Piano Solo

My granddaughter was asked to play a piano solo in Sacrament Meeting on Christmas Day but the piece they asked her to play was a little too hard for her. It was on an advance level and she is more on the intermediate level. So I made an arrangement for her. It's the same two songs but on a level she can play well.

I just thought I'd share it in case anyone could use a piano solo for a Christmas program.

Click HERE to download.

ENJOY!

Could I Hold the Baby lesson plan

I've been putting the finishing touches on my lesson plan for teaching "Could I Hold the Baby'.

I'm going with a very simple approach and praying the spirit will be there.

Click HERE to download my lesson plan. There is more than what is shown above.

Click HERE to see another post about this song with links to a flip chart, video, and music.

Happy Singing!!!

Could I Hold the Baby

I hate to bring up Christmas with Halloween just barely over but being a chorister you have to constantly be thinking ahead.

I've received permission from the Bishop to teach and sing a beautiful song by Rachel M. Goates called "Could I Hold the Baby". We will be singing it on Christmas Day in Sacrament meeting.

 It is on LDS.org if you search 'Could I Hold the Baby'. You can download the sheet music.

There is also an excellent YouTube video, one with words or without.

I also have made a flip chart for it. I know some people don't use or like flip chart but I do. I've had several teachers thank me for using them and if it encourages someone to sing with me I'm all over it. Of course I don't use them all the time, just when we are learning a new song or singing one we haven't sung in a long time. I find the kids learn the words much fast than adults.

Click HERE to download the flip chart.

I'm excited to start this Sunday. I am teaching the first verse and chorus to my JR. I'll start with the chorus. First, we are going to talk about questions and what we would ask Mary. Then I'll sing the chorus or show the video or have them listen to the recording. Then talk about the questions in the song. Same process with SR. For the second verse I am dividing it and I'll have my oldest class of girls sing one part and my oldest class of boys sing the other. I have some really great singers in both. Then everyone will join in on the chorus.

Happy Singing!!!

Pumpkin Patch Singing

I found some really cute pumpkin clipart by Creative Clips.

These pumpkins could be used so many ways in Primary: a song pick, sing or dare, ways to sing, or even put scriptures or stories on the back.

I've put 10 of them together in various sizes with leaves and vines.

Click HERE to download the file.

Happy Singing!

Fun To Do- Fall Leaves Version

I put together a fun little rest activity for my JR this week.

It's another version of 'Fun To Do' only with the fall leaves.

The nursery kids would love it too.

Click HERE to download the file.

Happy Singing!!

Name That Primary Song

The sweet, older sister that I visit teach is a Primary teacher in my ward. She teaches the CTR 6 class. She is amazing with them but says that sometimes they get bored or her lesson goes short and wondered what to do with them. She asked if I had any ideas what she could do when this happens. 

Being the Primary chorister, of course I thought of music!

Here is the little game I made for her class.

You could also use it for Primary singing time to review some of your favorite songs!

She was thrilled!

I'm thinking of making one for each of the JR Primary classes. I'd rather they be singing when they have extra time than playing 'Heads Up Seven Up'.

Click HERE to download the game.

Happy Singing!

PRAYER

Our program is over!!
WaaaHoooo!

The kids did fantastic even though the practice was horrible! But isn't it always?

So I'm going to introduce October's theme of 'Prayer' with an activity called "What's the Word" and sing a few of their favorites too.

I've blogged about 

What's the Word before and you can find a link HERE.

I'm doing the word PRAYER. I chose 6 songs and put them on the back of each letter. Songs like: Follow the Prophet, Family Prayer, The Church of Jesus Christ, The Golden Plates, Nephi's Courage, and My Heavenly Father Loves Me. For your SR you could also select a scripture for them to look up that has to do with prayer and place the reference on the back of each letter.

Kids take turns picking a letter, placing it on the board in random order, and singing the song. When all the letter have been selected, they try to unscramble the letters and make the word. I like to ask them what each song had to do with the word.

This is a very easy, low prep activity that's great for a sub or even FHE.

Click HERE to download What's the Word version 1 which includes the word PRAYER.

I try to sing the same song for opening and closing for the whole month. This helps them learn it better. I'm doing 'We Bow Our Heads' and 'I Love to Pray' in JR. And 'A Child's Prayer' and 'I Pray in Faith' in SR. I made a few flip charts for the ones they don't know. It seems my kids sing better if their teachers are singing and teachers sing better if I have a flip chart.

Click HERE to download the flip chart for 'I LOVE TO PRAY"

 Click HERE to download the flip chart for 'WE BOW OUR HEADS'

Click HERE to download the flip chart for 'I PRAY IN FAITH'

Happy Singing!