For a fun way to review In My Father’s Hands, you could act out the song with dance scarves! This is just one of the fun ways we’ve introduce for teaching In My Father’s Hands. My Primary kids have really loved this song and have picked it up really quickly!! I’m excited to sing it…
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In My Father’s Hands – Action Hands
My Primary always really likes doing action symbols with their hands. It’s an easy way to get everyone involved, let them move a bit, and help them remember the words! A win-win-win! Here’s the simple hand actions for In My Father’s Hands. I highly recommend pairing this lesson plan with the Hand Cards over here!…
How to Teach the Gospel Through Primary Songs
Singing time can be fun and impactful at the same time! The Primary songs provide a way to easily teach children the principles of the Gospel in a meaningful way that can stick with them for life. How to Teach the Gospelwith Primary Music One of the best way to teach the children the gospel…
In My Father’s Hands – Missing Words Match
For a fun way to review, or reinforce, In My Father’s Hands father’s day song, you can use this fun Missing Words match game. This lesson is best for Senior Primary, but pop over to this Picture Word Match for younger kids or combined primary groups! —> Click to Pin/Save This Post! <— In My…
In My Father’s Hands – Picture Word Match
For younger Primary groups or combined primaries, this picture based game will be fun for all ages! In My Father’s Hands Picture Word Match combines a little bit of a traditional match game with a different approach, to add more variety! —> Click to Pin/Save This Post! <— In My Father’s HandsPicture Word Match In…
10 Singing Time Ideas Using Flip Charts
I use flip charts a lot of the time in Primary as I feel it’s helpful for those kids that aren’t always there each week and for the teachers (which encourages THEM to actually sing along with the kids!) It also makes it no-pressure for the children not sure about the song to sing out…
Keep the Commandments – Sway and Freeze
One fun game I have planned for this month while teaching Keep the Commandments is a child-led Sway and Freeze game! Since the song, Keep the Commandments, is all about following the commandments we’ll play up that theme with putting a leader in charge! —> Click to Pin/Save This Post! <— Keep the CommandmentsSway and…
In My Father’s Hands – Echo Singing
One really easy, no-prep way to teach the words of a song for the very first time is with Echo Singing! You can also use this method if the children need a review of the words to make sure they are sing them correctly or to help them with a specific line of melody from…
Choose the Right Way – Stand Alone Video
I love using short video clips in Primary! They are super engaging — the kids love them — and they can really create a powerful way to illustrate a concept or teach a lesson for you! For Choose the Right Way, I’ll be sharing a short video clip from President Thomas S. Monson called Dare…
How to Conduct Primary Music – Mini Conducting Course
Last year I was asked if I would share with the Activity Day girls a mini course on conducting music! I thought how fun!! I set to work to create a little printable I could bring in with me that the girls could keep and follow along to help them better visualize and remember the…