2008 Primary Theme - I AM A CHILD OF GOD

Songs children are to learn next year: I Am a Child of God, Tell Me the Stories
of Jesus, Home, I Love to See the Temple, When Jesus Christ was Baptized, We
Thank Thee O God for a Prophet, Called to Serve, and Sally DeFord's "If
The Savior Stood Beside Me."




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CLICK HERE for Primary Chorister Helps by Jennifer

2007 Music Printables from Primary-to-go
2007 Song Booklet - Suzy North has typed up all the words for us
I'll Follow Him in Faith
Music Calendar for 2007 - shared by Diane Tamariki / ga02272007
Music for Sharing Time and the Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation
Opening Exercise Schedule month by month by Katie Boeckel 

2008 Song Helps:

Lyrics for 2008 Primary Songs typed up by Emily Woidka



We sing the monthly birthday song and then ask the 8 year old to pick 8 friends to stand up and be candles-they have to wiggle and flicker like a lit candle. We then sing the first verse of 'I Like My Birthdays'. After the song, the 8 year old blows the candles out and her/his friends 'fall' to their chairs. It's really fun and the kids look forward to it. (Idea by Yolanda)



I like my birthdays
You've had a birthday



Music Candy Bar Wrappers from lds.about.com (1), (2), (3)
Singing Time Candy Bar Wrappers from lds.about.com (1), (2)



"As my children have turned 12 and are leaving Primary, (or moving out of the ward), we sing the Hello Song to them but as a Farewell Song.  Instead of singing Hello four times, we inserted - "Farewell, Adios, See ya later, Alligator."  And depending which side of the room they are coming from, that side gets the "Alligator" part of the song.  It makes it so that as the children are leaving Primary, it's not so sad for them.  We have also sang it when we have changed Primary Presidencies or teachers leaving."  (Idea by Molly J. Arthur)
Farewell Song by Kelly Hatch
Goodbye Song by Yolanda
We don't have a graduation song. We just sing that child's favorite song as a way to say goodbye and we will miss you. The young women always come to "get" their new girl and so we always invite them to sing the song with us--since I have been the chorister so many times over the years, I have had most of the girls in primary with me and got to do the same for them.  (Idea by Kris Parkinson)

We sing "If your SAD and you know it .... wave goodbye" sung to "If your Happy" in the Primary children's songbook! The children LOVE IT! (Idea by Jen Lefler / ga02122008)



Clipart from the Friend



Flipchart for "When I hear my Father pray" by Deborah Stockett ga11052006 
I'll Follow Him in Faith flipchart shared by Justine Locko ga11152006     
Primary Birthday Song



2007 Singo Cards
A twist on name that tune by Debbie Huber
Alphabet Tiles by Margaret Johnson
Another fun way to do a tune guessing game is to have them wear a headband or hat then have names of songs with velcro (it will stick to one of those terry headbands) on the backs of the song cards. You put a card on their forehead/hat and the primary kids give them clues or you can do it like 20 questions where the person with the hat asks yes or no questions and tries to figure out what song he's wearing. I would have a short description of what the song was about, or a trivia question about the song (I'd already given them the information in an earlier Singing Time), or an historical description of the song (again, I'd have already told them the answers in previous Singing Times). The kids would be able to tell me how many note they would need to guess, and the pianist would play that many notes. After they guessed the song we would sing it. (Credit Unknown) 
Apple Pie - A fun idea that can also be used to teach the children how to conduct
April Showers
 Are YOU smarter than the bishop? by Deb Reynolds
Ball Games
Balloon Pop with a Twist  
Balloon Toss
Barnyard Guess
Baseball Game
Battleship - Hit and Sing! by Deb Reynolds
Beat versus rhythm
Birthday Tree
Bit by Bit
Book of Mormon Match Up Relay
Brother or Sister Potato Head
Button, Button
Caroline's Singing Times
Catch a leaf game
Chocolate Chip Cookies with Bishop Appreciation Twist! 

