The Family Is Of God
I'll be using a lot of ideas found HERE to teach this song.
This FLIP CHART.
Also, THIS idea:
Bring "dad" "mom" and "children" items to dress children in with each verse. Each item will have a key word taped to it. As we "dress" the kids, we'll learn the song.
HERE are some more ideas (including handbells!)
This blog was created to share the ideas I gather as I prepare singing time lessons as the Primary Music Leader in my ward, especially handbell helps. (This site is not sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints).
Saturday, April 12, 2014
April 2014 Schedule
April 2014 Music
“The Family Is Central to God’s Plan”
Welcome: Our door is always open (254)
Birthday: You’ve Had a Birthday (285)
Baptism: When I Am Baptized (103)
Article of Faith #5 (125)
Program Song: The Family Is of God (outline)
Mother’s Day Song: Dearest Mother, I Love You (206)
Fun: In the Leafy Treetops (240), Sunbeam (60), If You’re Happy (266)
13th (State Visit)/Week 1 – “The family is central to God’s plan.”
Reverence: Families Can Be Together Forever (188) +
sign language
Opening: Because God Loves Me (234) second verse
Sharing: Families Can Be Together Forever (188)
Singing: Program
Song (Chorus + 1st verse)
Closing: Sing The Family Is of God (outline) through
once more or I Am a Child of God (2)
20th (Easter)/Week 2 – “Parents have important responsibilities in
families. + Children have the responsibility to obey their parents.”
Reverence: The Family (194) + Program Song (review
1st verse & chorus)
Opening: He Sent His Son (34)
Singing: He Died That We Might Live Again (65) +
Mother’s Day song
Closing: I Stand All Amazed (Hymns, 193)
27th/Week 3 – “I
can show love to each member of my family.”
Reverence/Opening:
Love Is Spoken Here (190)
Sharing: A Happy Family (198)
Singing: Program
Song (2nd, 3rd and 4th verses) + Mother’s Day
song
Closing: Families Can Be Together Forever (188) +
sign language
Nursery:
Welcome: Here We Are
Together (261)
Fun: In the Leafy
Treetops (240), Sunbeam (60), If You’re Happy (266), Rain Is Falling (241)
Reverent: I Feel My
Savior’s Love (74), Families Can Be
Together Forever (188)
Closing: I Am a Child
of God (2)
Saturday, March 1, 2014
I Stand All Amazed
The March 2014 program song is I Stand All Amazed (Hymns, #193).
Week 1 - I plan to teach just the chorus and focus on the spiritual aspects of the song.
Week 2 - I plan to teach the verse(s).
Week 3 - will be a review with dynamics.
I'm going to use THIS really cute flip-chart to help with learning the song.
Week 1:
Week 1 - I plan to teach just the chorus and focus on the spiritual aspects of the song.
Week 2 - I plan to teach the verse(s).
Week 3 - will be a review with dynamics.
I'm going to use THIS really cute flip-chart to help with learning the song.
Week 1:
Jr. Lesson:
Mosiah 3:5-8
5)…the Lord…[came] down from heaven…and [went] forth [among]
men, working mighty miracles…
“What kind of miracles do you think he did?”
(Read the following, pausing to ask what each thing means:)
“Some of the things it says he did in the scriptures was:”
5 cont.) …healing the sick, raising the dead, causing the
lame to walk, the blind to receive their sight, and the deaf to hear, and
curing all manner of diseases.
6) And he…cast out devils, or the evil spirits which [were]
in the hearts of the children of men.
7) …he…suffer[ed] temptations, and pain of body, hunger,
thirst, and fatigue, even more than man can suffer, [because they would die from
the pain]…blood [came] from every pore [in his skin], so great [was] his
anguish [because of] the wickedness…of his people.
8) And he shall be called Jesus Christ, the Son of God, the
Father of heaven and earth, the Creator of all things from the beginning...
“Because he did all of this, because of the atonement and
His love for us, it means that we can repent
when we do wrong and become clean and good again. That’s one of the big reasons
why we love our Savior and are so grateful for Him.”
