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Primary Volunteers Signup Sheet

Printable Primary Volunteer Sign-up Sheet

March 9, 2019 by Janel 2 Comments

Are you wondering how to find a sub for Primary, Nursery, maybe a Pianist or even for the Primary Music Leader? It can be really difficult to find people to help out with a short notice. But with this Printable Primary Volunteer Sign-up Sheet, the teachers, leaders, and Primary Presidency can be prepared to find…

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12 Representation of Words Primary Singing Time Ideas and Activities for Primary music leaders / choristers! Teach them with the different learning styles in this series post! #lds #singingtime #primary

12 Representation of Words Activities for Singing Time

March 6, 2019 by Janel Leave a Comment

There are those learners that need to physically see the words and find them represented in meaningful ways to help them understand the song best. This learning style depends on concrete representation of words activities to help them connect with the songs. This post also helps break down and explain some of the different activities…

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24 different dance scarves movement action cards! Free printable resource for Primary music leaders, homeschoolers, and preschool teachers.

Dance Scarves Movement Cards

February 20, 2019 by Janel 1 Comment

Dance Scarves are one of my favorite manipulatives to bring into Primary as they bring purposeful movement and have such a wide range of actions you can do with them! Make sure you refer to my earlier post with 32 different ribbon wand action cards! Many of those movements can be carried over to be…

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12 different activity and lesson plan ideas you can adapt to any song based on using the visual learning style! Perfect for LDS Primary Singing Time music leaders and for homeschool moms!

12 Visual Intrigue Activities for Singing Time

February 19, 2019 by Janel 1 Comment

Some children can’t just hear the song, they need to visually see it to really help remember the words as well as the meaning of the song. You can reach your visual learners with these fun activities we’ll outline today! Another great resource is using flip charts to help teach the song to add visual…

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Printable ribbon wand action cards for singing time and music activities! Or great for movement break from learning! Created for LDS Primary Music Leaders and families to correlate with my free lesson plans!

Ribbon Wand Action Cards

February 14, 2019 by Janel 5 Comments

We have so much fun using Ribbon Wands! I’ve shared a few different lesson plans with Ribbon wands on this blog, which I’ll link below, but today it’s all about helping you to create your own sequences and patterns or giving you the flexibility to create a variety of patterns at random with these cute…

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12 People Interaction Activities for Singing Time

January 28, 2019 by Janel 1 Comment

Help the kids learn how to interact with their peers and work in small (or large) group with these fun ideas for People Interaction Activities. The Senior Primary especially thrives off the competition and also the cooperation of working together with their peers, but the younger kids can really benefit from incorporating this learning style….

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7 Nature and Senses Activities - Ideas for LDS Primary Music Leaders for Singing Time! Easy to adapt to any song.

7 Nature and Senses Activities for Singing Time

January 17, 2019 by Janel Leave a Comment

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…

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12 Living Music Activities for LDS Primary Music Leaders Singing Time - lesson plans and activities that can be used for any song!

12 Living Music Activities for Singing Time

January 14, 2019 by Janel 2 Comments

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,…

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12 Logical Conclusion Activities for LDS Primary Singing Time - Tons of ideas, lesson plans, and activities for Music Leaders! Plus, engaging activities for home study of Come, Follow Me.

12 Logical Conclusion Activities for Singing Time

January 13, 2019 by Janel Leave a Comment

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…

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12 Purposeful Movement Activities for Singing Time

January 8, 2019 by Janel 3 Comments

Kids need and thrive on movement! In this post, I’m sharing 12 different ways you can incorporate purposeful movement into your singing time lesson plans! From dance moves and yoga to using ribbon wands or plastic cups, there’s lots of variety here to help you engage the kids in Primary! This post also helps break…

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