reach the next major word “power.” We again make up an action for that word, decide on it, and I continue singing, making up an action for each of these words.
Have the children help you make up actions for these major words in the song:
earth
power
choose
choices
me
family
child of God
receive
special light
Holy Ghost – Here is the URL for the LDS ASL version of this song. I use the handsign for Holy Ghost and helps with the children.
helps
know
right
After we have decided on all of the actions for the song, we sing the whole song using the actions. I then challenge the children to sing the song EXCEPT for the words for which we have actions. Don’t sing the words with the actions, only do the actions!
Now challenge the children to switch and only sing the words with the actions!
As a final challenge, ask the children to not sing at all, but only do the actions as the pianist plays the song.
(This is a very strong way to remember the words because they are hearing them inside their head rather than outside.)
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