Keep your LDS class learning with one of these 10 games

Have you just been called as the Primary President in your LDS congregation? Are you looking for advice on how to serve your children most effectively? We went right to the source and asked women who have served in Primary what they would want a newly called Primary President to know. Here are the very […]

We split up our Junior and Senior Primary. Below is the agenda we use so that whoever is conducting knows the schedule and what announcements to make. We do talks on the 2nd and 4th Sundays, scripture on the 1st and 5th Sundays and on the 3rd Sunday, one of the Bishopric comes in to do Sharing Time, so we don't have a talk or scripture so they have more time to speak. It is uploaded as a .doc so that you can change it to however you like. I'd love to hear how others do their sharing times, so comment below! Click HERE to download!

Here's some LDS Youth teaching tips all rolled up into a fun and engaging activity called The Teaching Burger!

It's the day of the program. So much to do. So much to worry about. So many things that can go wrong. Stay Calm! Here are a few things that can help you this morning. 1. Take a few minutes and say a prayer. 2. Eat breakfast. 3. Wear something comfortable. 4. Get ready to smile! It's all going to be wonderful! On the Sunday of the program the children sit down in their chairs and face the audience. What yesterday was a big empty chapel, today is filled with people. They look out at parents, grandparents, cousins, ward members and visitors. Suddenly they realize just how many people come to church and their hearts start to beat fast too. They get a little nervous and scared. But who do they see? Who is looking back at them with a smile? It's you! They love you! Suddenly with a prompt and a huge smile, they sing for you. Some will sing loud, too loud maybe. Some will whisper. Some will fidget. It's okay. It's really okay. We aren't going for perfection here, we are aiming for the spirit and children singing brings the spirit like nothing else. Let them sing their way, and from their hearts and they will bring the spirit. It's going to be a wonderful day!

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Ideas for Teaching ChildrenAlma 8–10I can share the gospel of Jesus Christ. • This week’s activity page could help you summarize the events in Alma 8–10 for your children. You might want to help them find principles that made Alma and Amulek good missionaries. For example, they didn’t give up (see Alma 8:8–13), they testified of Christ (see Alma 9:26–27), and they worked together (see Alma 10:12).I substituted for Sunbeams last week, it's been awhile since I've taught the so young.I think the ac

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How to teach the primary song Nephi's Courage in singing time, Nephi's Courage singing time lesson plan ideas using stick puppets

Come Follow Me 2024, June 10-16, Alma 5-7, Free LDS primary lesson helps, Testimony, Balloon object lesson, Coloring pages, testimony grows like a seed, Alma 7:10-11 shape match-upAlma 5:44–48I can gain my own testimony through the Holy Ghost. • To help your children learn to grow their own testimony, you could show them the picture below and ask them how we help baby animals grow. You could then relate this to taking care of our testimonies. What care do our testimonies need? How can we tell if

Try this fun We'll Bring the World His Truth cup stacking singing time idea to give a meaningful representation of the song lyrics for LDS Primary music leaders

As you start a new year, remind your Primary Teachers of these 9 things

I have a fun match game that would be perfect to play during General Conference. You can find the FREE download below. Print on cardstock and cut the cards apart. Take turns finding the match to your favorite Book of Mormon heroes. I created this set originally for Activity Days and will be sharing all the details soon! Download the Free Printable Here Graphics are from the amazing Melonheadz's Graphics and Fonts are from Kimberly Geswein Fonts.

I’m trying to figure out how to pick and teach reverent songs and wiggle songs. I found a wiggle song list on SugarDoodle but I couldn’t find a reverent song list so I made one to matc…

