Fanfare
The kids sang “Praise to the Man” this week so well I asked our fabulous pianist for some fanfare. The kids loved the praise from the fanfare and understood how proud I was of their singing. I had her play it for me after primary so you get…
Tag Archive: singing time
Getting ready for the program
Including this week, our primary has four Sunday’s before the program. Instead of doing one singing meter for the whole period of time, we’re doing something different every week. I pulled out my Nephite and as the kids passed off a song, w…
Training
Training Tips When singing with the children, there are a few important tips:1. Look at the children.2. Smile3. Cue them at the beginning of the song, and sing with them.Look at the children at the beginning of the song. It’s better to memorize t…
The subs get all the fun
It’s time to start really working on our program which is coming up in September, but I need a sub for this Sunday so the kids may as well have a good time. The songs are on the back of the leaves and birds and all of them are classic, fun songs….
Sweet Farewell
This has been a difficult, yet wonderful week full of changes. I am very sad to report that I have been released as primary chorister. I love this calling, and have put my whole heart into it. I am going to miss singing every week with the primary. It …
New Sunbeams
My daughter is one of the new Sunbeams coming into Singing/Sharing time this year, and I am a little worried about how she will adapt to sitting during Primary – especially while I am up front. I found this idea on Sugardoodle:Have little cut outs of a…
New Song
I’m just now learning our new song for January, and love how teachingldschildren.com is going to introduce and teach, “If I Listen with My Heart”. I will most likely use several of her ideas!
Tree Sing
Next Sunday I will bring out one of my old family home evening lessons to use in singing time. (You can click on the photo above to see the wording on all the ornaments better. ) Being that it is the day after Christmas, I will begin by asking who is p…
Sing a Story
This Sunday we will be doing a sing-a-story of Christmas (scriptures and song order came from “A Children’s Songbook Companion”). I have my nativity poster ready to go, using just 5 figures, that will be placed inside numbered envelopes. On the back of…
Paper Chain Song Countdown
I wanted to give the children a little reminder of the songs we are singing in Sacrament Meeting next Sunday, so made a paper chain to help them countdown the days, and practice at the same time. I am attaching 7 strips of paper to a note that reads:
Make a paper chain, alternating red and green strips. Every night, take off one chain and practice one of the songs we will sing in Sacrament Meeting next Sunday, Dec. 12th.
Red = Away in a Manger (CS 42)
Green = Mary’s Lullaby (CS 44)
I may do this again next year the week before the big Primary program, using a different color link for each song they will be singing!
Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus
This Sunday we will be learning “Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus” (CS 36). These are my visuals, and I plan to write out the chorus underneath them on the chalkboard. To introduce the song, I will bring a globe and point out the distances between Americ…
2011 Primary Program Lyric Book
This afternoon I put together the songs on CD and our lyric booklet for the 2011 program. I made a “magic book” for the lyrics, which is one sheet of paper, folded and cut to make a little book. I made one of these for my visiting teaching blog, which …