Status Update

Today during Sacrament Meeting, the 1st Councilor from the Stake Presidency was visiting and also gave the second talk. He got up and asked for the Primary's help singing "A Child's Prayer." I freaked out when I finally processed in my brain what he was asking us to do. We haven't sung that song for months! I got all the kids up there and they sang GREAT! I was blown away with how well they sang. I am also grateful for technology and JollyJenn's flipcharts which I quickly put on my iPad. We got a lot of compliments afterwards of the great impromptu singing.

Pocket Match

What should you do with all those old jeans you have?  Cut their pockets out and make a Pocket Match!  The pockets are a perfect size for a 3x5 card with a song title placed inside.  I have also used this for a matching game.  I love when I am able to use my sewing skills to help with this calling!

Beach Ball Review

Easy Peasy!  One one ball I have a variety of songs listed on each color.  On the other ball I have how they will be singing that song.  Before we begin I have everyone hold up their right hand and then give me a thumbs up.  The right thumb is the one that does the picking.  Where ever that right thumb lands is what we will sing.  I get to involve two kids with this activity.  One catches the ball with the song titles and the other child catches the ball with how we will be singing.  This is fun to do in the Summer Time.

Singing Measles

I LOVE my calling as Primary Chorister.  I love figuring out new and fun ways to get the kids to sing.  I had seen this idea on the LDS Primary Chorister Page on Facebook and I knew I needed to try it out.  It is Singing Measles.  The teachers are given stickers to pass out and after each song that is sung, if the teacher feels that the kids sang loud/well enough, the kids are given stickers.  The kids can put the stickers on themselves or on their teacher or on me.  Most of the kids thought it would be great to put them on me.  (Of course!!)  I only gave them two rules, #1: no stickers in my ears and #2 no stickers up my nose.

WOW!  I could not believe how GREAT the kids sang!  I had such a great time in Primary!!  I got a lot of looks from everyone after church, but I wanted to show off how well our kids sang.

My GREAT Primary Kids!  

 My Singing Measles

 Megan also caught my measles

Father's Day

Father's Day is another simple, fun song time.  A variety of ties with songs (on post it notes) on the back.  I blind fold the child and let them attempt to "Pin the Tie on Daddy." 

Mother's Day

Our Ward has a GREAT Mother's Day, all the Sisters are sent off during the 3rd hour to go to Relief Society together.  This means that someone random is running Song Time.  I have provided them with a simple, no fail song time.  It consists of a vase of pretty, silk flowers.  Each flower has a different label on it with a song.  Many of the songs are Mother's Day songs, others are not.  Simple and easy.  The random substitute is always very grateful for the help.  

Easter Egg Hunt

I can't remember where I found this idea.  But the idea is to help the children understand the true meaning of Easter and why it is so important.  I have 7 "eggs" that I hide around the room that the kids will help me find.  Each "egg" has a picture and a song that goes along with it.  The kids need to help me put them in order of what happens first, second, etc.

• Jesus enters Jerusalem - Follow the Prophet p. 110 
• The Last Supper - I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus p. 78 
• The Atonement in Garden - My Heavenly Father Love’s Me p. 228  
• Jesus is betrayed for money - Wise Man/Foolish Man p. 281 
• Crucifixion - To Think About Jesus p. 71 
• Placed in the Tomb - I Lived in Heaven p. 4 
• Empty Tomb/Appears to Mary - Jesus Has Risen p. 70