Easter Hosanna – Windwands for Younger Children
Preparation: Put 10 windwands each under the teacher’s chairs. Ask the children to hold a pretend windwand in their hand and follow your actions. (The children are NOT holding their windwands at this point, only pretending to and following your … Continued
Easter Hosanna
Younger Shakers Partner Arm Swings Silent Video Windwands Action Word Actions Older Complicated Shakers and Can Drums Windwand Patterns Silent Video Match the Meaning This song has a lot of words in the verses, plus a catchy, but complicated rhythm … Continued
Easter Hosanna – “Match the Meaning” for Older Children
Preparation: Print out the following words, one phrase per half page or 8 x 11 page. (The size depends on the size of your Primary. You need to make sure all of the children can read the words.) prophecies fulfilled … Continued
The Iron Rod – 3/4 versus 4/4 for Older Children
Prep – put bundles of 20 rhythm sticks under each teacher’s chair and post these words at the front of the room (Nephi, time, vision, God, …in, ..lime, shown, rod. Hold, rod, iron, rod, strong, bright, true, (no word), iron, … Continued
The Iron Rod – 3/4 versus 4/4 for Younger Children
Younger Children Prep – put bundles of 20 rhythm sticks (2 for each child in the class, plus the teacher) under the teachers’ chairs. Ask the children, “Can your hands follow my hands?” Show them the 3/4 pattern of patsch, … Continued
Songs for 2020
Here is the link for the 2020 songs for Primary music. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-primary-book-of-mormon-2020/singing?lang=eng Notice that there are 3 songs listed each month. What could seem overwhelming turns into manageable with these few principles. The best way to learn something is with … Continued
Search, Ponder, and Pray – 2nd Verse: Action Word Melody Map
Create a melody map (or download this one from this site here). Display it in front of the children. Ask them: What do you see? What do you notice? What’s the same? What’s different? Receive their answers. The children may … Continued
Nephi’s Courage – Verse 1: Envelope game for Older Children
Copy the following words. Make enough copies so that every 3 to 4 children in your Older Primary have a set. Cut apart the words of each set and put them in an envelope…(thus the name envelope game). If you … Continued
Search, Ponder, and Pray – Story Song
Story Song is such a strong way for the children to hear the whole song, associate it with a real person, and feel the emotions and the Spirit that the song brings. Tell the children: I have a story. Tell … Continued
Why should you teach two verses of the song completely separate from each other with different activities to teach the song?
The brain is a sorter. Every night as you sleep, the brain takes the different experiences of the day and sorts through them, lodging them for storage and analyzing different aspects of the experiences. (For some interesting and very accessible … Continued