Put your spelling skills to the test with this fun Jesus Loves Me Missing Letters activity! This logical conclusions singing time idea is a great way to see how well your primary children know the words to this sweet song about Jesus!
As you follow along with the song lyrics, fill in the missing letters from each incomplete word. Can you solve the puzzle before singing time ends?
Jesus Loves Me Missing Letters
For a unique way to focus on the lyrics of the song, Jesus Loves Me (archives), solve for each missing letter in this word puzzle! In preparation for this activity, I started by choosing a few words throughout the song. Then, I chose 1-3 letters from each word to remove.
As you sing this song together, challenge your primary children to figure out which letters are missing from each word!
Since I didn’t want it to be too tricky, I tried to make sure each word was still recognizable! This activity will involve some spelling, so it is definitely geared more toward older primary kids.
However, if you’d like to be able to use this activity for all your primary children, see some of my extension ideas later in this post! I’ve included some options there for adapting this activity for younger primary kiddos.
Start by singing through the first verse and chorus of Jesus Loves Me at the beginning of primary. This is a great way to encourage reverence and refresh the song, especially since it may be unfamiliar to your primary children.
Then, post the missing letters poster on the board. Uh, oh! It looks like some letters are missing! Let’s see if we can solve the puzzle.
Sing through the song again, listening carefully for the incomplete words. Starting with the phrase, “Jesus loves me,” see if the children can identify the word with missing letters.
That’s right! The word, “Jesus” is missing some letters! Does anyone know which letters are missing? Choose a volunteer to come up and fill in the missing letters with a marker or pencil.
Then, move on to the next phrase. Continue singing and solving for the missing letters as you work your way through the song. I recommend singing through the song each time you complete a word so that you get in lots of repetition.
Awesome detective skills! Let’s sing through the song one more time now that we have all the words.
Missing Letter Examples:
I’ve included missing letter phrases for the first verse of this song below. Since the chorus has a lot of repetition, I decided to just focus on the verse for this activity.
Be sure to grab the printable version of these missing letter phrases to make for an easy singing time prep! Can you solve each of these missing letter phrases?
- Je_ _ _ ( JESUS) loves me, this I kno _ (KNOW),
- For the Bib _ _ (BIBLE) te_ _ s (TELLS)me so,
- Lit _ _ _ (LITTLE) ones to Him _ _ long (BELONG),
- We are wea _ (WEAK) but He is str _ _ g (STRONG).
5 Extension Activities:
- To adapt this activity for younger primary children, omit one word from each phrase. Draw simple images or print pictures to symbolize each missing word. Then, have the kids replace the incomplete phrase with the correct image. For example, draw a bumblebee to replace the letters “B – E” in the word “Belong.”
- Cut out each phrase into word strips and arrange them randomly on the board. As you sing, have the children put each phrase in the correct order.
- Make it a group challenge by giving each class 1-2 phrases with missing letters. Have each class solve for their missing letters and sing their assigned phrases.
- Choose an action to do for each word with missing letters! For example, clap each sing you sing a word with missing letters.
- For an extra challenge, cut out strips of paper to cover words as you sing. Can you remember the lyrics?
For another fun similar activity, head over to see this Westward Ho First Letters singing time activity!
Jesus Loves Me Missing Letters Printable Song Helps
This free in-post printable includes a two-page word puzzle with missing letters from 8 different words in the first verse of this song!
This activity includes extended printables including a printable lesson plan, additional verses, and missing words alternate activity. You’ll find these bonus files included in This Little Light of Mine teaching packet in my shop.
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For a fun way to get everyone involved as you review this song, try this Jesus Loves Me Jingle Bells activity next!
What other fun ways will you use this missing letters singing time activity in your Primary room?
