Hopefully, by February you’re starting to get comfortable with the new schedule and into your groove with singing time! I’ve been working like crazy to get all the ideas up here on this blog to help you with your January singing time lesson plans, I’m finally ready to focus on February! Hopefully, you’ll have a…
The Holy Ghost – Jingle Bells
We love using Jingle Bells in Primary! They’re fun, and bring an exciting sound into the Primary room, and they are something everyone knows how to use without a learning curve! I most often will use bells by picking out the beat, rhythm, and words to give a variety of challenges and ways to shake…
The Lord is My Light – Battle Singing
My Primary kids absolutely love and thrive off a little competition! I’ll be using this to my advantage with this fun lesson plan to introduce the chorus of The Lord is My Light with Battle Singing! Affiliate links are used in this post. The Lord is My Light Battle Singing Preparation: I highly recommend printing…
Baptism – Special Arrangement or Silent Video
You can introduce the songs in an interesting way with either a special arrangement or silent video! This can be a powerful way for helping the children feel the spirit in those quiet moments or just really fall in love with your songs for the year! Baptism Special Arrangement For a special arrangement you either…
The Lord is My Light – Flip Chart
The hymn, The Lord is My Light, may not be a song we use often in Primary, but it’s a fun one that’s recommended in January as part of the Come, Follow Me home and teacher curriculum. I’m excited to sing the chorus with my Primary that week as I think my Senior’s especially will…
Example of a Typical Singing Time
I’ve received a few comments and felt a little bit called out in the Primary Music Leaders Facebook Group that maybe my lesson plans and ideas shared here were more “teaching” and less “singing.” I also saw confusion about how I could included so many different activities all in one singing time. I’ve been pondering…
7 Nature and Senses Activities for Singing Time
Incorporating nature and our senses activities might not be the most obvious choice. However, it can be a really powerful tool for bringing real life meaning to the songs and helping them be easier to relate to. Today, I’ll share with you some ideas on how to incorporate nature and senses activities into your singing…
12 Living Music Activities for Singing Time
Probably my most favorite category of activities by learning styles, I love bringing in instruments and making the music come to life! Today, I’ll be sharing ideas and activities for using Living Music as a Learning Style! This post also helps break down and explain some of the different activities outlined in my Song Planner Worksheet,…
12 Logical Conclusion Activities for Singing Time
The logical thinkers will thrive on these engaging lesson plans! You might be surprised to see some of those reluctant boys in the back row that don’t participate much come to life with these activities that challenge them and let them show off how smart they are! These Logical Conclusions activities help reach those critical…
Gethsemane – What Comes Next
Bring the Gethsemane song to life with a fun round of alternating singers that will give both a challenge and a fun activity in one! This is a great activity for your logical learners especially! The silent singing (or singing in their head) will actually help them retain and remember those words! Gethsemane What Comes…
The Holy Ghost – Number Problems
Your math geniuses and logical thinkers will perk right up with you bring in this The Holy Ghost Number Problems activity. They’ll look for patterns to try to solve for each number while singing through the song! There’s two options for this activity – one with the rest of the words like a flip chart…
I Feel My Savior’s Love – Word Map
Try this no-prep activity that’s so fun and can engage your logical thinkers, visual learners, and help represent the words to teach the children in a meaningful way how we Feel the Savior’s Love! With a word map, you’ll link the lyrics to one key concept in the song. I Feel My Savior’s Love Word…