Let me set the scene. It’s late Saturday night. You’ve had a busy and packed day full of soccer games, bridal showers, whiney kids, family get-to-gether, making dinner, put (forced) kids to bed. Then you think, “Oh man! I have to plan my singing time lesson for tomorrow!!!” What can I do that really quick and easy???? We’ve all been there. We get it. So, here you go: Pick one. We got your back J (((***KEEP IN MIND, THESE ALSO WORK FOR REVIEWING YOUR PROGRAM SONGS!!!!!))) 1- Target Practice Write the number 1-9 on the chalkboard (or however many songs you’d like to review) like this: 123 456 789 Draw a circle around each number. Like a Target. Now you’re ready! All you need is something for the kids to throw/hit/shoot at the board. The number they hit, is the corresponding song to sing! Ideas to throw/hit/shoot with: Nerf gun, ball, crumbled up piece of paper, bean bag, etc. Whatever you have on hand! This is a Saturday late night idea people!!! 2 – Who’s Missing? All you need for this one is a blanket or sheet! Put the blanket or sheet over a classroom table or over the chalkboard. Ask for a “hider” and a “guesser”. The “guesser” goes out into the hall. The “hider” hides under the classroom table or behind the chalkboard. The “guesser” comes back in the room, music plays, children sing song. The “guesser” tries to figure out Who’s Missing before the end of the song. If they guess before the end of the song, keep singing until the end!!!! 3 – Hot and Cold It’s not a new idea, but we’re talking easy Saturday night ideas here. Hide an object, like a paper note (I use a figurine of Captain Moroni). But this object could be aaaanything. Have a pen? Perfect. A CTR ring borrowed from a child? That works too J Have one child go out of the room, hide the object, have the child come back in as the children sing start singing. Have the children sing loud when the seeker is close to the object. Have them sing quieter as the seeker is farther away. This is a classic and NEVER gets old! 4 – Secret Word Pick a couple words out of the song(s) you’d like to review. Write them on a note card size paper. Send one child out of the room (guesser), show everyone the word from the song. Tell them to NOT sing this word as they sing. Have the guesser come back in and put the word piece of paper on their forehead. Children sing song, skipping that secret word. At the end of the song, have guesser guess the Secret Word. 5 – Voice Changer Have a song you need to sing over and over to practice? Write these different ways to sing on the chalkboard. Choose a child being reverent and let them choose. Change singing voice to that style for the song. -Computer Robot (staccato) -Baby Voice (sweet and lispy) -Underwater (plug nose, or move pointer finger up and down in lips) -Grandma Voice (pinch a small piece of your neck and move away and then back toward your neck really fast) -Opera (self explanatory - use hand actions too! -Feather Voice (whisper) -Bee Voice (Hum) -Chipmunk Voice (sing high, tighten neck and show teeth) -Ninja Movie Voice (move mouth in between words and pauses) -Giant Voice (sing deep and low) -Cowboy Voice (like a country singer) For our ULTIMATE LIST of DIFFERENT WAYS to sing, Click HERE . (There's over 50 ways listed!!!) 6 – Name that Tune All you need for this one is a pair of dice! Nice! (hey, that rhymed!) Let your pianist know what songs you’d like to practice ahead of time. During singing time, let a child come to the front of the Primary room and roll the dice. Whatever number they land on is how many notes the pianist plays. Let them guess the song. Make sure to tell them to raise their hand when they recognize it. Otherwise, you’ll hear them out shouting it out! Then sing the song. Another fun classic that is always a winner singing time! 7 – Teacher Dress Up Items needed: Crazy, fun dress up items (yes, go look in your husband and kids closets, and the Halloween bin!) Think scarves, hats, glasses, gloves, apron Tell the kids you’re going to have a singing competition between classes. Whichever class sings the best for each song, their teacher has to come pick up a dress up item. If there is a tie between classes, have each teacher come up. Sometimes it’s hard to choose, so I have judgement help from the Primary Presidency. 8 – Visual Pick Bring the visuals/poster boards of the songs you’d like to sing. Display the around the room, or in front on the table/podium. Choose a reverent child to come pick which song they’d like to sing. Sing that song. 9 – Memory Match All you need is paper, pen, and tape (or sticky tack) Make a scratch list of the songs you’d like to review. Write each Song title on 2 pieces of paper. Put those on the chalkboard. Let children try to match a match (one pick at a time). When they get a match, sing that song! Let the match finder help lead the song! 10 – Ready, Set, ACTION Write these different ways to ACT on the board (or popsicle sticks, paper, etc ) as you sing the review songs. -Stand on One foot -Close one Eye -Close both eyes (no peeking!) -Face Backwards -Pat Head, Rub Belly -March -Stand on Chair -Ears Forward (bend ears forward with hands, as to hear yourself better) -Clap Or add your own idea! We still have more ideas, is that ok????? Good. Here's some more!!! :) 11 - Silent Singer. Ask one child to go into the hall. Next, choose a child from the Primary that wants to be the "Silent Singer". Have the child in the hall come back in as the children sing a song. The child who is the "Silent Singer" lip sings and the child that was in the hall tries to guess which child is the "Silnet Singer" before the song is over! 12- Switch Seats - Call one child to come up to the front of the Primary room and have them turn around. Point at 2 hildren sitting down to switch seats. Start singing a song and have the child in front turn around and try to guess who switched seats by the end of the song! It's harder than you think! Do you have any other great EASY SATURDAY NIGHT APPROVED Singing time ideas? We’d love to hear! -iheartprimarymusic

