25 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time Ideas

Are you excited to be teaching Families Can Be Together Forever – Singing Time ideas for this program song below will help! I’ve shared a ton of different ideas from a melody map and ribbon wands to a draw the whole song activity and even a fun pencil rhythm idea!

Families Can Be Together Forever is a suggested song in the Come Follow Me Primary songs list in all 4 years!! You can peek at my 4-Year Primary Song Rotation printable here to help you see at a glance when each song appears .

I highly recommend teaching Families Can Be Together Forever as part of your Come Follow Me Doctrine & Covenants Primary list because I think it ties in best with the messages we learn and study that year and the focus Joseph had on God’s temples!

25 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time ideas for LDS Primary Music Leaders teaching this song with printable song helps and a variety of fun games, activities, and lesson plans to help you teach the kids with ease!

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Families Can Be Together Forever Teaching Packet

Families Can be Together Forever teaching ideas singing time lesson plans fun activities for Primary music leaders.

Get started teaching this song quickly and easily with this go-to packet with 6 fun different ways to teach this song using a variety of learning styles! This packet in my shop includes extended printables and is click and go making it easy to teach this song this month!

You can pickup the Families Can Be Together Forever Teaching Packet here, or head over to shop for it in my Etsy shop here.

Families Can Be Together Forever Flip Chart

Families Can Be Together Forever - Flip Chart

Head on over to pick out one of 3 styles of our Families Can Be Together Forever Flip Charts! You can go with a traditional flipchart, an over the podium simple style, or even pick up our new slideshow format that is completely print-free!

This song is included in the Children’s Songbook on page #188. You can find printable sheet music on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website here.

Now, let’s jump right in with all these fun Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time Ideas!! It’s one of the classics must-learn songs just like I Am a Child of God!

8 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time Ideas

First, you’ll find all of the varied and fun ways to teach this song that I have shared on this blog with lesson plans and extension ideas plus printable song helps to learn this as a new song for the Primary Program!

1. Families Can Be Together Forever Letter Code

Families Can Be Together Forever - Letter Code

This simple but challenging Families Can Be Together Forever Letter Code will help the kids use their memory recall to pull up what word comes next with a little hint of each first letter! It’s like unique puzzle pieces for the kids (especially the older kids) to put together. It’s a great way to review the song and add an alternating singing challenge competition between each side of the room!

2. Families Can Be Together Forever Video Story

Families Can Be Together Forever video story singing time idea for LDS Primary Music Leaders. Create a custom video using pictures from the families in your ward to help them connect with this song!

Create a personalized Families Can Be Together Forever Video Story using pictures and/or videos featuring your Junior Primary and Senior Primary children and a variety of ward families for a really unique and personalized singing time the kids won’t soon forget! You can also include a variety of pictures of temples!

3. Families Can Be Together Forever Melody Map

Families Can Be Together Forever melody chart printable singing time song helps for LDS Primary Music Leaders. Teach the melody with a flowing line chart and emojis that help kids learn the flow of the notes.

This Families Can Be Together Forever Melody Map turned out so pretty, the kids will be drawn right in to following the notes and melody as it rises and falls with a couple of icons mixed in to keep them on pace with the lyrics. This one was especially designed for the first verse only with each colorful melody line covering the next line of the song.

4. Families Can Be Together Forever Egg Shakers

Families Can Be Together Forever Egg Shakers

Pull out your egg shakers and then turn to this easy to follow Families Can Be Together Forever Egg Shakers lesson plan! There’s several fun patterns to follow to add in singing repetition and fun at the same time. This one would be great to use with the second verse.

5. Families Can Be Together Forever Ribbon Wands

Families Can Be Together Forever Ribbon Wands

Use these simple shapes in this Families Can Be Together Forever Ribbon Wands to help the song come to life in a very visual and fun way! The kids will love getting up and getting out the wiggles in a different way while singing through the song a bunch of times without it getting tiresome.

6. Families Can Be Together Forever Action Words

Families Can Be Together Forever Action words singing time ideas for LDS Primary music leaders. Use these easy movement and actions for LDS Primary Music Leaders

Action Words is one of my very favorite ways to teach a song for the first time! You’ll love these simple Families Can Be Together Forever Action Words that help the kids remember the lyrics and quickly learn the song for a long time!

