Foundation 1. Children learn best when they are personally engaged. 2. Children learn best when some part of the learning includes purposeful movement. 3. Children learn best when they hear the WHOLE song while being engaged in doing something related to PART … Continued
Paper Plate pattern and Word Order Story Song Scarf and Shaker
Show the children this pattern with the scarf and the shaker. Circle (scarf for 3 counts in one hand), shake, shake, shake (shaker taps in the other hand). Ask the children to follow your hands. (Note: If you are doing … Continued
Display the following words at the front of the room. above, quietly, thinking, Reverence Display these words at the front of the room, but covered. feeling, reverent, love, think (Note: if you have young children who do not read, have … Continued
Story Song Idea A story song has a strong power to attach images and emotions from the children’s minds to the song, as well as giving them an opportunity to hear the entire song and give context to the words. … Continued
Here is a Singing Time which features Inside Chalkboard (remembering details about the picture as we sing), Shaker patterns with a new verse, Rhythm stick patterns on the floor, and coloring while we sing.
When He Comes Again, The Church of Jesus Christ, and When I Am Baptized This video tells a brief story of how Mirla Greenwood Thayne came to write I Wonder When He Comes Again and uses wind wands to engage … Continued
When I Am Baptized – ASL hand signs and silent singing The Church of Jesus Christ – Paper Cup Pop I Wonder When He Comes Again – Waves of the Sea and Rhyming Words
Ideas to teach Magic Marker changing colors every phrase Story Song (about 11 minutes in) Scarf and Action Word Actions (about 81/2 minutes in) Kind Action pictures Sway and Freeze
Younger Flashlights Wind wands Waves of the Sea (about 8 minutes in) and Another version with rhyming words Which pictures are not in the song? Older Flashlight Wind wands Squiggle Map Waves of the Sea and Another version with rhyming … Continued