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King Benjamin is a beloved prophet from The Book of Mormon. He righteously taught his people “We believe all the words which thou hast sp...

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Every month, there are 3 suggested songs to teach the Primary children. Discuss with your Primary President, and other chorister(s), which songs you’d like to focus on for each month. I try to pick one that THEY KNOW pretty well and one that they DON’T KNOW from the suggested songs. Teaching 3 new songs from scratch a month would be a lot for them to learn! So for the 3rd song, I will either sing it during a pick-and-choose Sunday, or as one of the opening songs that month. On the first Sunday of the month, I introduce the NEW SONG (the suggested song that they are unfamiliar with). To make Primary Singing Time interesting and fun and also bring the Spirit, I like to introduce the songs in different ways. I think introducing a song can be the most daunting of Sunday’s! I LOVE repeating songs, doing pick-and-choose activities, and incorporating holiday’s (if you follow our Instagram, it’s packed with those ideas!) But introducing a NEW song seems… I don’t know… boring? I don’t want to lose focus with their short attention spans by just telling them the words and then singing it over and over. So we’ve compiled some ideas as a resource on how to first introduce and help the children learn a BRAND NEW song. One they’ve NEVER heard before. ***With any and every new song, make sure you have the right attitude and prayer in your heart about the message the song will bring. Be enthusiastic, saying something like, “Today we are going to be learning a wonderful song”. You can also explain the words, message and story it conveys. Alright, you’ve waited long enough! Here are the ideas!!!!!! 1-Flipchart or Posters. I pretty much ALWAYS use a poster or flipchart for every song. I feel most children are visual learners and this helps Junior and Senior learn the words through pictures and words. Poster (my preference) Flipchart: (this flipchart is from Finch Family games found HERE) 2-Compound Learning. First, have them LISTEN to the song. This can be played on the piano, your phone through the Sacred Music app, CD, cassette, or Youtube video, etc. Second, let them HUM along to the melody. Third, have them SWAY their bodies (or sway scarves/wands) and hum to the music. Fourth, after showing and explaining the poster board/flipchart, SING the words to them (holding up the Poster or Flipchart). Fifth, have THEM SING along. Sixth, have them use shakers, paper plate drum, or clap/snap the rhythm as they sing along. 3-I sing, You Sing. After explaining the meaning of the song and showing the visual, play the music to the song all the way through. Sing the first line of the song with the piano, have the children repeat. Sing the second line of the song, have them repeat. Put the first and second line together and sing together. Continue on for the whole song. Make sure that before Primary you let your pianist know what you’re planning to do. You could also start with learning the chorus of the song. 4-Guess the Visual. Have the flipchart papers up on the board – all scrambled up and out of their correct order. Sing the first line of the song and have them guess which flipchart paper matches the first line. Continue this for each line of the song and put the flipchart in order. For Senior Primary, you could have word strips of each line of the song (out of order). Sing the first line and have them pick our which word strip is the correct one and have the children put the strips in order as you continue singing the rest of the song. For Senior Primary, you could have word strips of each line of the song (out of order). Sing the first line and have them pick our which word strip is the correct one and have the children put the strips in order as you continue singing the rest of the song. 5-Vanishing Flipchart Papers. For this one, call up as many children as papers you have in the flipchart. Each child holding one paper. Sing the song with children, one flipchart paper at a time. After the whole song has been sung, take away 1 paper and have that child stay standing. Sing the song and point to child as they sing that missing flipchart paper. Continue taking away papers and having them sing the song again until they’re all gone! Keep them up to the challenge using reverse psychology saying things like “Oh no! Can we do it now? (Yes!) Ok, here we go!” or “I don’t know, do you think you can remember this one????” 6-Bubblegum Blobs. For this idea, you’ll need a flipchart or poster hung up on the chalkboard. Sing the song with children (with idea number 2 or 3 on our list above). Tell the children you stepped on some sticky bubble gum on your way to church and thought the gum could help with singing time. Use one pink “gum blob” (pink paper or poster board cut into blob shape) to cover up a part of the song at a time. Sing after each blob is added. 