Whole to Part to Whole
A child learns best when he or she can hear the whole song while concentrating on a part of the song. I hear a song leader say “I will say the words of the first line, then let’s sing it.” … Continued
Transitions and Time to Adjust
Just as the potential for chaos is great on a beach, so is the potential to lose the child’s attention as you transition from one activity to the other. Even if the activity is opening prayer and a talk, transitioning … Continued
Foundations of Primary Singing Time – Utah Workshop Slides
Thank you for everyone who joined us in Utah for two wonderful Workshops. Here are the slides I used. Click the above link to download the slides. The video from Saturday July 17th 2021 will be available to download once … Continued
Teaching the Hymn “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”
Hymns are usually bigger songs. Compared to children’s songs, they have more words. They have more harmonies with each chord. They have more complex subjects, and usually combine many gospel concepts all in one song. Tips to teach Hymns to … Continued
Search, Ponder, and Pray: Action Word Icons
You can use these icons in two ways: Post these pictures at the front of the room out of order. I put them up with magnets. (You can download them on this site. Search for Printable Melody Maps in the … Continued
I Love to See the Temple – Hand Signs
ASL sign language – Here are several versions of videos to watch in order to learn the signs – A Child Signs Another version And this one with an adult Here is also one with an adult This one is … Continued
Reverence Is Love – Sign instead
The idea of this activity is to gradually replace the words with hand signs, which sends the song “inside” our brain instead of hearing it on the outside. This was harder than I thought (I made lots of mistakes), but … Continued
Don’t only teach the words!
I sat in the back of the room as the Primary Music Leader spoke the words to a beautiful song to the children, ask the children to speak a phrase back to her a couple of times, then the Music … Continued
Primary Singing Time, May 30
This video teaches the songs Choose the Right (hand bells), I Wonder When He Comes Again (spoons and action word actions), Doing Good Like Jesus (egg carton hand swishes), and The Holy Ghost (spiral notebook and pencil).