January 26, 2014

Opening Song: If the Savior Stood Beside Me (binder)
Welcome Song: Here We Are Together (p261)
Happy Birthday Song: Happy Happy Birthday (p284)
Article of Faith Song: The First and Second Articles of Faith (p122)
Action Song: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes (p275)
Program Song: He Sent His Son (p34-35)
Reverent Song: I Feel My Savior's Love (p74-75)
Closing Song: I Lived in Heaven (p4)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: Jesus Christ is the perfect example for me to follow. I can return to Heavenly Father by following Jesus Christ. 

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Singing Time:

1. Articles of Faith Songs: 1 and 2. Sing through the first article of faith (kids know it). For the second: have children stand up on "lieve" of believe when the notes jump an octave. Then, as the notes descend, have them slowly sit down. Clap out the rhythm of the first phrase, focusing on the first measure. Point out that the last 2 phrases are the same notes! Sing the second phrase quieter than the first like an echo.
2. He Sent His Son: Explain that this song is full of questions and answers. Introduce the question and answer sticks (Popsicle sticks with either a question mark or an exclamation point on a cardstock circle)  by showing them and demonstrating how to hold them in our laps until we raise them high in the air. Separate the Primary into 2 groups: question and answer. Explain that when the question group hears a question, they are to raise their sticks high. When the question is answered, the answer group raises their sticks high. Talk about what clues we have to whether it's a question or answer (ie: the word "how" means a question, answers start with "He"). Sing through the song one phrase at a time and have the kids guess whether it is a question or answer phrase by raising or not raising their sticks. Sing the song all the way through at least twice. Don't switch groups today, switch next week to help the younger classes. 
3. Action Song.
4. To get us ready for our Gospel Instruction we are going to sing a reverent song - that means a quiet song that helps us think about Jesus. Sing "I Feel My Savior's Love" with ASL - thank you to ArizonaForeverGirl for sharing your skills and this video on YouTube!

Nursery (11:45-11:55am)

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

January 5, 2014 - Welcoming Our Sunbeams

Opening Song: I Am a Child of God (p.2-3)
Welcome Song: Here We Are Together (p261)
Happy Birthday Song: Happy Happy Birthday (p284)
Article of Faith Song: The First Article of Faith (p122)
Action Song: ---
Program Song: ---
Other Songs: 

• Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (p275)
• Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam (p60-61)
• Book of Mormon Stories (p118-119)
• Popcorn Popping (p242-243)
• the Wise Man and the Foolish Man (p281)
• I Am a Child of God (p2-3)
• I Love to See the Temple (p95)
• My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228-229)
• If You're Happy (p266)
• Once There Was a Snowman (p249)

Reverent Song: I Feel My Savior's Love (p74-75)
Closing Song: Families Can Be Together Forever (p188)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: I am a child of God and can be like Him someday. Today we will be focusing on our Sunbeams and welcoming them to Primary. We will be singing favorite songs the Sunbeams sang in Nursery. 

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Singing Time:

1. If we haven't already, sing "Here We Are Together" to the Sunbeams, using all of their names. Sing it a couple times, or until the rest of the Primary remembers all of the Sunbeams' names.
2. Introduce the challenge that we are going to learn the 13 Articles of Faith songs this year! Have on the board the first Article of Faith poster and the Article written out (chalk). Sing the song once to the children. Talk about the poster: what they see, answer questions, clarify, etc. Sing the song a couple times through, erasing words as you go.
3. Because it's our Sunbeams first Sunday, we are going to sing some of their favorite songs! Around the room there are suns. Each of our Sunbeams will get to choose a sun, and if there is still time, I'm going to look for Super Singers to choose from the rest! Quickly introduce what a Super Singer is to the Sunbeams using the poster.
4. To get us ready for our classes we are going to sing a reverent song - that means a quiet song that helps us think about Jesus. This month we are going to sing "I Feel My Savior's Love". 

Nursery (11:45-11:55am)

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

December 1, 2013

Opening Song: Away in a Manger (p42)
Closing Song: Picture a Christmas (p50)

Wiggle Songs: Once There Was a Snowman (p249)
Happy Birthday Song: Happy Happy Birthday (p284)
Welcome Song: We Welcome You (first part only) (p256)
New Song: Our Christmas Story Tree (the Friend)
Reverent Song: Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: Our Christmas tree and ornaments are symbols of the true meaning of Christmas. These symbols are to remind us of our Savior Jesus Christ and His birth. 

