tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11044945946161159842024-03-13T18:18:07.862-07:00Singing on SundayLynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-63573969834413698442013-08-24T20:26:00.002-07:002013-09-22T13:46:32.386-07:00Birthday ideaFound this idea to celebrate the Primary's Birthday. Each candle will have a number. As the kids pick them, either tell a Primary history fact or we'll sing a Primary song. Here's the link to the birthday candle clip art: <br />
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<a href="http://wip.creativiteach.com/2011/09/26/why-wont-this-work/">http://wip.creativiteach.com/2011/09/26/why-wont-this-work/</a><br />
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And here are some fun Primary facts to refer to:<br />
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*Primary was first organized in 1878 by Aurelia Spencer Rogers in Farmington, Utah, she was a 44 year old mother of 12. <br />
*Children ages 4-14 were invited to the participate in the first primary<br />
*It was adopted church wide in 1880<br />
*Rogers was concerned because younger Latter-day Saint children weren't being taught basic principles and values.<br />
*Rogers felt that the younger boys in the community were becoming unruly and mischievous. <br />
*The first primary<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> meeting was held on August 28, with 224 children in attendance. They decided that girls were allowed to come so the singing would sound prettier. <br /> *At the first primary boys were specifically taught not to steal fruit from orchards and girls were taught not to hang on wagons. In addition, they were given lessons on faith, manners,obedience, and other worthy principles.<br /> *Sister May Anderson, the second general president of the Primary Association from initiated what became Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City.<br /> *In the 1970s the Primary Association was renamed Primary.<br /> *There have been 12 General Primary Presidents since 1878!<br /> *135 years later there are now over 1 million primary children all over the world!</span><br />
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Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-4551665579555825802013-06-29T19:27:00.000-07:002013-06-29T19:27:29.939-07:004th of July ideaOur sweet baby boy was born last Friday so I won't be leading the music for a while. But I saw this great idea and wanted to remember it for next year: Make a paper flag with everything but the stars. Cut stars out of paper and write song names on them, hide the stars around the room, and have the kids find them and put them on the flag. Happy Independence Day!Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-19260555224955220752013-06-08T22:31:00.001-07:002013-06-08T22:31:28.686-07:00Planning AheadNext year I'd like to do this for Father's Day: <a href="http://www.camillesprimaryideas.com/2013/06/fathers.html">http://www.camillesprimaryideas.com/2013/06/fathers.html</a>.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-44091845294099274532013-06-08T22:26:00.000-07:002013-06-08T22:30:13.358-07:00June Singing TimeI'm a week late for June. Last week (6/2) we went over the Father's Day medley we're singing in Sacrament Meeting on the 16th (found <a href="http://freeldssheetmusic.org/s/Father%27s-Day-Medley-by-Tara-Blumer" target="_blank">HERE</a>) and we also reviewed <i>We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet</i> by using idea #5 found on <a href="http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=4551b8179f4bb010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1" target="_blank">THIS PAGE</a> at lds.org. The kids remembered it from before and it was a fun review day for them.<br />
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Tomorrow (6/9) we'll sing the Father's Day medley once or twice. They know it pretty well now so I won't spend much time on it. After that we'll review the first verse of <i>If the Savior Stood Beside Me</i> with the idea from a blog called "What These Hands Do" found with <a href="http://whatthesehandsdo.blogspot.com/2013/02/singing-time-if-savior-stood-beside-me.html" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a>. If they remember it well enough we'll go on to the second verse.<br />
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On Father's Day (6/16) we'll be singing <i>Families Can Be Together Forever</i> in Jr. Primary and the Sr. Primary will review <i>We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet </i>and <i>If the Savior Stood Beside Me. </i>I'll probably use the same <a href="http://If the Savior Stood Beside Me" target="_blank">silly dad picture I used last year</a> because it's cute and I already have it. This day is also my due date for baby #6! so I don't think I'll be around to lead the singing for the rest of June and I'll have a substitute for July and August as well. If you don't see any new posts from me, this is why. Have a good summer!Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-35665567593240401882013-06-08T21:24:00.000-07:002013-06-08T21:24:44.842-07:00"Hot"... WhateverI saw this idea online today and wanted to post it to remind myself that's it's a good idea for reviewing a song.<br />
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"We play "Hot ClipBoard" like hot potato but I
pass around a clip board with paper and pencil on it. When the pianist stops (at her will) the kid holding the clip board has to write the
next 5 words, and so do I. It actually stumps me too and sometimes the
kids win. For Junior primary I have them pass around an object and when the music stops I