Chocolate Game by Deb Reynolds
Cookie Cutter Charades
Conducting Wand
Craft Foam Cutouts

Creative Primary Chorister Ideas
Cut Off Game - Help your LDS Primary children learn to follow the director.
Cut the tie
Detective Clueless from Latter-Day Village
Draw It!!
Dusty Songs on a Washday
Earn the Light
Eddie Spaghetti
Empty Chair Game
Empty Ed 
Erase 2 words....sort of!
Eraser Pass
Extra, Extra!!!
Family Feud
Flowers
Fly Swatter Game
Football Fun  
Fun with Favorites
Fun with phone
Get the bugs out!
Gone Fishing!
Guess Who??
Hat Game
Hot Potato
Hum Your Favorite Hymn
Ice Cream Cone
In a nutshell....
Instruments - Easy and simple ideas for making interactive musical instruments.
Leading Sticks - Great idea for reviewing any song while teaching your children how to lead music at the same time!
Lets Make A Deal
Mad Scientist
Magic Crayon
Magic Potion
Making a Missionary
Mini Candy Bars - This creative idea is great for practicing LDS primary songs during singing time.
Music Match (pdf file) - Match cards and then sing the song
Music Millionaire
Music Mumbles
Music Note
Musical Dice
Musical Jeopardy
Musical Pop-Hop Game - (Taken from the April 1996 Friend Magazine)  Arrange chairs, one for each player, in as large a circle (or semicircle) as possible. Play different kinds of music at different tempos. The children start by sitting on their chairs. As the music is played, when they feel they are “ready to burst” with it, they should pop off their chairs and hop around, pretending to be popcorn kernels, jumping jacks, frogs, floppy coil toys, or other active object. However, if they touch another child, the two who have touched must sit down again. When all the children are sitting, or when only one child is left, they take turns performing again, but one at a time, with the other children guessing what they are.
Mystery Bag
Mystery Music

Paper Orchestra
Pass the _______ Game!
Pass the Ring 
Pin The Note Game
Ping Pong Fun
Place the bow on the present
Primary Chorister Ideas by Shiloah Baker
Primary Clock
Primary Feud
Primary Hospital
Primary Picture
Primary Pops!
Primary Snowballs 
Primary Song Pictures
Punch Out Singing Board
Putting the scriptures to music
Rain, Clouds and Raindrops
Rocket Songs
Shy Guy - Helps children to sing reverently, even with the rowdy songs.
Seashell Pick
Sing-A-Vision from Latter-Day Village
Sing another time
Sing like a ....

Singing Bee
Singing Cookies
Singing Cube - includes clipart
Singing Hat

Singing In A Can!
Singing Spray 
Singing Time Ideas from Christy's Clipart
Singing Time Trivial Pursuit
Singo
Snow Song Search by Debbie Huber
Some Review Games
Song Marathon

Stop and Go
Straw Blowin' - Print the question or names of songs in small print and cut into strips, one question per strip. Roll each strip tightly and stuff it into a drinking straw.  Put lines with masking tape on the floor at various distances and label them for how many points they get on how far they blow out the question. The farther they blow, the higher the points.
Super Singers
Teachers Judge
Temple Windows
The endless scarf
The "Guess What?" Box
Tic-Tac-Toe
Tree and Leaves
Unlock the Treasure
Viola!
Weird Scientist
Wiggle Worm Songs - (from Primary-To-Go)  Just scroll down to the last file called "Wiggle Worms".  Click on pdf file and print.  It is a fun one!
Wiggle Worm Songs (from Latter-Day Village) - must register...once registered you can access the free portion of their database.
Windwand Movement Cards
World Cup Singing



Back to School
Christmas
Easter
Father's Day Ideas
Halloween Ideas
Independence Day
Mother's Day
New Years
Pioneer Day
Springtime
St. Patrick's Day
Summer Time
Thanksgiving
Valentine's Day


 

My Gospel Standards put to music (pdf document)- by Tara Tarbet (ga07152007)
The Family Proclamation set to music



