Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://ocdprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2014/01/practice-secret-word.html Get the children singing a song over and over without even noticing that they’re practicing! Choose a child to leave the room for a moment (with an adult if necessary). Together with the rest of the primary, choose one secret word. When the child from the hall returns, have the primary sing him or her the song, omitting the secret word. See if he or she can…
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Downloaded from: http://ocdprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2014/01/review-i-will-follow-gods-plan-for-me.html (To teach this song, find my art here. More lesson plan ideas for the month are here.)This game is one of my kids’ favorites! It looks intimidating, but it’s super easy once you understand the idea. To prepare the game:1. Download the PDF at the bottom of the page.2. Print the first four pages3. Print the fifth through eighth pages on the back. (Or just write the words on…
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Downloaded from: http://ocdprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2014/01/song-i-will-follow-gods-plan-for-me.html (For a fun review activity, look here. And even more lesson plan ideas for this month can be found here.)Because this song is so short, I’d plan to teach it quickly and move on to other activities. One way to accomplish this is to post the pictures in a circle around the board. Sing the song to the children one line at a time. Ask them which…
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Downloaded from: http://littleldsideas.blogspot.com/2014/01/family-home-evening-reverence.html Question…does anyone else feel like their row is the loudest row on Sunday?I don’t know what is going on, but my children have been going crazy lately, and I’m my husband is going crazy trying to keep them quiet (I’m usually in the Mother’s room with my sweet baby girl, sorry honey!).Last night we decided to have an FHE on reverence. This was a very last minute idea,…
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Downloaded from: http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-efy-i-stand-all-amazed.html HERE is a video called “EFY 2013 I Stand All Amazed”. It’s acapella. It’s nice. Seems geared more toward youth in the 12-18 crowd. I would like to show a video for this song, but it’s an interesting song choice for Primary! I’m still searching… but this is a possibility….
Downloaded from: http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2014/01/video-i-stand-all-amazed.html HERE is I Stand All Amazed sung at Women’s Conference 2012.
Downloaded from: http://littleldsideas.blogspot.com/2014/01/sharing-time-i-can-return-to-heavenly.html IDENTIFY THE DOCTRINE (reviewing): Draw the path from week 2 on the board. Ask the children to explain who made it possible to return to Heavenly Father. Ask a few children to report how they followed Christ’s example during the previous week. Invite them to share other ways they can follow Jesus (such as being baptized, praying, and obeying the commandments). Write their responses on the board.ENCOURAGE UNDERSTANDING (hearing…
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Downloaded from: http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2014/01/follow-plan.html This is for teaching the song I Will Follow God’s Plan. POST “THE PLAN” on the board (a big poster board, or a bunch of papers with big text printed or written on it outlining all the steps of what we will do [see list below]). TELL the kids we have to follow this plan to make sure we learn the song of the Month. We have to…
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Downloaded from: http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2014/01/i-will-follow-gods-plan-imagine-and.html TALK about some beautiful things that Heavenly Father has in store for you (getting baptized, married in the temple, going on a Mission, having a future family). Have the children imagine and “paint”a beautiful scene in their life’s plan with Primary Music Paintbrushes as they sing I Will Follow God’s Plan For Me.
Downloaded from: http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2014/01/he-sent-his-son-jeopardy.html Play He Sent His Song Jeopardy! Divide the Primary into teams Invite two kids up to the buzzers Determine a category chooser (I used the picking sticks to give another child a chance to help). Choose category. Ask question First to buzz gets chance to answer. If they don’t get it, the other player gets a chance to answer. Give points to the team of whoever got…
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Downloaded from: http://ocdprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2014/01/how-to-lead-music.html I’ve seen the topic come up several times recently, Do you need musical talent to teach Primary Singing Time?My answer is: not necessarily. The most important part of being Primary Chorister is helping the children to learn the principles in the songs we teach through the Spirit. We can show respect, reverence, and love without an ounce of musical ability. Before I was called, I was a symphony…
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Downloaded from: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PattiesPrimaryPlace/~3/dCmEmT50Tgg/primary-january-singing-time-olypics.html The Sochi Winter Olympics is coming soon. So I thought of something that I used to do in Primary Singing Time during the Olympics that is always fun. Olympic Ribbon Sticks for twirling to music! Olympic Ribbon Twirling…we can do some of that in Primary Singing Time! HERE at Oriental Trading is the set I bought to use for music time and in my classroom. I used…
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