just have them say the next words. Any object is fine, just call it "hot."<br />
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Thanks, <span dir="ltr">Amanda Dickerson Merrill from Primary Choristers forum on facebook.</span>Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-9851722184033944612013-05-04T21:33:00.000-07:002013-05-04T22:09:06.463-07:00May Singing TimeThe primary children are singing "<i>Mother, I Love You</i>" next week in Sacrament Meeting. The Sr. Primary kids know it pretty well, but the Jr. Primary needs some help with it. While I hold a flip chart with pictures and words for the kids to see, I'll have one child come up and hold a Popsicle stick with a big heart on it. Every time we say the word "<b>Love</b>" the child will hold up the stick heart. <br />
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<a href="http://primarynotes29.blogspot.com/2013/05/mothers-day-helpers.html" target="_blank">HERE </a>is what I'll be doing for Mother's Day next week. Thanks to Primary Notes 29 for the idea!<br />
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The following Sunday I'll be teaching the kids "<i>Families Can Be Together Forever</i>". We'll play a memory matching game inspired by <a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4982" target="_blank">THIS LINK</a>, but I think I'll tweak it a little to make it my own. <br />
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And for the last Sunday in May we'll review all the songs we've learned for the program to date with a review game of some kind.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-1136683726876791372013-04-13T16:32:00.001-07:002013-04-13T16:33:49.801-07:00April Singing Time - A Child's Prayer The first Sunday in April was General Conference and the 3rd Sunday is our Stake Conference, leaving me with only 2 Sundays in April to teach a new song. I chose <i>A Child's Prayer</i> and will be using an idea called "Fun With the Phone" I found <a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1663&Itemid=5" target="_blank">here </a>to introduce it. I'm only going to teach the 1st verse to the children because I think it would be very appropriate for some parents to sing the 2nd part with them for the sacrament program this fall.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-17280694556036175242013-03-23T18:02:00.000-07:002013-03-23T18:02:20.698-07:00March Madness - 3/24 Singing TimeI love March Madness and was really excited to find this idea:<br />
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<a href="http://aprimarysingingtime.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-madness-324-singing-time.html">http://aprimarysingingtime.blogspot.com/2013/03/march-madness-324-singing-time.html</a><br />
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I'll have one kid shoot 4 various sized balls into a basket. If he/she puts 1 in we'll sing<i> I Am A Child of God</i>, if 2 baskets are made we'll sing <i>Did Jesus Really Live Agai</i>n, 3 baskets will be <i>My Heavenly Father Loves Me</i> and we'll sing <i>When He Comes Again</i> if 4 shots go in.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-84789833250126389592013-03-09T20:29:00.000-08:002013-03-09T20:29:39.923-08:00Easter SundayI'm going to make singing time for Easter Sunday really easy this year. I'll get some plastic Easter eggs and put names or pages of Primary songs in each egg. They I'll hide the eggs around the room, choose a child to find an egg and then sing the song that's inside. Easy peasy.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-10120625500698858582013-03-09T20:26:00.000-08:002013-03-09T20:26:21.854-08:00When He Comes AgainBecause I'm having a baby in June and because our Primary already knows <i>If the Savior Stood Beside Me</i> pretty well, this month I'll be teaching <i>When He Comes Again</i> in addition to the song our Ward Music Leader asked the Primary to sing for Easter Sunday - <i>Did Jesus Really Live Again?</i> <br />
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We'll use a flip chart I found <a href="http://intheleafytreetopsthebirdssing.blogspot.com/2013/03/when-he-comes-again.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and an idea from <a href="http://www.sugardoodle.net/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1072&Itemid=5" target="_blank">Sugardoodle </a>to learn <i>When He Comes Again</i>. It'll go something like this:<br />
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In Jr. singing time I'll gave the children a piece of the flip chart (there are 12 pages for the 2
verses) - but not in order.<br /><br />They'll look at their pictures (and
words if they can read) and then we'll sing the first line and the person
who thinks he/she has it raises a hand and I'll have him/her come and hold up the picture. Then we'll sing from the beginning including the next
line and the person who has that one comes up, etc. <br /><br />For the 2nd
verse - I'll take away all the first verse pages and have all the 2nd verse
page holders come to the front and get in the order they thought it
might go. Then we'll sing the 2nd verse and see if they
were right. If they weren't, they'll rearrange. Then we'll sing it again.<br /><br />In
Sr. singing time - I'll give the first verse
out in the wrong order to 6 children. Some others who don't have
pictures will rearrange the kids holding the pictures how they think it should be - they'll have the
length of time it takes to play the song on the piano. Then they'll hide
their pictures from everyone and we'll sing the verse. Then they'll show the
pictures again and decide whether this was their final answer. And then we'll sing the verse with the pictures showing.