10 reasons to use Jolly Jen's Primary Song Thumbnails
A fun way to teach the children to watch the music director
A Good Start - Start Singing Time out with a scripture was a super way to bring the spirit in! Sometimes I'd have a child come up and read it and have them guess what we were going to focus on for Singing Time!
An idea while waiting for parents to pick up children from Primary
Chorister Orientation by Kristina Labadie
D'Net's Primary Music Page - If you are a piano teacher of have a child in piano lessons or a parent of a child that plays the piano, this is a great website.  She has taken the songs for the 2008 Primary program and arranged them for Primer/Level 1 piano students. 
Do you have a troublemaker in Primary?  A good solution...check it out!
Here is what I do each week as the children come.  Our pianist plays a song and I have faces that say "oh", "ah", "la la la", "hum", "sing." They each come in and start doing whatever face I hold up and if they aren't and start talking, I walk up individually to them and show them the face and look very earnestly at them and they start doing what's going on. This helps keep the noise level down and invites the spirit off the bat! (Idea by Nicole Marino)
How to get more singing time in.....
Ideas (lots) on how to choose helpers in Primary
Learning Children's Names - What I did when I got called is took pictures of all the kids. I cut it out and put it on a square paper then put their names on the bottom. I used them to call on the children and choose which child was going to help me. It is great because I could look at the pictures when I wasn't teaching and then when I was, if I forgot a name it's ok because I'm reading it off the paper. I now have all the names down finally. (Idea by Whitney Walters)
Life Size Game Board
Medal Ideas
Music CD's of Primary Music / FHE 
Music Fun For Everyone - 2007 BYU Women's Conf (Includes Primary Hand bell Songs)
President Hinckley Singing Time - Use around his birthday (June)
Primary Pianist Schedule by Heather Matthews
Puppets - LOTS of ideas on finger puppets, paper bag puppets and more!
Singing Notes by Olivia Hood and Kristi Mayer
Super Singer Award Ideas by Cindee Alexander



Pianist Appreciation
Pianist Recognition Idea by Sue
Thanking the Pianist each week



Silent Simon Says by Bethany Adams - helping your children watch you 



Charts to help teach a song
Musical Chimes Set
Musical Chimes Sheet Music
Scroll down and you'll see a set of handbells for $35



Children's Songbook Crossword Puzzle (Make a giant copy and have the children fill in the answers)



"Primary songs are what scripture sounds like."  -Marvin Goldstein
 

Name that principle



Children's Songbook (ASL) -  There is a list of selected songs from the Children's Songbook

Hymn Book (ASL) - There is a list of selected songs from the Hymn Book
Sign Language - A few websites to check out if teaching your children to sign a song



News Story - It's a news story from a Utah station about a group of soldiers.  It describes some of the experiences they encountered in Iraq and mentions Primary Songs. (It's a video clip)



LDS Church Music Website
Some Music Teaching Ideas (various sources)



Goodbye Songs
Saying goodbye to the pianist
The Goodbye Song
We sing "If your SAD and you know it .... wave goodbye" sung to "If your Happy" in the Primary children's songbook! They LOVE IT! (Idea by Jen Lefler / ga02122008)
When our pianist moved, I decorated a really cute jar with musical stickers and words like "____ Ward Primary Loves You!", etc. Then I told the children that he was leaving and that I was going to "capture" our singing (and his playing) in this jar, so he could open it a little bit anytime he wished to hear our beautiful music! It was really fun. I went around the room while we we were singing and got each child singing directly into the jar, then paused in front of the piano and got the music and pretended the jar was so full I could barely put the lid back on! Anyway, the jar was really cute and the sentiment was lovely.  (Idea by Dianne Gamblin / ga04162007)



Click on the television graphic on the upper right hand screen to see an example of how to use music to greet children and welcome them to Primary.



Some Free Music Posters



CHECK OUT THIS SITE!  It's called Posteriza - allows you to design your own big posters and signs from any digital photo with your home printer! Four steps: Type in text (up to 4 lines per poster), insert picture, choose border and choose poster size...and it's free. Just click on the link at the top that says, "download."
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