For a great Primary song that ties in perfectly with the Old Testament Primary Song list this year, you will love teaching The Hearts of the Children (archives) and about the joy of forever families and temple work through this song! Here, you’ll find a collection of tons of unique and fun The Hearts of the Children Singing Time ideas including magic crayon, movement words, rhythm sticks, keyword pairs, word search, picture puzzles, and more!
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The Hearts of the Children Singing Time Packet
If you’re teaching The Hearts of the Children 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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The Hearts of the Children Flip Charts
Grab one of these The Hearts of the Children Flip Chart options to help you teach the song lyrics and quickly and easily review this impactful song with your Primary children! There’s a variety of great printable song charts including a custom illustrated flipchart option!
9 The Hearts of the Children Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my The Hearts of the Children 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. The Hearts of the Children – Magic Crayon
Draw simple shapes in the air that coordinate with the song lyrics as you bring the song to life with this fun The Hearts of the Children Magic Crayon movement activity!
2. The Hearts of the Children – Movement Words
Add in purposeful movement that connect each of the keywords in this fun The Hearts of the Children Movement Words pattern to follow.
3. The Hearts of the Children – Rhythm Sticks
Tap and roll your rhythm sticks along with this fun sequence in this The Hearts of the Children Rhythm Sticks lesson plan.
4. The Hearts of the Children – Scripture Share
Help the Primary children connect with the meaning of this song with this The Hearts of the Children Scripture Share singing time idea. You can teach the children from the scriptures that relate to this song!
5. The Hearts of the Children – Keyword Pairs
Find the matching The Hearts of the Children Keyword Pairs as you sing through the song with the bouncy cadence of matching the keywords together.
6. The Hearts of the Children – Word Search
Find the keywords hidden within this The Hearts of the Children Word Search and in the end, you’ll be left with letters that will reveal a hidden passage to read together!
7. The Hearts of the Children – Emoji Letters
Teach this song with this wonderful logic puzzle, in The Hearts of the Children Emoji Letters activity, you’ll crack what the letters and emojis stand for as you learn each part of this song.
8. The Hearts of the Children – Picture Puzzle
Color and match the symbols as you teach this The Hearts of the Children Picture Puzzle and learn the song lyrics phrase by phrase as you go!
9. The Hearts of the Children – Sing-Along Video
You’ll love this sweet The Hearts of the Children 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!
5 More Ways to Teach The Hearts of the Children
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. Hearts Puzzle (Facebook Group)
2. Pictures in Order (Facebook Group)
3. Family History Race (Google Drive)
4. Connect the Dots (Church of Jesus Christ Website)
5. Spoon Actions (Facebook Group)
For more activities, see these I Will Follow God’s Plan Singing Time ideas!
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What other fun The Hearts of the Children singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.