We'll do the same for the 2nd verse.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-71153671765614070432013-02-24T23:29:00.000-08:002013-02-24T23:29:54.689-08:00Review Game with DiceI got the idea for this game called "Doubles" <a href="http://www.camillesprimaryideas.com/2013/02/doubles.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to Camille's Primary Ideas for always being a great place for fun ideas.<br />
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I didn't order the big dice like she did, I just used regular sized dice. Other than that we played the game just like she described on her blog:<br />
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"For Senior Primary, I'll divide the Primary into 4 teams (we had 5 teams and didn't have colors) - red, yellow,
blue and green. Each team will get 2 dice in their color (so I'll only
be using 8 of the 12 dice). I'll divide the chalkboard into 4 sections
and write the team colors on each section for score keeping. The teams
will probably want to move their chairs into a circle so the dice can be
quickly passed, or you can have everyone move to the floor in a circle,
or just<span style="background-color: yellow;"> have one child from each team come up to the front of the room
and roll there</span> - it will probably depend on the size of your Primary. I
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To play, we'll start singing the first song, <i>I Am a Child of God. </i>One
child from each team will start rolling their 2 dice. As soon as a
team gets doubles, they will shout out "DOUBLES." The singing will
immediately stop, and that team has to quickly come up with the rest of
the phrase of the song. If they get it right, their team will get a
point on the chalkboard. If they do not, we continue on with the song
with no points. The dice will be passed to the next teammate after
anyone on any team rolls "doubles." We'll continue to sing all the
verses of all our songs. Hopefully everyone will get a few chances to
roll the dice.</div>
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My ideal would be to get through all 8 verses of these songs twice but we'll see how rowdy things get.</div>
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For Junior Primary I think I'll just have 4 kids come up at a time and
roll their dice. When someone gets doubles, we'll stop and the Primary
has to help that child come up with the rest of the phrase. So no
teams. Once doubles are rolled, the 4 kids will be rotated to a new
group of 4. Hopefully each child will be able to roll a few times and
we'll again, get through all the verses of all the songs twice.</div>
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<i>note: </i>If I'm finding doubles are not being rolled quickly
enough, I'll add in the 3rd dice to each team which would obviously
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We sang <i>I Am a Child of God </i>and <i>My Heavenly Father Loves Me</i>. The Sr. Primary loved this game and it did get a little rowdy. The Jr. Primary probably had fun too, but it was harder for them to understand the concept of "doubles" (especially the little kids). It's a fun review game that I'd reserve for Sr. Primary next time.</div>
Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-32227142190578671232013-02-08T20:25:00.000-08:002013-02-08T20:25:08.596-08:00Conversation HeartsLast week I taught the kids the 1st verse to <i>My Heavenly Father Loves Me</i> by using pictures with the Jr. primary and adding scripture verses to the pictures for Sr. primary. This week I'll teach them the 2nd verse with a flip chart and then drill the words into their little brains with a "heart attack". I'll print out conversation hearts like the ones found <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwV7PvZgc9v3NDM1YzQzOTEtMGEwMy00Nzk4LWE2NzAtNWQyZWE5ZTUyYzk4/edit?usp=sharing&authkey=CMS08asL" target="_blank">here</a>. I'll cut out the hearts and put directions for how to sing the song on the back of each heart. For example, on the backs I'll write "Boys Only" or "Girls Only" or "Sing Verse 1" or "Sing Verse 2", etc. I'll have the hearts taped up around the room and use the choosing sticks to have a child pick a heart and then do what it says on the back.<br />
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Thanks to <a href="http://afprimarysingingtime.blogspot.com/2011/02/love-is-in-air.html" target="_blank">Brittney</a> for the conversation heart printables!Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-91638853136056851242013-01-05T22:51:00.000-08:002013-01-05T22:51:00.584-08:00Review idea<a href="http://singingasongisfun2do.blogspot.com/2012/12/easy-end-of-year-review.html">http://singingasongisfun2do.blogspot.com/2012/12/easy-end-of-year-review.html</a><br />
