March 3, 2013

Opening Song: Choose the Right (Hymn 239)
Closing Song: I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus (p78)

Program Song: If the Savior Stood Beside Me (2013 outline, binder)
Wiggle Songs: Do As I'm Doing (p276) - as part of Gospel Instruction?, Stand Up (p278) 

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Identify the doctrine: Jesus Christ taught the gospel and set an example for us. We should follow Him in what we do, how we think, and how we live.

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


Our opening song was “Choose the Right”. Is it hard to always choose the right? Do you think it
would be easier to choose the right if you had someone standing next to you each time you made a
decision? (you can hold up pictures for the next questions if you want)

What if your best friend was standing next to you?
What if the Primary President was standing next to you?
How about your mom or dad?
What if Jesus was standing next to you? Would it be easier to always choose the right?
We are going to learn a song called, “If the Savior Stood Beside Me”

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary (Lesson plan from Sugardoodle)

If the Savior Stood Beside Me - 2013 outline, binder
(14 minutes total)

Materials:
* 2 pictures of the Savior (included with the keyword posters)
* If the Savior Stood Beside Me Keyword Posters (4 pieces of paper, all the same color, that have a large question mark on one side. On the opposite
side write one of the keywords on each paper. Keywords are: do, think, follow, live.)
* 4 pieces of paper with a single large number written on each of them. They should be numbered 1-4.
* Magnets
* Sign language for the 4 keywords (do, think, follow, live). Simplified ASL
* Optional: pictures of a friend, mom or dad and the Savior

(7 minutes)

1. Ask the children to count the number of times you sing about the Savior standing beside you. (Do the actions for the keywords as you sing). Sing the 1st verse and get their answers (2 times).
2. Point out that the first time you sang it was at the beginning of the song and the 2nd time you sang it was at the end of the song. Put a picture of the Savior at the far left side of the chalkboard and a picture of the Savior at the far right side of the chalkboard.
3. Tell them that in between these two pictures the song asks us questions. Each question starts with “would I”. Ask them to listen for how many times you sing “would I”. Sing the verse and get their answers (4 times).
4. Post on chalkboard in between the pictures of Jesus 4 papers that have one large question mark on each of them. 
5. There are 4 questions between the two times we talk about the Savior standing next to us. Divide the children into 4 groups (could be 4 rows or by classes). Give each group a piece of cardstock that has a number on it. The papers should be numbered 1,2,3 & 4. Tell them each group is to listen for whichever question number they have. For example, the group with the #1 paper should listen for the first question you sing; the group with the #2 paper should listen for the second question you sing, etc.
6. Sing the song, doing the actions for the keywords as you sing the first verse. Ask them for their answers. If they can’t remember the question, then sing the verse again. (For Jr. you may need to hold up your fingers 1-4 as you sing each question). As they tell you their correct answers, you can turn over the question marks on the board. Behind each question mark should be the keyword for that question.
   
   Keywords are: do, think, try, live
   
7. Have everyone sing the first verse together and do the actions for the keywords.
8. Practice the Verse. (7 min)
   If combined: To practice the first verse, have everyone sing together the phrases about the Savior standing beside them, (If the Savior stood beside me . . . . if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me) but then each group only sings the question that corresponds with their number. After you sing it through once, then take the numbered papers and hand them out to different groups so that the kids will be singing a different question this time. Sing again and repeat until all groups have sung the 4 different questions.
   If separate: How to sing sticks.

He Sent His Son - p34

2-3 minutes (enough to sing twice)

1. Tell children that for the Easter program during Sacrament Meeting this month (the last Sunday) we'll be singing the song, "He Sent His Son".
2. Sing through the song twice using flipchart. Sit for the first time through, review what a "Super Singer" looks and sounds like, sing second time through standing up as "Super Singers". 

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

1. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
2. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
3. I Love to See the Temple
4. Families Can Be Together Forever
5. I Am a Child of God