15 To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Ideas

You’ll have so much fun teaching To Be a Pioneer (archives) in your Primary with this fun collection of tons of different To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Ideas! This is such a fun and upbeat song that’s easy to learn and it’s great to help the children better connect and understand why we celebrate and remember the pioneers!

To Be a Pioneer is one of the recommended songs to teach as part of the 2025 D&C Primary Songs list! It’s on the list for November so you can have some fun with this song after your Primary Program, or teach it during the summer to go along with Pioneer Day (singing time ideas here!) and then include it in your program song list!

To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Ideas - Fun ways to teach this song in Primary including marching styles, pass a pioneer, rhythm sticks, song story, ways to be a pioneer, word search, and more! Including printable flip chart and sing-along video! Song helps for LDS Primary Music Leaders D&C Come Follow Me year and Pioneer Day.

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To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Packet

If you’re teaching To Be a Pioneer 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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To Be a Pioneer Singing Time packet includes tons of teaching ideas including illustrated flip chart, marching styles, pass a pioneer, rhythm sticks, song story, a primary trek and more! Engaging printable lesson plans for easy no-prep activities for LDS Primary music leaders.

To Be a Pioneer Flip Charts

Grab one of our To Be a Pioneer Flip Chart options to help you teach this song! There are a variety of different styles included such as this lovely illustrated flip chart that includes a variety of different formats and styles to help you fit your unique Primary’s needs.

To Be a Pioneer Flip Chart Singing time helps with lyrics and custom illustrations to help you teach this song in Primary! For LDS Primary music leaders teaching this meaningful Primary song.

9 To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Ideas

This post will help you find all of my To Be a Pioneer 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. To Be a Pioneer – Pass a Pioneer

To Be a Pioneer Pass a Pioneer singing time lesson plan with 6 different fun ideas and activities that are NO prep and stress free! Have fun with simple Pioneer trivia, ways to sing, hide and seek, hot potato and more! A fun and engaging activity for families for Come Follow Me and for LDS Primary Music Leaders.

In this To Be a Pioneer Pass a Pioneer idea you can pick one of several different ways to play to involve everyone in the Primary room as you sing through this song a bunch of different times!

2. To Be a Pioneer – Word Search

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You’ll love this To Be a Pioneer Word Search that will challenge your Senior Primary children to find the keywords from the song lyrics. It’s a great idea for you to help the children learn and remember the words of the song as you sing!

3. To Be a Pioneer – Marching Styles

To Be a Pioneer Marching Styles - March along with this fun movement idea and try different marching styles as you review this D&C song with printable song helps for LDS Primary Music Leaders.

Get everyone in the Primary room up and moving and having fun with this To Be a Pioneer Marching Styles challenge! You can pick a different marching style to feel like the pioneers marching along with the beat of the song.

4. To Be a Pioneer – Pioneer Story

To Be a Pioneer Pioneer Story - Bring this song to life by sharing a pioneer story from conference for a neat way to introduce or review this D&C song in primary.

Share a Pioneer Story while teaching To Be a Pioneer for a meaningful way to engage with this song! It’s a great way to help the children better understand who the pioneers were, what they experienced, and how we might be like the pioneers today.

5. To Be a Pioneer – Primary Trek

Primary Pioneer Day Obstacle Course singing time activity! Try this fun kids activity to walk along the trek with mini obstacles and tasks to experience some of the things the Pioneers went through! This would be a fun family or ward activity for Pioneer Day or use it in Primary! Lesson plan for LDS Primary music leaders.

Head off on a To Be a Pioneer Primary Trek with a series of fun mini challenges like things the Pioneers may have faced along their journey west. This is like an obstacle course activity with different stops and activities you’ll complete after each time singing through this song!

6. To Be a Pioneer – Rhythm Sticks

To Be a Pioneer Rhythm Sticks - Use this living music singing time idea and try these simple patterns with rhythm sticks. Includes printable pattern & song helps for LDS Primary Music Leaders.

Follow along with the beat of the song in this To Be a Pioneer Rhythm Sticks pattern. You’ll get to make your own music together and have a fun and engaging lesson plan that everyone will want to participate in!

7. To Be a Pioneer – Song Story

To Be a Pioneer Song Story fun and easy singing time idea that incorporates spiritual connection into your lesson plan! Share this story about how anyone can be a pioneer to help the children better relate with this sweet Primary song. Printable song helps for LDS Primary Music leaders and families.

Help the children understand the meaning of what it might mean to be a pioneer today with this sweet To Be a Pioneer Song Story! You’ll share a piece of a story and then sing through a part of the song as you have the children’s captive attention focused on you.

8. To Be a Pioneer – Ways to Be a Pioneer

To Be a Pioneer Ways to Be a Pioneer today fun singing time lesson plan that helps to teach the meaning of the lyrics for this sweet Primary Pioneer day song! Perfect to teach this D&C Primary year with song helps for LDS primary music leaders and families.

Learn more about what the apostles have said about how we can be like the pioneers today and what we might to do be like them in our own lives! This is a great way to share the gospel, teach this song, and have some fun in this To Be a Pioneer Ways to Be a Pioneer lesson plan.

9. To Be a Pioneer – Sing-Along Video

You’ll love this sweet To Be a Pioneer 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!

6 More Ways to Teach To Be a Pioneer

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. To Be a Pioneer Actions

You can try using these simple To Be a Pioneer Actions on YouTube or start with the base idea and let the children help you come up with your own actions for each line of the song to make their own custom actions pattern.

2. To Be a Pioneer Cup Actions

Pull out cups and try to follow along with a series of different To Be a Pioneer Cup Actions with increasing coordination and difficulty!

3. Sign Language (Facebook Group)

4. Stop & Go Signs (Facebook Group)

5. Chimes Chart (Primary Music Plans)

6. What Pioneers Used (Facebook Group)

For more activities, see these Family History-I Am Doing It Singing Time ideas!

Family History I Am Doing It Singing Time Ideas including tons of fun and easy ways to teach this song including ancestor stories, cup pattern, family tree puzzle, Maori sticks, melody chart, Family History I Am Doing It flip charts and even a sing along video! So many great resources to help LDS Primary music leaders and families for D&C Come Follow Me year teach this song.

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To Be a Pioneer Singing Time Ideas - Fun ways to teach this song in Primary including marching styles, pass a pioneer, rhythm sticks, song story, ways to be a pioneer, word search, and more! Including printable flip chart and sing-along video! Song helps for LDS Primary Music Leaders D&C Come Follow Me year and Pioneer Day.

What other fun To Be a Pioneer singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.

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