Today, I’m sharing some ideas I used to teach Our Time to Shine Singing Time Ideas for this beautiful Primary Song way back as a brand new chorister! What a fun flashback to the “early days”.
Our Time to Shine Primary Song
This is a really cool song, but one that isn’t very common or well known. It was published in the October 2014 Friend Magazine and is therefore already approved to be taught! It’s a great example of sharing our light and example like the scripture heroes the song talks about. You can find the free printable sheet music on the church website here.
Our Time to Shine Flip Chart
Get started teaching this lovely song with these Our Time to Shine Lyrics Flip Chart options. Your Primary children will love learning about these scripture heroes and how they can
Our Time to Shine Singing Time Ideas
1. Our Time to Shine – Sing-Along Video
If you haven’t heard this song before, see how sweet this song is with this Our Time to Shine Sing-Along Video! This will be a wonderful resource for you to use as you prepare to introduce, teach, and review this song during Singing Time. I also love to send this sing-along video home to parents so they can practice the song with their children.
2. Our Time to Shine – Scripture Heroes
Learn about each of these inspiring scripture heroes talked about in Our Time to Shine! This is a great introduction activity and helps add meaning to individuals and their story! You can even use this like idea a song story activity!
3. Our Time to Shine – Lip Sync Hero Cards
Let the children step into the role of the heroes the song talks about with a fun lip sync activity! This turned out so funny!! I had wished I had a camera to see the kids very dramatic lip movements from behind the scripture cards.
- Esther
- Nephi
- Mary (for Abish)
- Captain Moroni
I would have two children (or 4 if doing both verses) come up and hold one of the printables cut out. They’d do their very best lip syncing while the rest of us sang along!
4. Our Time to Shine – Erase the Words
In this Our Time to Shine Erase the Words singing time idea you will write the words for one verse up on the board – separate with lyrics for the boys and the girls and divide the room into two groups. Then erase, or cross out, the words from the other teams side as you sing through the song over and over!
5. Our Time to Shine – Sing Like a Hero (Solos)
Once the kids had a grasp on the song — it was time to try some solos! I was surprised to find eager volunteers. You can also do small groups of 2-3. The volunteers would sing just the two sentence for their particular Scripture Hero. You could use this Candy for Courage game if you want to add an extra incentive.
6. Our Time to Shine – First Letters
Review or teach this song line by line with this Our Time to Shine First Letters lesson plan. You’ll have your logical learners decode what the first letters represent as you teach each line of the song or unscramble the first letter phrases into the correct order.
7. Our Time to Shine – Ribbon Wands
Add in fun movement and pattern with this Our Time to Shine Ribbon Wands singing time idea! You’ll draw out the song in the air with your ribbon wands with a pattern that matches the song lyrics!
8. Our Time to Shine – Movement Words
Add in purposeful movement tied to keywords in this fun Our Time to Shine Movement Words lesson plan! You’ll add a variety of movements that match the words you are learning to help the kids better remember the song lyrics while having fun!
9. Our Time to Shine – Pipe Chimes
Chime along to the hero names and keywords or to a whole pattern of the song lyrics with this Our Time to Shine Pipe Chimes activity! If you don’t have pipe chimes, you can also use hand bells in their place. This is a fun and interactive activity that can get lots of participation!
Hopefully, this post helps you with introducing and teaching Our Time to Shine! It’s a song I really loved and had fun teaching to my Primary.
Find more fun activities and lesson plans in our I Know My Father Lives Singing Time Ideas post!
Have any other singing time ideas for Our Time to Shine? Share them in the comments to add to the list!