John 15:13
Greater love hath
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
“Do you think it’s pretty WONDERFUL that Jesus Christ did
this for us? Would you be willing to suffer so much and even die for your
friends or family? He must REALLY love us! Let’s learn a song that will help us
tell Him how much we love Him and are grateful for him.”
Learn chorus of “I Stand All Amazed” (Hymns, #193)
Sr. Lesson:
(Basically the same lesson, except have THEM look in the
scriptures for the answers and read word for word Mosiah 3:7-8).
Week 2:
I printed the words of the song really big and will have some strips of paper to cover up some of the words as we sing it over and over to make sure they know those words. As we come across any words that might be hard to understand I'll have the Primary help me define them.
Week 2:
I printed the words of the song really big and will have some strips of paper to cover up some of the words as we sing it over and over to make sure they know those words. As we come across any words that might be hard to understand I'll have the Primary help me define them.
March 2014 Music
Sorry I've been MIA lately... I'm pregnant and have been quite busy with life ;)
March 2014 Music
“Jesus Christ
Is Our Savior”
Welcome: Here We Are Together (261)
Birthday: Happy, Happy Birthday (284)
Baptism: When I Am Baptized (103)
Article of Faith # 4
(124)
Program Song: I Stand All Amazed (Hymns, 193)
Fun: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (60), If You’re Happy (266), Rain Is Falling All Around (241)
Week 1 – “I can gain a testimony of Jesus Christ.”
Reverence: Reverently,
Quietly (26)
Opening: I Know My
Father Lives (5)
Singing: The Church of
Jesus Christ (77), Program Chorus
Closing: I Am a Child
of God (2)
Week 2 – “Through the Atonement of Jesus Christ I can
repent and be forgiven of my sins.”
Reverence: Reverence
Is Love (31)
Opening: I Feel My
Savior’s Love (74)
Sharing: Did
Jesus Really Live Again? (CS, 64) or Jesus Has Risen (CS, 70)
Singing:
Program (Verse)
Closing: He Sent His
Son (34)
Week 3 – “Jesus Christ
was resurrected, and I will be too.”
Reverence: I Want to
Be Reverent (28)
Opening: On a Golden
Springtime (88) –verse two for sure
Singing: Program-dynamics, The Lord Gave Me a Temple (153)-second verse
Closing: I’m Trying to
Be like Jesus (78)-especially second verse
Week 4 – “I can show
respect for the Savior by being reverent.”
Reverence: Reverence
Is Love (31)
Opening: The Chapel
Doors (156)
Singing: Program Review
Closing: The Things I
Do (170)
Nursery:
Welcome: Here We Are
Together (261)
Fun: In the Leafy
Treetops (240), Sunbeam (60), If You’re Happy (266), Rain Is Falling (241)
Reverent: I Feel My
Savior’s Love (74), Families Can Be
Together Forever (188)
Closing: I Am a Child of God (2)
Saturday, February 8, 2014
February 2014 Schedule
Feb. 2014 Music
Welcome: Here We Are Together (261)
Birthday: Your Happy Birthday (283)
Baptism: When I Am Baptized (103)
Article of Faith #3
Program Song: I Will Follow God’s Plan (164)
Fun: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (281), Once There Was a Snowman (249), Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (275)
2nd/Week 1 – “Heavenly Father has a plan for His
children.”
Reverence: Reverently,
Quietly (26)
Opening: I Lived in
Heaven (4)
Singing: (going from sharing time into singing time) I Will Follow God’s Plan (164) – Introduce
it and have classes draw a picture for each phrase to use and then sing using
the pictures.
Closing: I Know My
Father Lives (5) – both verses
Date/Week 2 - Heavenly Father commanded Jesus Christ to create
the earth as a home for His children.
Reverence: Because God
Loves Me (234) first verse, I’m
Trying to Be like Jesus (78)
Opening: The World Is
So Big (235)
Sharing: My Heavenly
Father Loves Me (228)
Singing: Program song – review/spiritual
Closing: My Heavenly
Father Loves Me (228) or All Things
Bright and Beautiful (231)
Date/Week 3 - My body is created in the image of God.
