Nursery: How much, how many, how often?
Dear friends, I got this email with some nursery questions and I wanted to address them: “The songs are very short and by the time I get the instruments or whatever passed out, it seems like I should be using … Continued
Nursery Music: The Sacred Grove
Our nursery leader loves to have a song about the current week’s lesson to sing with the children after or during the lesson. When the Nursery children learn about Joseph Smith, I love to use the song “The Sacred Grove.” Because … Continued
Nursery Music: Once There Was a Snowman
I love “Once There Was a Snowman” for Nursery age children because it has a lot of the qualities in a song that this age child loves and needs. Not many words, and words that repeat Melody that repeats and … Continued
Nursery: Fast and Slow, and “God Made Them I Know”
Fast and Slow is a life skill for a two or three year old. What is fast? What is slow? (They often confuse the concept with high and low… high being fast, and low being slow.) Knowing this I will … Continued
Nursery Music: Fast and Slow and Using Scarves
One of the skills that this age child is learning is Fast and Slow. Because their little heartbeats are so much faster than ours, their movements are fast compared to ours. In order to teach them slow, flowing movements (essential … Continued
Nursery Music: What does this age need to know?
“Luke flies his small spaceship toward the giant Death star. ‘Stay on target! Stay on target!’ There is a small window of time to get the missile into the right spot. The tension mounts.” Of course you might recognize that scene … Continued
Outline for February for Older Children: The Church of Jesus Christ and He Sent His Son
February. A new song. No…Two new songs. The Church of Jesus Christ is slated of April, but I will use it in February in order to have a contrast with the mood and tempo of He Sent His Son. But … Continued
Egg Shaker Pass: I Know That My Savior Loves Me, Second verse – Older children
Shake six times. Pass to the left. Pick up on the right. It seems so simple, but sitting in a circle with ten or more other children makes it a group effort with logic, music, and movement! Fill enough plastic … Continued
Three Piece Puzzle Activity for Younger children: I Know That My Savior Loves Me
I started the month with a Silent Video and sang”I Know That My Savior Loves Me.” The children were quiet and attentive. They heard the whole song without really knowing it. The next week I moved with the younger children to … Continued
Envelope Game for Older Children: I Know That My Savior Loves Me
“A long time ago in a beautiful place children were gathered round Jesus” Long, beautiful, gathered, round. I listed one or two words from this phrase of the song. I continue to list one of two of the words from each … Continued