The Lord Gave Me a Temple

I'm teaching 'The Lord Gave Me a Temple' this month. I found some great ideas in my favorite book and tweeked it a bit.

There is a great analogy from Pres. Boyd K. Packer comparing the body to a glove that I'm going to use.

 Then I made some question cards for the kids to find the mystery words in the song. This ALWAYS works well with my Primary JR and SR.

 To conclude I found a quote from the author of the words to the song, Brother Donnell Hunter.

It's pretty easy peasy and should help the kiddos learn the song along with inviting the spirit.

Click HERE to download the lesson plan.

Click HERE to download the mystery word activity.

Happy Singing!

Praise to the Man

I've been working on my plans for 'Praise to the Man' and finally have the introduction ready. 

Here is what I'm doing:

I wanted to tell the kids a little bit about the composer W. W. Phelps and why he wrote the song.

I'll change things a little for the Sr. Primary to make it more of a challenge.

This song has LOTS of hard words so I made a word/meaning card match for the Sr. kids. I think it will help all of us understand the song a little better.

I'm going to try to work up the hand bells to play for the program so watch for that to come in the next few weeks.

I also made a flip chart for reviewing later. 

Click HERE to download my lesson plan with pictures & word/meaning cards.

Click HERE to download the flip chart.

Happy Singing!!

Stand For The Right

I've been a little unsure how to approach this song for the month because most of my kiddos know it well. But it has an important message that I want to make sure they get. So I finally have my plan thanks to these two awesome books.

This one is out of print but you could probably find it on Amazon from a third party seller for cheap.
These books have great ideas for each song in the Children's Songbook.
They are a must-have for any Primary Chorister!!

Anyhow, here is my plan.

Click HERE to download a copy of the lesson plan.

I've made a flip chart with only keywords and pictures.

Click HERE to download the flip chart.

I'm also sharing a file I use all the time for teaching any age group or organization, lesson or music. My question cards: Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?

I'll put up whatever applies- Who, What, Where, or When. Then I'll sing the song or tell the story or read the scripture and ask the kids or grown-ups to find the answers. They are great to get a discussion going.

Click HERE to download the question cards.

Happy Singing!

I Will Follow God's Plan

I finally have my plan to teach this month's song 'I Will Follow God's Plan'. It's nothing extraordinary or unique. I found lots of ideas and just put together what will work for me. I really want to focus on the words and message of the song. 

I'm going to start by showing them a gift and telling them that inside is a precious gift that all the money in the world can't buy but we each have one. When we open it, there is a card inside that says, 'My LIFE'. We'll then talk about what that means. Next I'll place several picture/word cards around the room. As I sing the song, I'll touch the heads of children to go get a card and put on the board in order of the song. I'm only doing the chorus with my Jr. kids the first week and my Sr. kiddos know this song pretty well. So I have an activity we will play with the cards, kind of like 'What's Missing'.

I also made a flip chart using most of the same pictures for a review later in the year.

Click HERE to download my lesson plan.

Click HERE to download the gift tag.

Click HERE to download the picture/word cards.

Click HERE to download the flip chart.

Hopefully, some of this will work for you.

Happy Singing!

If I Listen With My Heart

This is such a beautiful song. I think it's one of my new favorites.

You may have your own plans for teaching this song. That is what's so wonderful about personal revelation and listening with 'your' heart. Before I came up with my plan, I did a lot of research plus a lot of prayer went into it too. I may even make changes before I actually teach it. Thanks to all those who shared their ideas for this and other songs.  

It ALL helps in one way or other! 

I like to take a little from here and a little from there, tweak this and make up that, then roll it all together and make it fit me.

 Let the spirit guide you and do what's best for your Primary.

 Here's how I plan to teach it.

I loved this painting by Del Parsons. I think it goes so well with the first verse of the song. I have a large framed version of it that I want to show the kids as I introduce this song.

Click HERE for a copy of my lesson plan.

Click HERE for the 'heart child' (girl and boy, with 2 sizes).

Click HERE for a flip chart to If I Listen With My Heart.

I hope I have helped in some way for you to 'listen to your heart in finding YOUR way to teach this beautiful song.

2016 Scrambled Songs

I'm excited to get started on a NEW YEAR and NEW SONGS.

So for the first Sunday of the year, I'm going to do an introduction and what a teacher might call 'a pre-test'. I decided not to start the new song 'If I Listen With My Heart' because Sunday will be crazy with all the changing of classes and teachers. 

Besides there are 5 Sunday this month too.

Here's my plan:

It's called Scrambled Phrases.

I have picked a phrase from each of the songs for the program this year. Cut them up and placed in a baggy. They are all color-coded with the handy key above so I'll know the answers. 

There's a couple of ways you could do it. Whatever works for your kiddos. I'll give each class a bag and ask them to unscramble the words to make a phrase from a song. In the Junior the teachers will need to help the little ones. I'll give the harder ones to the older classes. 

Then we'll go around the room and figure out the phrase and sing the song. I've made song posters to use for various games throughout the year and I'll make 2 piles: Songs We Know & Songs We Need to Learn. This will give me an idea of how long I'll need to spend on each song each month.

This is a great little time filler or fun for a sub throughout the year.

Next week we will do 'If I Listen With My Heart' (hard and heavy!)

Click HERE for the scrambled phrases.

Click HERE for the song posters.

My 2 song picks for April and June are: 'This Is My Beloved Son' CS page 76 and 'I'll Follow Him in Faith' from The Friend. If you'd like me to make you song posters for your 2 song picks, I'd be happy to. It only takes a few minutes. Just comment below and I'll get in touch with you. I will need an email address to send them to you. You can leave it in the comment or send it to me directly at shereerae@gmail.com

**I'VE HAD SO MANY EXTRA POSTER REQUEST. SO I ADDED 26 EXTRAS.
Click HERE to see more.
Just download, pick the ones you need, then print them.