Reverence: Because God
Loves Me (234) second verse
Opening: I Have Two
Ears (269)
Sharing: The Lord Gave
Me a Temple (153)
Singing: Program song - dynamics
Closing: My Heavenly
Father Loves Me (228)
Date/Week 4 - Agency is the gift to choose for myself.
Reverence: I Want to
be Reverent (28)
Opening: Choose the
Right Way (160)
Singing: Program songs review + other known songs (fun
game?)
Closing: Nephi’s
Courage (120)
Nursery:
Welcome: Hello Song
(260)
Fun: Once There Was a
Snowman (249), Jesus Wants Me for a
Sunbeam (60), Do As I’m Doing
(276)
Reverent: I’m Trying
to Be like Jesus (78), Families Can
Be Together Forever (188)
Closing: I Am a Child
of God (2)
Sunday, January 12, 2014
"He Sent His Son" Jan. 2014
This is one of my favorite Primary songs so I am very excited to teach it :)
My schedule:
Week 1- Learn
Week 2- Dynamics
Week 3- Games/review
Here is a link that has a step by step lesson plan that might be helpful from SugarDoodle.net.
Week 1 - Learn the song:
I taught this song for fun within the last year or so, so I'm going to use the same clipart I used to teach it back then (it looks like this; although I think I got it from somewhere else originally), but add some scriptures to it. What I did is flip over the corresponding picture so that you couldn't see the art and wrote the scripture reference on the back. This way when we get to that phrase in the song we have to look for the answer in the scriptures and then can flip over the picture and sing the phrase.
The "phrases" flipped over and corresponding scriptures that I chose are:
"He sent his Son, a newborn babe" - John 3:16
"He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may know" - John 13:15
"He sent his Son to die for us" - Luke 24:46
"and rise with living breath" - Mosiah 16:7-8
"Have faith, have hope" - Alma 32:21
"live like his Son, help others on their way" - 3 Ne. 27:21
"What does he ask? Live like his Son." - Moroni 7:48 (to be read at end of song as a testimony)
For Jr. I will probably just read the scriptures and then have them sing the phrase, but for Sr. I will have them look them up and read the scriptures out loud and guess what the next line (or answer) could be about.
Week 2 - Dynamics:
This week we will be reviewing the song by adding dynamics. I may have them practice dynamics by switching between soft/loud and other such dynamics. Then, we will actually apply the dynamics I'd like to have sung at the program presentation. We'll have many months to review this song and these dynamics so I really want to make this song beautiful with that detail.
Week 3: Games/review:
This week I just want to make sure they remember the words of the song by playing games (TBA, maybe groups singing questions vs. answers) to make the review fun. We will only sing through it a couple of times and then will be learning a new song just to build our repertoire. Don't forgot to add the dynamics at least the last time through!
My schedule:
Week 1- Learn
Week 2- Dynamics
Week 3- Games/review
Here is a link that has a step by step lesson plan that might be helpful from SugarDoodle.net.
Week 1 - Learn the song:
I taught this song for fun within the last year or so, so I'm going to use the same clipart I used to teach it back then (it looks like this; although I think I got it from somewhere else originally), but add some scriptures to it. What I did is flip over the corresponding picture so that you couldn't see the art and wrote the scripture reference on the back. This way when we get to that phrase in the song we have to look for the answer in the scriptures and then can flip over the picture and sing the phrase.
The "phrases" flipped over and corresponding scriptures that I chose are:
"He sent his Son, a newborn babe" - John 3:16
"He sent his Son to walk with men on earth, that we may know" - John 13:15
"He sent his Son to die for us" - Luke 24:46
"and rise with living breath" - Mosiah 16:7-8
"Have faith, have hope" - Alma 32:21
"live like his Son, help others on their way" - 3 Ne. 27:21
"What does he ask? Live like his Son." - Moroni 7:48 (to be read at end of song as a testimony)
For Jr. I will probably just read the scriptures and then have them sing the phrase, but for Sr. I will have them look them up and read the scriptures out loud and guess what the next line (or answer) could be about.
Week 2 - Dynamics:
This week we will be reviewing the song by adding dynamics. I may have them practice dynamics by switching between soft/loud and other such dynamics. Then, we will actually apply the dynamics I'd like to have sung at the program presentation. We'll have many months to review this song and these dynamics so I really want to make this song beautiful with that detail.
