Why teach this song even if your children already know it. Younger Primary Melody Map Personal pictures Magic Crayon Simplified Hand Signs Wind wands or scarves Older Primary Paper Plate Question and Answer Patterns (video) (explanation and video) Hand Signs … Continued
I taped together two poster boards (Poster boards usually come in 22 x 28 sizes. I taped the 28 long sides together so that the combined poster board now measures 44 x 28.) On the poster board I glued 16 … Continued
Prep: I have put 20 paper plates (the cheaper kind) under each teacher’s chair. Tell the children: Older – Here’s the pattern. Younger – Can your hands follow my hands? Do the pattern with the paper plates. (The children will … Continued
When you only have a few younger children and a few older children, it is difficult to separate the two groups. Younger children are developmentally very different from older children, so how do you teach to engage all the children? … Continued
Concentration Game: There are 8 x 11 colored papers set up in a grid at the front of the room. (For this particular song, I would use 14.) As you sing the song, the a child lifts two of the … Continued
Tell the children: Here’s the pattern. (video attached to this blog) Start right in doing the pattern. Down up down (switch), down up down (switch), continue. Stop and say: I can see that some of us might do best if I slow … Continued
Here is an idea for older children: Rhythm Stick Roll
I tell the children, “I have a video for you.” I turn off the sound and play the New Testament video from the Church website Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me. (You should download it so that there is … Continued
My pictures are out of order? Can you help me put them in the order they come in the song? Sing the song and tap different children on the shoulder to come and put the pictures in order. Once the … Continued
I stand in front of the children with my scarf held up in my hand. “Pretend you have a scarf in your hand. See if your hand can follow my hand.” Begin singing and making the scarf move in … Continued