A great song to teach this year as part of the 2025 Primary Songs for Come Follow Me as an additional song is On a Golden Springtime (archives)! It’s a great pick for Easter or just for the year as a whole. You’ll love this collection of On a Golden Springtime Singing Time ideas to help you easily teach this song using a variety of different learning styles and activities.
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On a Golden Springtime Singing Time Packet
If you’re teaching On a Golden Springtime 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.
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On a Golden Springtime Flip Charts
Head over to see a variety of different On a Golden Springtime Flip Chart options to help you introduce the lyrics or simple display the words for those that may need them. I’ve include a variety of different styles including a beautiful custom illustration flip chart!
9 On a Golden Springtime Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my On a Golden Springtime 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. On a Golden Springtime – Coloring Pages
A great starting place for teaching this song is with this cute On a Golden Springtime Coloring Pages activity. Let the kids color in a scene for the verse you are teaching for a great visual way to learn the song and make a connection.
2. On a Golden Springtime – Color Code
Can you crack this On a Golden Springtime Color Code with different colors that cover up a variety of keywords with a similar theme such as descriptive words. It’s a great way to get everyone engaged and focused with keywords to help them follow along as they learn the song.
3. On a Golden Springtime – Rhythm Sticks
Get moving and making music with this fun On a Golden Springtime Rhythm Sticks pattern. It’s a easy to follow repeating pattern that helps add to the feeling of the melody as you add in lots of singing repetition.
4. On a Golden Springtime – Word Blanks
Use this fun On a Golden Springtime Word Blanks activity to pull out a key phrase from the verse song lyrics. Then have the kids guess different letters as they try to figure out what the phrase is in the word blanks for a great interactive element between singing through the song.
5. On a Golden Springtime – What’s in the Bag
Bring in different objects to help represent the song lyrics from each verse in this On a Golden Springtime What’s in the Bag idea. It’s a great way to help bring the lyrics to life and help the children better connect with the song is talking about for each verse.
6. On a Golden Springtime – Hand Claps
Get everyone moving and having fun with this On a Golden Springtime Hand Claps activity. It’s a fun and engaging activity that brings this song to life in a new way! You can adapt this activity to a partner activity, too!
7. On a Golden Springtime – Pitch Leading
Follow along with the movement of the melody in this On a Golden Springtime Pitch Leading idea that is colorful and engaging to look at and adds movement that can be used to improve the dynamics or simply follow along with the rise and fall of notes.
8. On a Golden Springtime – Hand Bells
Use this On a Golden Springtime Hand Bells chart that uses chords to invite several children to play along the notes with you as you sing. I think the light and upbeat feeling of this song, it’s a fun one to add in hand bells to as you learn this song!
9. On a Golden Springtime – Sing-Along Video
You’ll love this sweet On a Golden Springtime 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!
More Ways to Teach On a Golden Springtime
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. On a Golden Springtime – Clap & Match
This cute Clap & Match activity is a good idea to invite the children to think critically and can be used as a directed listening idea.
2. On a Golden Springtime – Hand Actions
Add in some simple Hand Actions for the 1st Verse for a representation of the song lyrics with movement. Hand actions are a great option especially for your youngest Primary children.
3. On a Golden Springtime – Interactive Picture
Add elements to the scene as you sing like in this Interactive Picture video. This is a cute idea to make a very visual intro to this song for your Primary children.
4. Hand Symbols (Facebook Group)
For more activities, see these My Own Sacred Grove Singing Time ideas!
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What other fun On a Golden Springtime singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.