Week 3: Games/review:
This week I just want to make sure they remember the words of the song by playing games (TBA, maybe groups singing questions vs. answers) to make the review fun. We will only sing through it a couple of times and then will be learning a new song just to build our repertoire. Don't forgot to add the dynamics at least the last time through!
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Thursday, January 2, 2014
January 2014 Primary Music Schedule
January 2014 Music
“Heavenly Father Prepared a Way for Me to
Return to His Presence”
Welcome: Hello Song (260)
Birthday: You’ve Had a Birthday (285)
Baptism: When I Am Baptized (103)
Article
of Faith #1 & 2 (122)
Program Song: He Sent His Son (34)
Fun: Once There Was a Snowman (249), Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (60), Do As I’m Doing (276)
4th/Week 1 - I am a child of God and can be like Him someday.
Reverence: Jesus Wants
Me for a Sunbeam (60)
Opening: Reverently, Quietly
(26)
Sharing: I Am a Child
of God (2), I Know My Father Lives
(5)
Singing: Here We Are
Together (261)
Closing: I Am a Child
of God (2) or Teach Me to Walk in the
Light (177)
11th/Week 2 - Heavenly Father provided a Savior and makes it
possible for me to return to His presence.
Reverence: Listen,
Listen (107)
Opening: This Is My
Beloved Son (76)
Sharing: I Lived in
Heaven (4)
Singing: Program Song - Learn
Closing: I Feel My
Savior’s Love (74)
18th/Week 3 - Jesus Christ is the perfect example for me to
follow.
Reverence: Listen,
Listen (Round) (107)
Opening: “Give,” Said
the Little Stream (236)
Sharing: I’m Trying to
Be like Jesus (78)
Singing: Jesus Wants
Me for a Sunbeam (60), Program Song – Dynamics
Closing: I’m Trying to
Be like Jesus (78) or I’ll Walk with
You (140)
25th/Week 4 - I can return to Heavenly Father by following
Jesus Christ.
Reverence: Our Primary
Colors (258)
Opening: My Heavenly
Father Loves Me (228)
Singing: Program Song – Games, Learn Help Me, Dear Father (99)
Closing: Families Can
Be Together Forever (188)
Nursery:
Welcome: Hello Song
(260)
Fun: Once There Was a
Snowman (249), Jesus Wants Me for a
Sunbeam (60), Do As I’m Doing
(276)
Reverent: I’m Trying
to Be like Jesus (78), Families Can
Be Together Forever (188)
Closing: I Am a Child
of God (2)
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.
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)
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)
Closing:
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
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10:20am Start Jr. (reverence song can start before this)
10:30am Sharing Time
10:45am Singing Time
11:05am Close
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11:15am Start Sr. (reverence song can start before this)
11:25am Sharing Time/NURSERY
11:40am Singing Time
12pm Close
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Saturday, November 23, 2013
Thanksgiving 2013
For the Sunday before Thanksgiving I'll be using a few songs that talk about being thankful.
Opening: We Bow Our Heads (CS 25) - I will either teach this before we sing it really quick during reverent time or review it at the beginning of singing time.
Singing Time: Can a Little Child like Me? (CS 9) - This will be the song we focus on learning during singing time. I will teach it to them and then we'll sing it over and over as we play "hot potato". Whoever ends up with the object we are passing when I "pause" the song will quickly say something they are thankful for.
Closing: Children All Over the World (CS 16) - For the last few minutes of singing time I will teach the children how to say "thank you" in the different languages using THESE pictures found HERE.
Opening: We Bow Our Heads (CS 25) - I will either teach this before we sing it really quick during reverent time or review it at the beginning of singing time.
Singing Time: Can a Little Child like Me? (CS 9) - This will be the song we focus on learning during singing time. I will teach it to them and then we'll sing it over and over as we play "hot potato". Whoever ends up with the object we are passing when I "pause" the song will quickly say something they are thankful for.
Closing: Children All Over the World (CS 16) - For the last few minutes of singing time I will teach the children how to say "thank you" in the different languages using THESE pictures found HERE.
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