Friday, December 27, 2013

SINGO

For the 5th Sunday of the month and LAST Sunday of the year (when the primary presidency will be busy getting things ready for the new year) we will be playing SINGO for all of primary.

I got the idea from Camille's Primary Ideas, but I'm not doing it as Christmas SINGO. Camille links to to THIS WEBSITE where you can make your own bingo game boards in 2 minutes!

I chose to just go with a fun 5x5 winter theme and then I'm going to enlarge the pictures from the call sheet, write the correlating song on the other side (any we've sung this year), and then have the kids choose which song they want to sing and we'll flip it over to see what picture correlates with it (the pictures won't go with the song necessarily). We'll be using skittles as markers and should have a lot of fun! It'll be a great way to keep them entertained and provides lots of opportunity to sing :) 

P.S. Another resource with LDS specific pictures can be found HERE. I didn't go with this one because it is black and white (you'd have to color it in for color) and I wanted some fun colors and to play on the winter theme without a lot of work.

Thursday, December 5, 2013

December 2013 Schedule


Dec. 2013 Music
Welcome: Hello Song (260)
Birthday: Happy, Happy Birthday (284)
Baptism: When I Am Baptized (103)
Article of Faith #13 (132)
Fun: Once There Was a Snowman (249), Head Shoulders (275)

1st/Week 1
Reverence: Talk about week while listening to music
Opening: Away in a Manger (42)
Singing: Christmas program songs and costumes
Closing: Silent Night (Hymn 204)

8th/Week 2
Reverence: Talk about performance, sing The Shepherd's Carol (40) all verses in round
Opening: Stars Were Gleaming (37)
Singing: SNOWFLAKES with names
Closing: When He Comes Again (82)

15th/Week 3
Reverence: Reverently, Quietly (26)
Opening: Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus (36)
Sharing: 3rd verse of I Am a Child of God (2-3), and prepare to play a few notes of I Will Follow God's Plan (164-65), Keep the Commandments (146-47), Kindness Begins with Me (145), When I Am Baptized (103)
Singing: SNOWFLAKES with names
Closing: He Sent His Son (34)

22nd/Week 4
Reverence: Listen to reverent music - chime?
Opening: Mary's Lullaby (44)
Sharing: I Am a Child of God (2-3)
Singing: The Nativity Song (52) - Characters or Rhyme
Closing: Have a Very Merry Christmas (51)

29th/Week 5
Reverence: Listen to reverent music
Opening: Teach Me to Walk in the Light (177)
Singing: SINGO (any songs we've sung this year)
Closing: I Am a Child of God (2-3)

Nursery: 
Hello Song (260)
Once There Was a Snowman (249)
Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (275)
Christmas Songs: The Nativity Song (pictures), Christmas Bells, Stars Were Gleaming (stars), Shepherd's Carol, Away in a Manger
I Am a Child of God (2-3)

Schedule
10:20am Start Jr. (reverence song can start before this)
10:30am Sharing Time
10:45am Singing Time
11:05am Close
11:15am Start Sr. (reverence song can start before this)
11:25am Sharing Time/NURSERY
11:40am Singing Time
12pm Close