February 3, 2013

Opening Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228) - verse 1 with hand actions
Closing Song: I Know My Father Lives (p5) - both verses, use flipchart

Program Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (review 1st verse for opening song)
Other Songs: Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things (the Friend), I Am a Child of God (p2) in Japanese
Wiggle Songs: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (p275) - Junior

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Identify the doctrine: Jesus Christ created the earth under the direction of Heavenly Father. They created the earth and everything in it for us because they love us.

Help the children understand it: (use for both Jr and Sr)

What are our 5 senses? (for Jr. Primary give them one or two to get started) - Sight (eyes), Sound (ears), Smell (nose), Touch (fingers), and Taste (mouth). We use these senses to experience this earth that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ created for us. Today we are going to talk about 3 of them - sight, sound, and touch.

• Place 3 category pictures up top (eyes, ears, fingers). Tell the children that under their chairs they will find a picture on a heart. The heart is to remind us that Heavenly Father created these things for us because He loves us! They are like His valentines to us.
• Play a recording of "Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things". Have the children listen for the part of the song that tells about their picture. Ask them to remember whether their picture was in the verse about things we see, hear or feel. 
• After the recording, ask the children to bring up their pictures and place them on the board under the right "sense". (have magnets ready) As they place the picture on the board, sing that part of the song to them. Also place the pictures to the chorus on the board at the bottom.
• Play the recording again, and this time, ask the children to listen for the right order of the pictures. Put the pictures in the right order at the end of each verse. Invite the children to sing along with the chorus.
• Here are the pictures. 

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior/Senior Primary

Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things
(flipchart for next week, from Primarily Singing)

1. After the "Help the children understand it" section, sing the song once through (all 3 verses) with the piano.

I Am a Child of God - in Japanese

1. Explain to kids we'll be singing "I Am a Child of God" for Brody's homecoming. 
2. Mirror sing verse 1 in Japanese. Repeat twice.
3. Practice singing the song the entire way through:
• Verse 1 - Japanese, everyone together
• Verse 2 - English, everyone together
• Verse 3 - English, Sr. Primary descant
• Verse 4 - English, Sr. Primary with descant - Jr. join on chorus

Jr/Sr Primary Wiggle Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (p275)

               

Nursery (following Jr. singing time, go into Nursery and sing the following songs with them)

1. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (actions)
2. I Love to See the Temple (bring picture or use picture sticks)
3. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (actions)
4. Families Can Be Together Forever (picture sticks)
5. I Am a Child of God (clap then pat knees)