When I am baptized
 

When teaching the 1st verse of "When I Am Baptized" I plan to hold up a baptismal dress and tell the children how I felt when I was baptized.  There will already be a large rainbow on the wall behind me.   I will sing the song through and show them how the first line of the song forms a rainbow with the melody.   There will be key words or phrases to the song hidden under their chairs.  I will ask them to find them:

  a. rainbows
  b. ponder
  c. clean again
  d. earth right after rain
  e. best
  f. live with God

Then I will have them listen again to the song as I sing it. They will need to decide the order of the words.  After they place the words/phrases on the rainbow, I will sing the song through again to see if all the words are in the correct order.   We will change any that need changing and listen to check again.  Then I will have them sing it with me one line at a time.  (Idea by Nancy Wells)