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Singing Time:

1. Ask children how many of them have put up their Christmas trees. (we haven't yet). Tell them that the Christmas tree and ornaments are symbols of the true meaning of Christmas. Ask what is the true meaning of Christmas? We are going to listen to and learn a song that teaches us how our Christmas trees and ornaments can remind us about the true meaning of Christmas.
2. Play video: Our Christmas Story Tree
3. With the piano, sing through the melody for verse 1, echo sing each phrase, put up the corresponding picture on the board. Ask the children to listen for and identify the rhyming pairs:
• see/tree
• bough/now
• song/wrongs
• lights/night
• red/shed
• fall/all
4. Sing through verse 1, ask the children to clap/spin around/stand up when we sing the rhyming words.
5. Repeat with verses 2-3.
6. Sing through all the way through.

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. Christmas Song: Away in a Manger
2. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
3. Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
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

November 24, 2013

Opening Song: Children All Over the World (p16-17)
Closing Song: I Will Follow God's Plan (p164)

Wiggle Songs: We'll be singing songs actively today, so no wiggle song
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)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: We are to thank God in all things. We should thank Heavenly Father for all our blessings.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Singing Time:

1. Thanksgiving Sing-a-Story Activity found here. 
2. Songs we'll sing:

•  Boat (Mayflower) / Nephi's Courage (120)
• Log cabin (home) / The Wise Man and the Foolish Man (281)
• Cornucopia (fruits and vegetables) / Faith (96)
• Fall tree (fall)/ It's Autumntime (246)
• Pilgrim feast / For Health and Strength (21)
• American Indians / Book of Mormon Stories (118)
• Turkey / Thanks to our Father (20)
• Pilgrim and American Indian praying / Thank Thee, Father (24)

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

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)

---------------------------------------------------
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

November 10, 2013

SUB: Jennifer Hammer - thank you Jennifer! 

Opening Song: Thanks to Our Father (p20)
Closing Song: The Lord Gave Me a Temple (p153)

Wiggle Songs: Hinges (p277)
New Song: Children All Over the World (p16-17)
Reverent Song: Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: We are to thank God in all things. I am thankful for temporal blessings. Temporal blessings are blessings we can experience with our senses: sight, smell, sound, taste and touch.

Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Wiggle Song: If You're Happy (277)
Singing Time:

1. Tom the Thankful Turkey (10 minutes): Last week 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 small stack of 3 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

November 3, 2013

Opening Song: I Love to See the Temple (p95)
Closing Song: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (p228)

Wiggle Songs: If You're Happy (p277)
New Song: Children All Over the World (p16-17)
Reverent Song: Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

---------------------------------------------------
Identify the doctrine: We are to thank God in all things. I am thankful for my body, and I know that it is a temple.
Listening and Singing Experiences:

Junior Primary/Senior Primary

Wiggle Song: If You're Happy (277)
Singing Time:

1. Tom the Thankful Turkey (2 minutes): Introduce Tom the Thankful Turkey by explaining that he is thankful for music and how it can help us feel Heavenly Father's love. The Primary songs are written specifically for that! To feel God's love. We are going to write our favorite Primary songs on the back of each feather and sing those during this month. If your feather is chosen, you can choose how we are going to sing the song using our how to sing sticks. We may even get to sing some of the Primary songs more than once since we might have the same favorite song as someone else! Teachers, you get to participate as well! 
2. Write Favorite Songs on Feathers (5 minutes): Have teachers help those who need it to write their names and favorite songs on their feather. While children are doing this, ask the pianist to play softly in the background some of her favorite songs. 
3. Sing Some! (5 minutes) Sing as many as possible during time allotted.
4. Children All Over the World (10 minutes): Before singing song to children show them the flags on the flipchart pages and have them guess the country as I say thank you in that language:
• UNITED STATES (English)
• GREAT BRITAIN (English)
• SPAIN (Spanish)
• TONGA (Tongan)
• GERMANY (German)
• DENMARK (Danish)
• FRANCE (French)
• JAPAN (Japanese) 
5. Have the children repeat the "thank you" after each country. Sing just the different languages section together, at least twice. Sing the entire song with the children using flipchart.

Children All Over the World Flipchart 

Reverent Song (if time, or if necessary): Search, Ponder and Pray (109)

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

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