Primary Clock

by Shannon Voge / ga08082007
 

Primary Clock (pdf file)
Circles (pdf file)

I actually have a song clock that we use for family home evening. I included a pdf file of the song clock and the song clock's circles that you put with sticky tack onto the 12 spaces of the clock. For the hands on the clocks, I used a brad fastener to keep them in place which still allowed you to spin the hands. On the back of each of the circles, I wrote a ton of different songs from the Children's Songbook which is why I included another sheet of circles, that way I can rotate through all of the circles so we aren't singing the same songs over and over again. I also made a little block of wood and I wood burned (or you can use a fine tip sharpie marker) a bee (which meant to hum), a bow (which meant only girls sing), a lion (which meant to sing loud), etc. to represent how you are supposed to sing the songs. The idea is that while singing the song, one child will roll it a few times throughout the song, telling you how to sing the song, whether humming (the bee), or girls only (the bow), or quiet (the mouse), etc. based on what the child rolled. These directions are actually explained in more detail on the song clock page that I attached. I grew up using the song clock and my siblings and I loved it! I've also used it for Sunbeams a couple times and the kids are always asking to sing songs using the clock! 

P.S. Thanks to Shannon's mother for drawing the clock and clipart.

ADDITIONAL NOTE - Pat Graham wrote a sharing time that goes along with this theme.  It is located in the October 1983 Friend Magazine.