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!

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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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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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.