I haven’t had a chance to teach Family History-I Am Doing It (archives) in Singing time before, but this is the perfect year to spend some time teaching this song to your Primary children! You’ll love this collection of Family History-I am Doing It singing time ideas to make teaching this song fun and easy!
This song is included in the 2025 Doctrine & Covenants Come Follow Me song list in October. With that time of the year, you can just use this song as a fun warmup or wiggle song or you can teach it after your Primary Program!
Family History-I Am Doing It Singing Time Packet
If you’re teaching Family History-I Am Doing It this year, you’ll love this complete packet that includes ALL the extended printables with tons of engaging and varied lesson plans. It also includes our custom illustrated flip chart that includes a variety of print and format styles to best fit your Primary’s unique needs.
Grab the Family History-I Am Doing It Singing Time packet in my shop here. It is also available in my Etsy shop here.
Family History-I Am Doing It Flip Charts
To get started, you’ll love this collection of several different Family History-I Am Doing It Flip Chart styles to pick from including a custom illustrated flip chart, slideshow, and other options! I always make sure I have a flip chart for every song to use as needed.
9 Family History-I Am Doing It Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my Family History-I Am Doing It teaching ideas around this blog. Plus, I’m also sharing additional favorite lesson plans from other Primary music leaders at the end of this post!
1. Family History-I Am Doing It – Family Tree Puzzle
Unscramble this adorable illustrated family tree representation in this Family History-I Am Doing It Family Tree Puzzle activity. This is a fun and kid-friendly way to introduce family history work and that it’s ultimately all about loving our family and learning about our ancestors.
2. Family History-I Am Doing It – Scrambled Words
Can you put the lyrics back into the correct order? Try this fun challenge in this Family History-I Am Doing It Scrambled Words lesson plan. This is a great activity for your Senior Primary or to add in tons of singing repetition while learning the lyrics.
3. Family History-I Am Doing It – Grandma’s House
Go on a trip to grandma’s house during singing time with this series of cute mini activities that you might do with your grandparents. This Family History-I Am Doing It Grandma’s House activity includes a variety of different ways to sing through the song with some movement and fun mixed in! It helps to connect the song lyrics with what’s most important – our family!
4. Family History-I Am Doing It – Melody Map
The melody for this song has a lot of movement and is a great one to use with a visual representation of the melody. You won’t want to miss this Family History-I Am Doing It Melody Map! There are different icons sprinkled through the melody map that help represent the lyrics that can be decoded, as well.
5. Family History-I Am Doing It – Ancestor Stories
This is my favorite activity of the bunch! Send home your Primary children with this Family History-I Am Doing It Ancestor Stories survey to complete! They can take it home and spend some time getting to know a grandparent, cousin, aunt or uncle, or anyone they’d like. This will help them get started actually giving family history a try! Then, let the kids return to share about a family member between singing through this song.
6. Family History-I Am Doing It – Cup Pattern
This Family History-I Am Doing It Cup Pattern is a fun way to add in movement and a pattern that will help the song lyrics sing deep into their memory as you review the song and sing with lots of repetition while having fun!
7. Family History-I Am Doing It – Partner Arm Swings
Some kids learn best by interacting with others! You’ll love this people interaction Family History-I Am Doing It Partner Arm Swings lesson plan! You’ll love this one to help bring in unity to your Primary as they join together with a buddy and you can share how we are all part of God’s family!
8. Family History-I Am Doing It – Maori Sticks
Get moving and tapping along with they rhythm of the song with this fun and upbeat Family History-I Am Doing It Maori Sticks pattern! It’s easy enough to learn with a repeating sequence and there’s a few alternate ways to use this activity to mix it up.
9. Family History-I Am Doing It – Sing-Along Video
You’ll love this lovely Family History-I Am Doing It sing-along video which is perfect to help you introduce the song for the first week or simply share a little different exposure to the song that the kids can sing right along with the lyrics. I also love to send sing-along videos to my Primary families each month so they can sing along with the song of the month at home or for practice leading up to the Primary Program!
11 More Ways to Teach Family History-I Am Doing It
If you’re looking for even more inspiration, I’ve sourced some of my favorite ideas for other Primary Music Leaders to help you teach this song in fun and varied ways.
1. Family Tree Songs
You can sing through a variety of different songs using these Family Tree Songs at Cozy Bugz blog. Each family member has a favorite song. Or you could switch it up to add a way to sing card instead.
2. Family History – Ball Shaker
Follow the rhythm with a very simple ball pattern to shake, catch, or swap hands.
3. Spoons Pattern (YouTube – Starts at 11:26)
4. Family Hula Dance (Facebook)
5. Erase a Word (Facebook)
6. Punch a Prize Family Tree (Facebook)
7. Family Tree Masks (Facebook)
8. Build a Tree with Leaves (Facebook)
9. Macarena Movement (YouTube)
10. Swing & March Socks (YouTube)
11. Tap the Beat (YouTube – Starts at 6:52)
For more activities, see these To Think about Jesus Singing Time ideas!
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What other fun Family History-I Am Doing It singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.