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This idea reviews songs learned throughout the year. I'm posting it here so I don't forget about it in Nov. or Dec.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-33533452407910839842012-12-29T22:55:00.000-08:002012-12-29T22:55:49.592-08:00Truth or ConsequenceI played this with the kids quite a while ago and since I'm looking for something fun and easy for tomorrow, this will be perfect.<br />
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Here's the link for <a href="http://basicprimarymusic.blogspot.com/search/label/Truth%20or%20Consequences" target="_blank">Truth or Consequence</a> with a big <b>thank you</b> to the Sister Patterson for doing all my work for me!<br />
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I'll use her songs, questions, and challenges, but I won't have the kids scoring extra points during the song; we'll just sing it and move on to the next easy/hard question.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-64703648750153666992012-09-22T23:01:00.000-07:002012-09-22T23:01:23.554-07:00Review TimeIt's time to start reviewing for our program. Ours isn't until November so we have plenty of time. Tomorrow we'll be doing an easy game called "You be the Conductor.". <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 20px;">As conductor, they need to do 3 things:</span><br />
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3. Make sure the other kids are singing. If kids are not, the conductor can point them out with their conductor stick (we'll see if this one flies. I don't want hurt feelings).</div>
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So after I introduce my activity, I'll pick a conductor and let them come up and choose a fun conductor stick (i.e. a wand, light saber, ruler, etc). Thanks to Singing in Primary for another great idea!<br />
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*Next week we'll be playing "Who, What, How".</div>
</span>Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-8027573784088473712012-08-24T21:16:00.001-07:002012-08-24T21:16:12.773-07:00Back to School ReviewI love how easy other bloggers make this calling. <br />
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This week I'll be doing a back-to-school review singing time. I spent a small fortune on all my kids' school supplies last week and will be happy to put them to good use before they take them to school on Wednesday.<br />
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<a href="http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Here's the original post .</a> Thanks Singing on Sunday!<br />
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<i>PREP:</i></div>
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Gather the following items: backpack, eraser, glue, markers, ruler, calculator, pencil, scissors, sharpener</div>
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Tape the following instructions on all the items except the backpack (that's just for holding everything):</div>
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<span class="s1"><b>ERASER: “</b>Erase" (don’t sing) the words “choose” and “right” in the song <i>Choose the Right.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>GLUE: </b>Glue your legs together and your arms to your sides so you hold really still while we sing <i>I Feel My Savior's Love.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>MARKERS:</b> Only sing <i>Nephi’s Courage </i>when you are wearing the same color as the marker that is held up.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>RULER: </b>Measure the volume as we sing <i>Stand for the Right. </i>Point to<i> </i>1 inch for softer up to 12 inches for louder.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>CALCULATOR:</b> Count how many times we sing the word “every” in <i>Every Star is Different.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>PENCIL:</b> Have a child come up and use the pencil to lead the song <i>As a Child of God.</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>SCISSORS:</b> Sing <i>When I am Baptized</i> legato
(smoothly) as if it were a piece of paper for the verse. Then when we
sing the chorus, cut it up by singing staccato (choppy).</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>SHARPENER: </b>Sharpen the song by enunciating each word for <i>I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus.</i></span></div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Tell the kids you need help getting
ready for school and need to find your school supplies. Have the
primary help you find the hidden items. As they are found, follow the
