March 18, 2012

Opening Song: Choose the Right (Hymn #239)
Closing Song: As a Child of God (new outline)


Wiggle Songs: Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (p60-61) - teach to Junior Primary, kids' pick for Senior Primary (use sticks to call on 2 kids)


Program Song: Stand for the Right (p159)
Easter Songs: Did Jesus Really Live Again? (p64), Jesus Has Risen (p70)
Review Song: Choose the Right (Hymns #239)
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Identify the doctrine: Our prophet, President Monson, teaches us to be true and stand for the right in all we do. 


Help the children understand it:

1. Sing Wiggle Songs.
2. Listening and Singing Experiences:
   
   Junior/Senior Primary
• Wiggle Song (Junior Primary): Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam. Introduce it by asking Sister Ames to start playing it on the piano. When the kids recognize the song, they are to touch their nose. Sing the song with the kids to assess how much they know. Use poster to teach and review song. Invite kids to bounce off their chairs on sunBEAM, use any other hand motions or beat exercises.
• Sing "Stand for the Right" with the flipchart to assess how much the kids know. Remind them they learned this song last week. Then...(from http://singingasongisfun2do.blogspot.com/ )
• The Switcheroo: Have everyone close their eyes while you switch two of the children holding visual aids. Sing the song again to figure out who is switched. (Or have one child step outside the door and then guess.) Once you've done this one several times you're ready for....
  2. The Mix-Up: Have each child holding a visual aid give it to a different child, one that hasn't helped yet. Then sing the song while the new helpers try to put themselves in order. The goal is to get in the right spot before the singing stops. Ask the seated children if the order is right. If it is, mix it up again. If not, sing the song again and offer a little help. When several children have had a chance to play, (and you feel like they know the song well, but before they are sick of it) it's time for....
  3. The Disappearing Act (Senior Primary): Tell the children that they know the song so well that they are going to do a "Disappearing Act" and make all of the visual aids disappear. Have a teacher or child pick a visual aid to 'disappear' and the children holding them take their seats. Sing the song again to see if they remember all of the words or if a visual aid needs to 're-appear.' Pick another teacher/child (or two or three at a time) to make another visual aid disappear, singing the song after each batch until all of the visual aids have disappeared.
• Tell kids that Easter is coming up, the Sunday after General Conference. Introduce: Did Jesus Really Live Again? (p64) and Jesus Has Risen (p70) with flip charts. Sing through only.

          Nursery

• Sing "The More We Get  Together" to invite the children into a circle.
• Sing "Popcorn Popping" with hand actions. Invite the older kids to stand by you and do the actions for the younger kids.
• Sing "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam".
• Sing "I Am a Child of God".

Help them apply it in their lives: Invite them to prepare for General Conference and to decide to always follow the prophet and stand for the right, bear testimony.


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