Did you know that Help Me Dear Father is one of the songs recommended on the song lists for 3 out of the 4 Come Follow Me years? It’s obviously an important message to help the children learn about both repentance and forgiveness that is a nice and easy song for the kids to learn.
You’ll love all these Help Me Dear Father singing time ideas in this post to help you teach this song using a variety of different teaching methods and activities in your Primary.
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Help Me, Dear Father Teaching Packet
You’ll be able to easily teach this song with this packet filled with 7 fun and unique teaching activities with extended printables to make engaging with this song enjoyable for children of all ages. This packet to help you teach Help Me Dear Father includes our custom art flip chart, too, so you’ll have everything you need to teach this song in Primary!
You can find this Help Me Dear Father Singing Time Packet in my shop. It is also available in my etsy store here.
Help Me Dear Father Flip Charts
For those just getting started teaching this song, you’ll love this helpful Help Me Dear Father Flip Chart post! It’s got several flip chart styles to pick from including a slideshow plus the lyrics ready to review so you’ll be ready to teach this song.
This song is included in the Children’s Songbook on page #99. You can find printable sheet music on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints website here.
9 Help Me Dear Father Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my Help Me Dear Father 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. Help Me Dear Father – First Letters
Your Primary will love trying their hand at cracking the code and unscrambling the letter strips while learning this song in a logical way with this Help Me Dear Father First Letters lesson plan!
2. Help Me Dear Father – Magic Crayon
The kids will absolutely love helping you paint in the air with this Help Me Dear Father Magic Crayon lesson plan! They’ll follow along drawing with their finger as an imaginary crayon with this fun pattern that’s easy to learn.
3. Help Me Dear Father – Be My Mirror
Let the kids be the leader of a variety of different movement actions to pair with this song. In this Help Me Dear Father Be My Mirror activity, you’ll pick a set of actions and let the children lead the actions as everyone else follows mirroring the pattern. It’s a fun way to add movement and lots of singing repetition.
4. Help Me Dear Father – Words of a Prophet
Use one of these video clips for an engaging way to connect what the prophets and the church teach about repentance and forgiveness to help the children better understand the message of this song’s lyrics. Head over to see a variety of great options to included in this Help Me Dear Father Words of a Prophet lesson plan.
5. Help Me Dear Father – Sensory Bin
Your Junior Primary will love this Help Me Dear Father Sensory Bin activity! It’s a great way to add a tactile experience as you present a variety of different repentance and forgiveness scenarios to help the children better understand what these two big concepts mean.
6. Help Me Dear Father – Concentration
Start with all the lyrics, and flip them over as you learn the song to reveal a hidden picture in this fun Help Me Dear Father Concentration activity. See if the Primary children can figure out what the picture is and how it connects to the song lyrics.
7. Help Me Dear Father – Singing Bee
You will have so much fun with this Help Me Dear Father Singing Bee review activity! You’ll sing through the song a bunch of different times with a fun game and activity. Use these simple buzz questions that connect with the song.
8. Help Me Dear Father – Hand Bells
You’ll love using hand bells to highlight the keywords of this song using just a regular 8-note bell set. Head over to this post to grab this Help Me Dear Father Hand Bells lesson plan.
9. Help Me Dear Father Sing Along Video
Use this lovely Help Me, Dear Father Sing Along video to help you introduce this song to your Primary children or as a wonderful video to send along to families for the kiddos to review the song at home. They’ll feel like they are singing right along with a Primary Music Leader! Please like and subscribe for more wonderful Singing Time helps!
12 More Different Ways to Teach Help Me Dear Father
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. Help Me Dear Father – Handbell Chart
You can grab an interactive Hand Bell Video or printed Hand Bell Chart to teach Help Me, Dear Father by Merry Bells! It’s such a clever way to have the kids play along with the bells, it will feel like a game! Their Primary Songs Set 2 includes this song and 29 additional Primary songs. Use the code PrimarySinging for 10% off!
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. Help Me Dear Father – Egg Shakers
a see the egg shakers pattern on YouTube here.
Egg Shakers are the first instrument I always recommend to a new music leader. They’re super versatile and easy to use! Pickup a set of Egg Shakers on Amazon here. Plus, a perfect help to get you started using your egg shakers with the rhythm and in creative and fun ways, pickup the Egg Shaker Beat Rhythm Cards I created.
3. Help Me Dear Father – Song Story
You’ll love using this Song Story to introduce Help Me Dear Father if you’re teaching this song during the Old Testament Come Follow Me Primary year! Sharla uses the story of Joseph being sold by his older brothers to weave in the lyrics of this song!
4. Help Me Dear Father – Body Tapping
Follow along with this fun simple pattern to tap lap, tummy, elbows, and then shoulders in this fun repeating body tapping pattern video here.
5. Math Problems (Facebook Group)
6. Melody Map (Facebook Group)
7. Song Story (Google Doc)
8. Color Code (Angie Killian)
9. Cup Pattern (YouTube)
10. Partners Hand Pattern (YouTube)
11. Simple Picture Puzzle (Facebook)
12. Paper Drawing Lesson (Facebook)
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What other fun Help Me Dear Father Singing Time ideas have you used in your Primary? Share your ideas in the comments below to add to this list!
