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Come Follow Me: Role Play and Do As I’m Doing for both Younger and Older Children
6 Jul 2015

Come Follow Me: Role Play and Do As I’m Doing for both Younger and Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Lesson Plans, Movement, Visual | 6

“Do As I’m Doing, follow, follow me…” I have used this wiggle song a lot with Primary music, but this month it takes on a whole new meaning as I combine it with the hymn, Come Follow Me, and some … Continued

Come Follow Me: Color Code Activity for Older Children
28 Jun 2015

Come Follow Me: Color Code Activity for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Interaction, Teaching Principles, Visual | 19

“Look up at this poster with the code.  What do you see?  What do you notice?”  (Receive the children’s answers.)   They may answer something like, “I see a bunch of dots.” “I see some blue dots with shadows.” “I … Continued

June: The Holy Ghost
13 Jun 2015

June: The Holy Ghost

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Lesson Plans, Movement, Teaching Principles, Visual | 4

  WEEK ONE Younger: Story Song then Beat Against Rhythm Engage the child with a story in which sung phrases of the song are an internal part.  Right after the story, you move into the beat agains rhythm activity.  Eyes … Continued

The Holy Ghost: Mountain Melody Map and the Second Verse for Older Children
13 Jun 2015

The Holy Ghost: Mountain Melody Map and the Second Verse for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Interaction, Teaching Principles, Visual | 3

Mountain Melody Map “What do you see?  What do you notice?” The children look up at the board and give you their answers.  Mountains.  A motor cross trail.  A snake. (Their imaginations can see lots of things! <grin>) “What do … Continued

The Holy Ghost: Partner Arm Swing
13 Jun 2015

The Holy Ghost: Partner Arm Swing

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Movement, Visual | 1

“Will you be my partner?”  I ask a child to come and grasp hands with me.  I begin to sing.  “When Christ was on the earth, …”   After we have sung the song half way through, I ask the … Continued

The Holy Ghost: Paper Cup Pop and Partner Paper Cup Pass
13 Jun 2015

The Holy Ghost: Paper Cup Pop and Partner Paper Cup Pass

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Interaction, Movement | 3

Ask the children “Can you do this pattern with your imaginary cups?” Demonstrate the pattern with your cup and ask them to follow.  Sing the song and do the pattern, you with your real cup, and the children with their … Continued

How to make a windwand
30 May 2015

How to make a windwand

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Movement, Nursery, Visual | 28

When I bring the windwands into Primary, I always have a few children who want to come up and touch them.  “What’s this?” they ask with sparkling eyes.  As we wave the ribbons through a series of complicated patterns, the … Continued

Eraser Pass Activity for Older Children
24 May 2015

Eraser Pass Activity for Older Children

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Interaction, Lesson Plans, Teaching Principles, Visual | 25

I stand in front of the children.  On the chalkboard (or whiteboard) is a list of words grouped into threes.  I hold the eraser in my hand.   “Here are the rules,” I say. “1.  Eraser one word that is … Continued

Windwands
14 May 2015

Windwands

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Movement, Visual | 11

The colors of the ribbons bring excitement to the room as they flutter through the air.  The children are concentrating hard to get their ribbons to follow the pattern of the teacher.  You can palpably feel the enthusiastic and electrical … Continued

Be My Mirror: Junior
14 May 2015

Be My Mirror: Junior

by Sharla Dance | posted in: Activities for Older Children, Activities for Younger Children, Interaction, Movement, Teaching Principles, Visual | 3

Stand in front of the mirror.  Turn on a recording of the song you are going to teach.  Raise both hands, palms up, to the mirror.  Move your hands to the beat and flow of the song as you sing … Continued

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