I Will Be What I Believe (archives) was one of my top 3 favorite Primary songs to teach my Primary kiddos! They absolutely love it and it’s incredibly hard to keep back the tears as they declare their faith through music. It’s one you will definitely want to teach, if you can work it in!
Keep in mind, you will need to get approval from the Bishop and Primary Presidency to teach I Will Be What I Believe in singing time.
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I Will Be What I Believe Teaching Packet
If you’re teaching I Will Be What I Believe this song this year, you will LOVE this complete packet that includes all 8 of our teaching activities with all the extended printables plus a gorgeous custom illustration flip chart. You’ll find such a fun variety of activities that help teach the song using different learning styles to engage everyone in your Primary room!
You can find the complete I Will Be What I Believe Singing Time Packet in my shop. It is also available in my Etsy store here.
I Will Be What I Believe Flip Charts
You can pick from a variety of different I Will Be What I Believe Flip Chart options to help you in teaching this song. You’ll find both a colorful photo, lyrics only, and a slideshow option. Plus, this custom art flip chart that includes every format you could want!
I Will Be What I Believe Sheet Music & Video
You’ll find the sheet music for I Will Be What I Believe by Blake Gillette through Cedar Fort here. You can also check out Blake Gillette Music website for more information on all of his beautiful music.
If you haven’t heard this song, you’re definitely missing out! You can watch the official I Will Be What I Believe music video here. It’s also a nice way to introduce the song.
8 I Will Be What I Believe Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my I Will Be What I Believe 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. I Will Be What I Believe – Missing Word
Help the kids remember the song line by line with this I Will Be What I Believe Missing Word challenge! Can they fill in the missing word? This is perfect for a review activity, too!
2. I Will Be What I Believe – Line Match
Match the first part of each song line with what comes next in this I Will Be What I Believe Line Match activity. It’s a fun and easy to implement singing time activity the kids will enjoy and you can extend it to echo singing!
3. I Will Be What I Believe – Finger Lights
Draw your way through this song with this really fun and engaging I Will Be What I Believe Finger Lights lesson plan! There’s just a few easy actions so it’s easy enough for Junior Primary but will still be fun and engaging for your Senior Primary children, too.
4. I Will Be What I Believe – Keyword Pairs
Pair two different words from the song in this I Will Be What I Believe Keyword Pairs activity. It’s a great challenge to help you review this song.
5. I Will Be What I Believe – Egg Shakers
Use your egg shakers to help you teach each line of this song with fun actions that use the shakers in unique and interesting ways! Head over to this I Will Be What I Believe Egg Shakers post to find the lesson plan and helps for incorporating egg shakers!
6. I Will Be What I Believe – Dance Routine
Get everyone up and moving with this super fun I Will Be What I Believe Dance Routine! It’s easy and fun to follow along with while you’re getting lots of singing repetition and the wiggles out.
7. I Will Be What I Believe – Testimony Share
Use this I Will Be What I Believe Testimony Share activity to dive into what it means to “be what I believe” and how these scripture heroes have helped us to deepen on our testimony. You’ll love this lesson plan to depend the connection from the song lyrics to personal testimony.
8. I Will Be What I Believe – Maori Sticks
Make your own music while following along with the melody with this I Will Be What I Believe Maori Sticks pattern! It’s such an easy way to add in fun and movement and keeping everyone’s focus as you sing through this song lots of times.
7 More Ways to Teach I Will Be What I Believe
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. I Will Be What I Believe – Hand Bells
My Primary children always love it when I bring hand bells in and Merry Bells makes it easy with their play along videos or printable bell charts. This song is included in Primary Songs #2 set. Use the coupon code PrimarySinging to save 10%.
2. I Will Be What I Believe – Hand Actions
Follow along with these simple actions to represent the lyrics with original actions from Blake Gillette! This video demonstrates all the actions.
3. I Will Be What I Believe – Rhythm Sticks
Here’s a simple and fun lap-lap-lap tap-tap pattern that uses rhythm sticks! Start this video at 5:15 to jump to the rhythm stick activity.
Rhythm sticks are a very versatile instrument to use in Primary and the boys especially love using them! You can pick up a set of rhythm sticks on Amazon here. To get even more use out of your set of rhythm sticks, I have this really cool set of printable Rhythm Sticks pattern cards to help you come up with varied sequences!
4. Song Story (Facebook Group)
5. Bumble Bees (Facebook Group)
6. ASL Signs (Facebook Group)
7. Picture Unscramble (Facebook Group)
For more activities, see these When I Am Baptized Singing Time ideas!
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What other fun I Will Be What I Believe singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.