instructions taped on and place them into the backpack.</span></div>
Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-13757134265706783022012-07-08T22:16:00.000-07:002012-07-08T22:16:11.820-07:00SummertimeEvery week we sing the Hello Song to visitors. I've been meaning to teach them a new welcome song for a year now, but haven't had the opportunity until now. I'm excited to teach them <i>We Welcome You</i> tomorrow and will just do it using a flip chart I found on Sugardoodle.<br />
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Since that's pretty short we'll also be singing <i>Oh, What Do You Do In the Summertime?</i> by reviewing the words (we sang it last year) and then singing again playing SING-LIKE-A.... with the idea I found <a href="http://divinesecretsofaprimarychorister.blogspot.com/2008/11/sing-like.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />
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If they catch on to the song pretty fast and we want to move on, we'll review some program songs by playing SING-LIKE-A.<br />
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*Update: This singing time was SO MUCH FUN! The kids really enjoyed learning new songs by singing in different voices and being included by getting to choose the circle describing the way to sing. I'm sure I'll do this again when review time for the program comes around.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-5992971457862013042012-07-07T21:30:00.005-07:002012-07-07T21:30:57.064-07:00Next WeekI'll be doing a version of <a href="http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/2012/06/every-star-is-different.html" target="_blank">THIS </a>next week.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-13364281928704933672012-06-23T15:03:00.002-07:002012-06-23T15:04:47.239-07:00Review PictionaryWe're going to be playing Pictionary this Sunday to review our January -
June songs. Very simple with no prep. - Love it.<br />
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All I need is my fun, colored chalk and a rag (I'll dampen it before
Primary) so the kids can wipe their hands when they are finished
drawing.<br />
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For Sr. Primary I'll divide the kids into 2 teams. I'll pick one of the
6 songs and whisper it to 2 kids from each team. They'll then draw the
song on the chalkboard. Once it's guessed, we'll sing it.<br />
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For Jr. Primary I'll ask the teachers to do the drawing, and probably have the songs listed on the board.<br />
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Thanks, <a href="http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Singing In Primary</a>, for a fast, fun idea!Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-13137680022158276362012-06-17T16:11:00.000-07:002012-06-17T16:11:38.069-07:00Happy Father's Day!I know I wrote that our primary would be singing <i>Love At Home</i> for Father's Day, but our primary president suggested this song instead: <i><a href="http://www.lds.org/friend/1976/06/my-father-taught-me?lang=eng&query=%22my+father+taught+me%22" target="_blank">My Father Taught Me</a></i>. Our Jr. singers were so cute singing <i>Daddy's Homecoming</i> and the Sr. kids did this one in Sacrament meeting today. It turned out very nice.<br />
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For singing time I reviewed <i>Nephi's Courage</i> using<a href="http://intheleafytreetopsthebirdssing.blogspot.com/2012/06/nephis-courage-stick-puppets.html" target="_blank"> these awesome pictures</a>. I had the younger kids put the pictures in order as we sang the song.<br />
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And then, because it's Father's Day, I had the kids put together a picture of a dad as we sang some of their favorite songs. I really like how the dad turned out; it just seemed to capture the expression I see on so many fathers. I also took it into the nursery and they loved it, too. Of course, I can't take full credit for it because I found the idea <a href="http://camillesprimaryideas.blogspot.com/2012/06/fathers-day-2012.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Happy Father's Day!<span id="goog_1496882656"></span><span id="goog_1496882657"></span>Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-63346675431703978692012-06-02T09:56:00.000-07:002012-06-02T09:56:00.451-07:00Love At HomeI'm so glad I can look online for ideas. I didn't want to do a song from the Children's Songbook for Father's Day so I went looking around and decided that our Primary will be singing "Love At Home" from the hymn book. Here's the <a href="http://intheleafytreetopsthebirdssing.blogspot.com/2012/05/love-at-home.html" target="_blank">flip chart </a>I found on <i>In the Leafy Treetop</i>s... blog.