June 29, 2014

Opening Song: I Will Follow God's Plan (164)
Welcome Song: Hello Song (260)
Action Songs: Do As I'm Doing (276)
Article of Faith Song: none today
Program Song: I Love to See the Temple (95)
Other Song: Family History - I Am Doing It (94)
Happy Birthday Song: Happy Happy Birthday (284)
Reverent Song: Reverently, Quietly (26)
Closing Song: I Stand All Amazed (Hymn 193)

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Identify the doctrine: Family history work connects me to my ancestors.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Singing Time: 

Junior Primary (11:15-11:35) 

1. Action Song: Do As I'm Doing (276) - lay action circles (on each circle there is a different action: playing the drums, washing the dishes, riding a bike, etc.) face down on the ground. Invite a reverent child to come choose a circle to do with me up in front. Repeat until all the children have participated (use this to practice/contrast reverence).
2. Fourth of July Review Activity:
• Preparation before Sunday:
• Fold this patriotic paper airplane.
• Print a copy of this American flag coloring page: (I printed 2 per page, then cut the page in half)
• Separate out blue and red crayons, enough for your Primary.
• Make a list of the songs you wish to review, some patriotic songs, and activity songs.
• Preparation before Primary:
• Place an American flag coloring page and a red and a blue crayon on the chair of each Primary child before they come into Primary. Write on the board: "Color your flag and write your name on the back. Place it on the board with a magnet." 
• Using name sticks, choose children (as long as they are reverent) to come and throw the paper airplane at one of the flags on the board. Turn over the flag they hit (or get closest to) and say that child's name, then look at your review list (with songs magically matched up with the names on the back of the flags, wink wink) and call out the review/patriotic/action song you'll be singing. In the case that all children don't have a turn, just before time is up, have the remaining children line up and throw the paper airplane at the flags - no singing, just a quick turn at throwing.
3. Reverent Song: Reverently, Quietly (26)

Senior Primary (12:05-12:25) 

1. Baptism (100) - Verse 2 Introduction: 
• Invite the children to sit on the floor in the front of the room. Show the children the Jesus is Baptized video from the Friend's video archive. Before the video ask the children to listen for why Jesus chose to be baptized. 
• After the video discuss why Jesus was baptized. Be sure to have the kids summarize what happened as well. Tell them that the 2nd verse of the song Baptism talks about what happened in the video - it teaches us why Jesus was baptized.
• Sing Verse 2 to the children (invite them to sing along with me if they know it). 
• Echo sing the verse (I sing a phrase, they sing it back to me) - teaching the principle as you go. For example:
• "This verse starts with the answer to a question": To fulfill the law, said Jesus. 
• "This means that Jesus was baptized to follow his Father's commandment to be baptized." 
• When the Baptist questioned why. "The question came from John the Baptist, but here we just call him 'the Baptist.'"
• And to enter with my Father in the kingdom up on High. "This is the promise we all have if we are baptized and keep our covenants, that we too will live with our Heavenly Father again."
2. Choose the Right Bear/Hot and Cold - a few of the children didn't get a turn last week, so we will do 2 more rounds of this to 2 of the review songs before moving on to the 4th of July Review Activity. (I have a beanie baby bear with a CTR on his belly, hence "Choose the Right Bear". We hide him and play the hot/cold singing game. I introduced the game by saying that Choose the Right Bear loves to play hide and seek but he is a terrible "hider", so we have to help him hide. Kids ate it up.)
3. 4th of July Activity - as explained above. 

Nursery (11:00-11:07am) - Choose 5

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