November 17, 2013

SUB: Lindsay Ferraro --- Thank you!!! This is the same lesson plan as last week. There were very few children there, so we'll do it again. Feel free to improvise or use your own ideas. This month is all about gratitude. Today they will be doing Sharing Time first, so you'll have the opening song, then a 20 minute break. You'll have Singing Time from 11:20-11:40. I go into Nursery from 11:45-11:55 and sing the songs at the bottom of this post with them. If you would rather not go in, just tell Erin Gwilliam who can let Ellen Berry know. 

Opening Song: I Feel My Savior's Love (p74)
Closing Song: I Am a Child of God (p2)

Wiggle Songs: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (p281)
Happy Birthday Song: Your Happy Birthday (p283)
Welcome Song: Hello Song (p260)
New Song: Children All Over the World (p16-17)
Reverent Song: Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

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Identify the doctrine: We are to thank God in all things. I am thankful for spiritual blessings.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Wiggle Song: The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (p281)
Singing Time:

1. Tom the Thankful Turkey (10 minutes): 2 weeks ago the children wrote their favorite songs on the back of construction paper feathers. Using magnets, put Tom the Turkey and the feathers on the board. (Tom and the feathers are under the "table" on the stand with my other music supplies. There is large stack of feathers - use those. There is a smaller stack of feathers, we already sang those last week, keep them separate from the rest as they are.) Sing as many songs as you can within a 10 minute period. Choose Super Singers (they know the words, they are singing, they are sitting reverently) to choose a feather from the board. Whose ever feather it is gets to "lead" the Primary children in singing it using the "how to sing" sticks (those are in a red folder in the back of my plastic tub with all the flipcharts, there are boy/girl, fast/slow, stop/go, hum, etc).
2. Children All Over the World (10 minutes): Before singing song to children show them the flags on the flipchart pages and see if they remember the country as you say thank you in that language, then have them repeat "thank you" in that language with you:
• UNITED STATES (English)
• GREAT BRITAIN (English)
• SPAIN (Spanish)
• TONGA (Tongan)
• GERMANY (German)
• DENMARK (Danish)
• FRANCE (French)
• JAPAN (Japanese) 
3. Sing through once. Then break it down for them phrases at a time, using pitch leading, the flipchart, whatever you think helps them most! The flipchart doesn't have a folder but it is located in the front of my flipcharts tub. 
4. With whatever time you have remaining, you can sing more Tom the Turkey feather songs, other songs about gratitude, or you can write up your own game plan! 

Children All Over the World Flipchart 

Reverent Song (if time, or if necessary as the children go to or come in from classes): Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

Nursery (11:45-11:55am - I sing from the following list)

1. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
2. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
3. Book of Mormon Stories
4. Popcorn Popping
5. Wise Man and the Foolish Man
6. Families Can Be Together Forever
7. I Am a Child of God
8. I Love to See the Temple
9. My Heavenly Father Loves Me
10. Fun to Do