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-72952810690828102742012-05-13T00:22:00.004-07:002012-05-13T00:22:29.656-07:00<a href="http://iheartprimarymusic.blogspot.com/2012/05/clean-as-earth-right-after-rain.html" target="_blank">This</a> is what I want to do next week. I love reminding myself.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-43441505267518873872012-05-13T00:03:00.000-07:002012-05-13T00:03:10.649-07:00When I Am BaptizedTo teach the primary kids this song, I'll be using a <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/92459858/When-I-Am-Baptized-FC-Nalani" target="_blank">flip chart found here</a>.<br />
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My wonderful sister shared this great idea with me to help make it a little more fun. I'm not sure where she found it, but I'll do a variation of what's below:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 13px;">PREPARATION: make ribbon wands for each child using a popcicle stick and about 3<br />
feet of inexpensive ribbon. I get it at Michaels 3 spools for a dollar satin<br />
ribbon about 1/4" wide. You may want to make them rainbow colors.<br /><br />SUPPLIES: Colored chalk.<br /><br />Give ribbon wands to teachers enough for their class before you start to sing.<br /><br />Last week we learned one of my favorite Primary songs. This week I want to have<br />
some fun with the song.<br /><br />ATTENION GETTER: Sometimes a composer paints a picture with the music. Listen<br />and see if you can see what the composer is painting in the first line of this<br />song. Take a piece of colored chalk and on its side draw a large arch on the<br />
chalkboard as you sing the first line of the song. What do you think he is<br />painting?<br /><br />Sing second line of the song and draw another arch with a different color of<br />chalk.<br />Explain how the composer is making a rainbow by having the music go up in pitch<br />
and then down.<br /><br />We want to sing these lines very Legato, or smooth. See if you can make this<br />very Legato. Take a big breath and try to sing the whole line of the song<br />without taking a breath. Sing these two lines a couple of times very legato.<br />
<br />Now. Listen to the next line of the song. What do you think the composer is<br />painting with this part of the song. Draw raindrops up and down with the pitch<br />of the song as you sing. What do you think? Isn't it amazing how this song can<br />
paint a picture? When the rain falls, is it smooth or is in disconnected?<br />Disconnected in music is called staccato. When we sing this line lets sing the<br />words disconnected or staccato.<br /><br />Pass out ribbon wands. Now lets try something fun. When we sing the first two<br />
lines lets make big arches back and forth like our rainbow. When we sing the<br />rain part, maybe we can make little squiggles up and down like the rain falling.<br /><br />Bear Testimony: Music can do many wonderful things. It can paint pictures, and<br />
it can invite the spirit to help us gain a testimony of the principles of the<br />gospel we sing about. Have you felt the spirit as we've sung this beautiful<br />song? I know that we can learn many important lessons from our Primary songs<br />
that will help us all our lives......</span>Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-84865635084735871292012-05-12T23:45:00.000-07:002012-05-12T23:48:03.272-07:00I Am a Stripling Warrior<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Mother's Day tomorrow our primary will be singing a song written by one of the sisters in our ward. It's called "<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/93378115/I-Am-a-Stripling-Warrior" target="_blank"><i>I Am a Stripling Warrior</i></a>" and I think it's such a nice way to honor mothers. I taught the kids the 1st verse as it it, but because of time constraints I combined the 2nd and 3rd verses (as you can see in <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/93378549/I-Am-a-Stripling-Warrior-Flip-Chart" target="_blank">this flip chart</a> I made to cue the children).<br />
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Happy Mother's Day!Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1104494594616115984.post-38850168783081274862012-04-22T07:00:00.001-07:002012-04-22T07:02:11.521-07:00Next WeekAnd <a href="http://singingasongisfun2do.blogspot.com/2012/04/celebrate-spring-with-twist.html">here's</a> what I'll be doing next week, along with learning a mother's day song.Lynzeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18182828435028394838noreply@blogger.com0