February 17, 2013

Opening Song: Reverently, Quietly (p26)
Closing Song: I Will Follow God's Plan (p164)

Program Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228)
Other Songs: Life is O'erflowing With Beautiful Things (the Friend)
Wiggle Songs: Hinges (p277)

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Identify the doctrine: Heavenly Father loves us, so He gave us our bodies. He wants us to use our bodies to obey Him.

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

We can use our bodies not only to obey our Heavenly Father but to enjoy the earth created for us. A couple weeks ago, we talked about things we see, hear, and feel. I have a spinner today that we'll use to review some songs we've learned, and to introduce us to some new ones! All the songs are about how we can use our bodies to obey Heavenly Father and to enjoy the earth He created for us.

I'll draw names of who gets to come spin.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Songs to be sung:

EYES

• My Heavenly Father Loves Me, verses 1-2 (p228)
• Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things, verse 1 (binder)
• Two Little Eyes (p268)
• Popcorn Popping (p242)

EARS

• I Have Two Ears (p269)
• Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things, verse 2 (binder)
• My Heavenly Father Loves Me, verses 1-2 (p228) 

FINGERS

• My Heavenly Father Loves Me, verses 1-2 (p228)
• Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things, verse 3 (binder)
• Two Little Hands (p272)
• Rain Is Falling All Around (p241)

HEART

• Life is O'erflowing with Beautiful Things, verse 3 (binder)
• Reverence is Love (p31)
• I Feel My Savior's Love (p74)
• Love One Another (p136)

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

November 4, 2012

Opening Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228)

Closing Song: I Hope They Call Me on a Mission (p169)

Songs: Thanks to Our Father (p20), My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228), Children All Over the World (p16)
2013 Program Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me, verse 1 (p228)
Wiggle Songs: If You're "Grateful" (If You're Happy, p266)

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Identify the doctrine: Our Heavenly Father loves us, and to remind us, He has given us daily blessings.

Help the children understand it with Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior/Senior Primary

Wiggle Song: If you're grateful and you know it...clap your hands, stand up, stomp your feet, do all 3!

• Junior Primary: sing after "Thanks to Our Father" activity.
• Senior Primary: first thing! 

Attention getter: One of my favorite foods at Thanksgiving is the turkey! I especially love the juicy dark meat, yum! So, turkeys always remind me to be thankful. I brought my turkey gratitude book today to share with you. Share turkey gratitude book (visit link for an idea of what mine looks like).

1. Sing the first verse of "Thanks to Our Father" (p20). Invite the children to sing it with me, use pitch leading. 
2. I have left blank pages at the end of my book. I'm going to sing you more of the song (verses 2-3), and let's fill the rest of my book with the things we sing about (eyes, ears, hands, feet, clothes, food, father, mother, baby). For Senior Primary: book will already be filled out. Challenge them to remember all 6 things from verse 2. For verse 3, talk about what the blessing of eternal families means to them individually.
3. Practice verse 2 of "My Heavenly Father Loves Me" using flipchart.
4. During the month of November, I challenge you to say "thank you" more than ever. And, to make saying "thank you" a little more fun, I'd like to teach you how to say it in 6 different languages: Spanish, Tongan, German, Danish, French and Japanese (show flags from each country)! For Junior Primary: have kids repeat back each thank you phrase as you point at the corresponding flag. For Senior Primary: show kids the real spelling of each phrase (on large word strips) and have them guess how to pronounce it. Then have them repeat back the correct pronunciation. 
5. Sing "Children All Over the World". Point to either the corresponding flag or word strip for each thank you phrase. Repeat at least 2 times. Have kids stand up whenever they sing a "thank you" phrase.
6. Fast Finisher: Songs of the Heart

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

1. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (jump up on "beam", start crouched down)
2. I Love to See the Temple (use simple hand gestures for words)
3. Families Can Be Together Forever (draw circles in the air, switch arms, reverse direction)
4. I Am a Child of God (clap then pat knees to keep beat)

October 21, 2012

Opening Song: Families Can Be Together Forever (p188)

Closing Song: I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus (p78) - both verses

Program Song: none
Wiggle Songs: Hinges (p277), Do As I'm Doing (p276)

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Identify the doctrine: Our Heavenly Father loves us, and to remind us, He has given us daily blessings.

Help the children understand it with Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior/Senior Primary

Sing Wiggle Songs! :)

Attention getter: Our moms and dads love us so much. They do things for us and give things to us to show us how much they love us. My mom made me my lunches for school when I was little to show me she loved me. My dad used to read me a story before bedtime to show me he loved me. What are things that your moms and dads do or give you to show you they love you?

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang one of my favorite Primary songs during General Conference - My Heavenly Father Loves Me. This song teaches us about some of the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us to remind us how much He loves us. These blessings are things that we can see and feel in our everyday lives. I know that Heavenly Father loves each of you very much.

1. Ask Sister Ames to play through the song once. Ask the children to think about how they know their Heavenly Father loves them. Tell them after we listen to the piano, we will sing the song and hear some of the ways we can know our Heavenly Father loves us.
2. Sing My Heavenly Father Loves Me (verse 1) to the children, one phrase at a time using pitch leading (no flip chart yet). Then have the children sing the phrase with me. Invite children to pitch lead as well.
3. Sing the song through once. 
4. Ask the children what are some of the blessings our Heavenly Father has given us to remind us how much He loves us. (they should use phrases from the song, guide them if they need help or use the flip chart with photo cues)
5. Repeat with verse 2. 
6. Fast Finisher: Songs of the Heart (children's favorite songs)

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

1. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (jump up on "beam", start crouched down)
2. I Love to See the Temple (use simple hand gestures for words)
3. Families Can Be Together Forever (draw circles in the air, switch arms, reverse direction)
4. I Am a Child of God (clap then pat knees to keep beat)