Suggested Come Follow Me Primary Songs: 4-Year Song Rotation

Picking songs can be quite a feat! You pour over the lists of all of the monthly songs and your hand jotted notes of what songs they kids have already learned and try to piece it all together and come up with a plan.

Suggested Come Follow Me Primary Songs
Based on a 4-Year Rotation

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To help simplify the process, I poured over my two different Come, Follow Me Printable Primary Song Rotation Lists and came up with what made the most sense to me for each of the songs. I picked one song per month for each of the 4 years with NO overlap in the songs. This way, I would be able to teach 40+ songs after 4 years, and then repeat those again to help the kids remember the songs anew.

This is just a framework that I created to help simplify my process for picking songs. It should be used as a guidepost only to help you in planning and preparing your song lists each year. Of course, use the Spirit as your guide to help fine tune and make any needed adjustments to pick the right songs for your Primary!

Along with the rotation of song selections, I use the other songs from the monthly list as wiggle songs, where there are songs that are a perfect fit for that! It’s a great way to add in even more of the songs in the year, and you can see how I did that with my Come Follow Me Primary singing time outlines, for an example!

Primary Song Selection Chart Key:

• Month: You’ll notice the first column is the Month. This is the specific month the song was selected from. However, I mix and match my songs throughout the year prior to the program.
  
  This isn’t necessarily the month we will work on this song. This post on how I plan my songs for the whole year can help explain this concept! Plus, also see an example singing time for how I add a few short activities each week!
  
• Song Title & Hymn Number: This lists the song name and where to find it in the next two columns. If there is a “-” dash symbol, that means it is not available in the Children’s Songbook or Hymn book. It may be available on LDS.org under the additional Primary songs or may be available for purchase for a nominal fee.
  
  The letter “H” used before a number is there to represent that song would be found in the Hymnal. All other numbers are specifically referencing the page number within the Children’s Songbook.
  
  Finally, if there was not a specific Christmas or Easter song, I have added a recommendation that suited my needs. Of course, you can adjust your song selections to fit your ward.
  
• Letter: The final column has a single letter next to some, but not all, of the songs. The letters correspond with song selections to use during the Primary Program (P), Easter (E), and Christmas (C).
  
  Your Primary may or may not be asked to sing for these 3 occasions throughout the year, but it’s a good idea to have something in mind in case you are asked! From my experience, the ward music leader or Bishopric tend to only give a couple of weeks notice.

New Testament Primary Song List

Jan	Come, Follow Me – Hymn *25 Come Follow Me Singing Time Ideas	H-116	P
Feb	Baptism *20 Baptism Singing Time Ideas	100	P
Mar	I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus *30 I’m Trying to Be Like Jesus Singing Time Ideas	78	P
Apr	Gethsemane *25 Gethsemane Singing Time Ideas	–	P
May	I Am a Child of God *27 I Am a Child of God Singing Time Ideas	2
Jun	Did Jesus Really Live Again? *22 Did Jesus Really Live Again Singing Time Ideas	64	E
July	I’ll Walk With You *21 I’ll Walk with You Singing Time Ideas	140
Aug	I Will Follow God’s Plan (Feb’s list) *30 I Will Follow God’s Plan Singing Time Ideas	164	P
Sept	I Know That My Redeemer Lives	H-136	P
Oct	The Church of Jesus Christ	77
Nov	Search, Ponder and Pray *30 Search Ponder and Pray Singing Time Ideas	109	P
Dec	Choose the Right Way *25 Choose the Right Way Singing Time Ideas	160	P
	(Consider: Tell Me the Stories of Jesus) *21 Tell Me the Stories of Jesus Singing Time Ideas	57	P
	(Consider If the Savior Stood Beside Me) *27 If the Savior Stood Beside Me Singing Time Ideas	–	P
	(Consider: Stand for the Right) *28 Stand for the Right Singing Time Ideas	159	P
	(Consider: Stars Were Gleaming)	37	C
	(Consider: Kindness Begins With Me)	145
	(Consider: Jesus Once Was a Little Child) *21 Jesus Once Was a Little Child Singing Time Ideas	55
	(Consider: When We’re Helping)	198b
	(Consider: Peace in Christ)	–	P
	(Consider: The Miracle)	–	P
	(Consider: Tell Me, Dear Lord)	176
	(Consider: Behold the Great Redeemer Die Hymn) *15 Behold the Great Redeemer Die Singing Time Ideas	H-191
	(Consider: The Lord Gave Me a Temple)	153
	(Consider: Did You Think to Pray Hymn) *18 Did You Think to Pray Singing Time Ideas	H-140
	(Consider: Wise Man and the Foolish Man)	281

