“A long time ago in a beautiful place children were gathered round Jesus” Long, beautiful, gathered, round. I listed one or two words from this phrase of the song. I continue to list one of two of the words from each … Continued
Shake, jingle, scrape, click! There is an excitement that fills the room when I bring in a rhythm band activity. The children can hardly contain themselves and want a chance to be part of the “performing band.” I set up … Continued
Last night I realized that I should probably have started this month’s blog with my monthly outline of what activities I’m posting in January for both “I Know That My Savior Loves Me” and for “Follow the Prophet.” I want you … Continued
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
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
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
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
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