7. Families Can Be Together Forever Pencil Rhythm Sticks

Families Can Be Together Forever Rhythm Sticks singing time idea for LDS Primary Music Leaders. Have fun tapping out the rhythm and beat with these printable song helps!

You’ll add in a lot of movement and rhythm with this Families Can Be Together Forever Pencil Rhythm Sticks pattern. You won’t need any expensive props, just bring in a set of pencils from your back to school supplies and start tap-tap-tapping!

8. Families Can Be Together Forever Eternal Family Drawings

Families Can Be Together Forever family drawings singing time idea that helps showcase a wide assortment of what a family can look like including all sorts of family members! Lesson plan for LDS Primary Music Leaders.

You can celebrate families of ALL types, sizes, and combinations with this fun and simple Families Can Be Together Forever Own Family Drawings lesson plan! Or, have the young children help you draw out each page of the song to create a custom flip lyrics song chart with the included printables!

17 MORE Different Ways to Teach Families Can Be Together Forever

You’ll find below my favorite ideas created by other LDS Primary music leaders / Primary chorister to help you with bringing meaningful activities into your Primary room!

1. Families Can Be Together Forever – Hand Bells

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You’ll love using hand bells to teach this song and Merry Bells makes it easy with a play along video or a printable bell chart. This song is included in their Primary Songs set #1 collection.

Save on Merry Bells printable charts and bells with a coupon code just for my readers! Just add PrimarySinging coupon on the cart page to save 10% off your purchase.

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If you’d like a little more control, and flexibility, head over to see our Hand Bell Music Note Cards that let you turn ANY song into a hand bell chart easily!

2. Families Can Be Together Forever – Paper Plates

The kids will love to have fun movement (and noise!) with these inexpensive instruments! Add a mix of swish and pats with this fun and simple 2-step Paper Plates Pattern with Sharla.

3. Families Can Be Together Forever – Body Rhythm

Follow along with this fun and engaging way to move along with the song with Klysta’s Body Rhythm pattern! You can see the full video on YouTube here.

4. Families Can Be Together Forever Family Tool Box

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This hands on object lesson will help you prep the kids on the ways that they can help make their own families stronger with the help of an assortment of handy tools in this Family Tool Box idea by A Primary Singing Time blog.

5. Families Can Be Together Forever – Family Cans

25 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time Ideas Singing time ideas for Primary Music Leaders families can be together forever cans

This lesson plan will put the focus on the word CAN throughout the song as you reinforce the message that we CAN be together and that our families CAN help us get there! Head over to Beehive Messages blog to see the full idea.

6. Families Can Be Together Forever – Rhythm Sticks

Use this rhythm sticks pattern (Starts at 5:53) by Sharla Dance to make the music come alive in your Primary room!

Big Arch Taps Rhythm Sticks Action Card

Rhythm sticks are a very versatile instrument to use in Primary and the boys especially love using them! You can pick up a set of rhythm sticks on Amazon here. To get even more use out of your set of rhythm sticks, I have this really cool set of printable Rhythm Sticks pattern cards to help you come up with varied sequences!

7. Song Story (Facebook Group)

8. Simplified ASL Sign Language (YouTube)

9. Glow Singing (Facebook Group)

10. Heavenly Family Chain (#3 LDS Primary Printables)

11. Who’s Missing (Facebook Group)

12. Family Portraits (Facebook Group)

13. Alternate Handbell Chart (Primary Handbells)

14. Hula Dance (Facebook Group)

15. Sing-Along Video (YouTube)

16. Temples Around the World (Sunbeam Singing)

17. Family Popsicle Sticks (Facebook Group)

Next, head over to see 7 An Angel Came to Joseph Smith Singing Time Ideas! This is such a fun song in the Children’s Songbook with a peppy upbeat melody and lyrics.

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25 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time ideas for LDS Primary Music Leaders teaching this song with printable song helps and a variety of fun games, activities, and lesson plans to help you teach the kids with ease!

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