Book of Mormon Primary Song List

Jan	The Iron Rod	H-274	P
Feb	Nephi’s Courage	120	P
Mar	Easter Hosanna	68	E
Apr	Have I Done Any Good?	223	P
May	Help Me Dear Father	99	P
Jun	We’ll Bring the World His Truth *25 We’ll Bring the World His Truth Singing Time Ideas	172	P
July	Faith *25 Faith Singing Time Ideas	96	P
Aug	As I Search the Holy Scriptures OR: My Heavenly Father Loves Me (July’s List) *25 My Heavenly Father Loves Me Singing Time Ideas	H-277 228	P
Sept	Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus	36	C
Oct	I Believe in Christ (November’s List)	134	P
Nov	Dare to Do Right	158	P
Dec	He Sent His Son *30 He Sent His Son Singing Time Ideas	34	P
	(Consider: I Will Be What I Believe)	–	P
	(Consider: Stand for the Right) *28 Stand for the Right Singing Time Ideas	159
	(Consider: Testimony)	H-137	P
	(Consider: Love is Spoken Here)	190	P
	(Consider: Book of Mormon Stories)	118
	(Consider: I Thank Thee, Dear Father)	7
	(Consider: Repentance)	98
	(Consider: Jesus Said Love Everyone)	61
	(Consider: The Still Small Voice)	106

Doctrine & Covenants Primary Song List

Jan	Joseph Smith’s First Prayer	H-26	P
Feb	The Priesthood Is Restored	89	P
Mar	When I Am Baptized *30 When I Am Baptized Singing Time Ideas	103
Apr	I Want to Be a Missionary Now	168
May	When He Comes Again *25 When He Comes Again Singing Time Ideas	82	P
Jun	Reverence is Love	31
July	I Feel My Savior’s Love *25 I Feel My Savior’s Love Singing Time Ideas	74	P
Aug	The Holy Ghost *25 The Holy Ghost Singing Time Ideas	105	P
Sept	I Will Be Valiant *25 I Will Be Valiant Singing Time Ideas	162	P
Oct	The Spirit of God	H-2	P
Nov	Families Can Be Together Forever *25 Families Can Be Together Forever Singing Time Ideas	188	P
Dec	Hark! The Herald Angels Sing	H-209	C
	(Consider: Picture a Christmas)	50	C
	(Consider: On a Golden Springtime)	88	E
	(Consider An Angel Came to Joseph Smith) *7 An Angel Came to Joseph Smith Singing Time Ideas	86	P
	(Consider: Jesus Has Risen) *16 Jesus Has Risen Singing Time Ideas	70	E
	(Consider: Reverently, Quietly)	26
	(Consider: My Own Sacred Grove)
	(Consider: Praise to the Man)	H-27
	(Consider: Have I Done Any Good)	H-223
	(Consider: I Am Like a Star)	163
	(Consider: I Stand All Amazed)	H-193
	(Consider: Family History – I Am Doing It)	94

Old Testament Primary Song List

Jan	I Know My Father Lives *27 I Know My Father Lives Singing Time Ideas	5	P
Feb	Choose the Right *30 Choose the Right Singing Time Ideas	H-239	P
Mar	Love One Another *21 Love One Another Singing Time Ideas	136	P
Apr	Keep the Commandments *25 Keep the Commandments Singing Time Ideas	146	P
May	Seek the Lord Early (Dec List) *22 Seek the Lord Early Singing Time Ideas	108	P
Jun	A Child’s Prayer *25 A Child’s Prayer Singing Time Ideas	12	P
July	I Love to See the Temple *30 I Love to See the Temple Singing Time Ideas	95	–
Aug	Teach Me to Walk in the Light *20 Teach Me to Walk in the Light Singing Time Ideas	177	P
Sept	I Will Walk with Jesus *25 I Will Walk with Jesus Singing Time Ideas	–	P
Oct	I Hope They Call Me on a Mission *I Hope They Call Me on a Mission Singing Time Ideas	169
Nov	We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet *25 We Thank Thee O God for a Prophet Singing Time Ideas	H-19	P
Dec	Away in a Manger *25 Away in a Manger Singing Time Ideas	42	C
	(Consider Follow the Prophet) *30 Follow the Prophet Singing Time Ideas	110	P
	(Consider Redeemer of Israel Hymn) *20 Redeemer of Israel Singing Time Ideas	H-6	P
	(Consider He Sent His Son) *30 He Sent His Son Singing Time Ideas	34	E
	(Consider Help Me Dear Father)	99	P
	(Consider Our Time to Shine) *6 Our Time to Shine Singing Time Ideas	–	P
	(Consider My Redeemer Lives Hymn)	H-135	P
	(Consider: Give, Said the Little Stream) *21 Give Said the Little Stream Singing Time Ideas	236
	(Consider: I Want to Live the Gospel) *20 I Want to Live the Gospel Singing Time Ideas	148

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Suggested Come Follow Me Primary Songs Printable Rotation List

You are welcome to use this printable for your own planning and preparation as a resource. This printable shouldn’t take place of your own review of the annual Suggested Come Follow Me Primary Songs (you can find the Come Follow Me Primary Songs List by Year here!) to determine what songs would be best for your Primary.

It is simply another resource and starting point that may be helpful in planning for a 4-year span of time to keep variety in your song selections.

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