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Author Archives: Sharla Dance

Week 2 of Follow the Prophet Activities: The power of role play
16 Jan 2015

Week 2 of Follow the Prophet Activities: The power of role play

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Visual | 4

Acting something out with your body is a powerful learning tool.  For children, role play is a kinesthetic kind of learning that is strong for them. I use role play as a great activity to teach the children the verse … Continued

Movement for “I Know That My Savior Loves Me” for Younger children
15 Jan 2015

Movement for “I Know That My Savior Loves Me” for Younger children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Younger Children, Movement | 10

The brand new Sunbeams came in from the nursery. They are darling, wiggly, bright eyed, and some are a little intimidated by the larger Primary. The seven year olds are sitting in the back of the room, and some of … Continued

Video of the Movement: I Know That My Savior Loves Me for Older Children
13 Jan 2015

Video of the Movement: I Know That My Savior Loves Me for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Movement | 8

I’m responding to a pretty please with cream and sugar to post a video of the movement for I Know That My Savior Loves Me for Older Children.  (It is true that pictures speak more words than we could ever … Continued

Movement for “I Know That My Savior Loves Me” for Older Children
9 Jan 2015

Movement for “I Know That My Savior Loves Me” for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Movement | 26

Children need to move to learn best.  How do you figure out movement that challenges older children, yet matches with the feel of the song?  Here’s one suggestion for “I Know That My Savior Loves Me.” Down Up Down, Down … Continued

Younger children: Teaching “Follow the Prophet” as a contrast to “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”
9 Jan 2015

Younger children: Teaching “Follow the Prophet” as a contrast to “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Younger Children, Movement | 4

Body Placement. Object Permanence. Big words for something that comes so naturally for us as adults. Not so for children. We can help children actually create new pathways in their brains to strengthen these skills. It starts by the activities … Continued

Contrast: Teach “Follow the Prophet” with “I Know That My Savior Loves Me.”
7 Jan 2015

Contrast: Teach “Follow the Prophet” with “I Know That My Savior Loves Me.”

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Movement | 26

In the last post, I talked about using the Silent Video activity to introduce “I Know That My Savior Loves Me.” Before I did that activity, though, I wanted to really engage the children physically and mentally. It helps if the … Continued

Introducing “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”: Silent Video
5 Jan 2015

Introducing “I Know That My Savior Loves Me”: Silent Video

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Visual | 5

Whole to part to whole. I took a class to learn how to teach music to children in my college days. One of the strong concepts that came out of that class was Whole to Part to Whole: introduce the … Continued

2015 is here. New songs, new activities here we come!
5 Jan 2015

2015 is here. New songs, new activities here we come!

by Sharla Dance | posted in: News | 3

I sat down for an hour or two yesterday and figured out some activities that will really help the children learn the songs for January, February, and March. I used the contrast of the “flavor” and tempo of the songs … Continued

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