7-Fill in the Blank. Write the words to the song on the chalkboard leaving out a word on each line. So intentionally NOT write some of the words to the song but draw a blank _______ so it can be added in. Sing the first line of the song. Have the children listen and see what the blank word is and fill it in. Continue on for each line of the song. This is a great one to get the children really listening! 8-Disappearing Words (eraser pass). Write the words to the song on the chalkboard. Have the children listen to the song as you point to the words. Next, sing the song with the piano. After, have the Primary sing along. Sing it one more time all together and tell the children to try to remember the words because they are going to start to disappear! As they sing the song, have them pass around the eraser. Whoever ends up with it at the end of the song, gets to erase 2-3 words!!! Sing again and pass the eraser! 9-Use Hand-Actions (or sign language). Sing the first line of the song. Ask the children to think of a hand action to be used for the meaning of the words. Sing the second line and again, ask them to think of a hand-action that would represent the words. Continue on for the whole song and combine all the hand-actions. This is another great idea for getting them to really listen to the words! (You could also sing the whole song together and only do sign language for KEY words). 10- Find It’s Home. Have the words to the song on the board - cut into separate word-strips and in the correct song order. Call up a child and give them a picture that matches up to one of the wordstrips. Have them match that picture to the word strip as you sing each line of the song. Have children sing along as they learn. 11-Picture to Lyric Match. (This one is the harder version of #10 "Find It's Home") Have pictures and song lyrics for each line of the song on the board (like a flipchart, but cut the words out separate from the picture so they’re not together). Sing the first line of the song and have the children try to match the picture to the words. Sing the song over and over until they’re all put in the correct place! 12-Listening Detective. Start by explaining we have a new song case. Listen up detectives!!! We need to find out: Who is it about? What do we learn? How many times does it read “He” or “Love”, etc.? You may want to read the scripture reference at the bottom of the song in the Songbook. 13-Visual Object Lesson. Show a quick visual lesson on what the song is about. Just a quick object lesson before you have them listen to the melody. In the Primary Music Instructions it say’s: For example, the song “Faith” (Children’s Songbook, 96–97) mentions a little seed. You could show the children a seed and talk about how we show faith when we plant a seed; this could lead to a discussion about ways we show faith in Jesus Christ, as described in the song. I also did this for “How Firm a Foundation” years ago. This helps them understand the meaning behind the song. Remember, it’s not just about learning the song and words, but learning and feeling the Spirit. AND now 2 last small tips: 14- Have the Pianist play the song as the interlude so that the children can hear the melody and be familiar with the tune. 15- Find the song in A Children’s Songbook Companion and read what’s suggested! This is a great resource for teaching the songs in the Primary Children’s Songbook. I refer to this book often. Find one HERE. It's seriously been a lifesaver on some Sunday's when I need an idea on how to introduce a specific song! and it also includes visuals on some songs! **Remember! This is the children's FIRST time hearing and learning this song! So don’t feel like a failure if they don’t pick it up right away! As you repeat and repeat this song, they will catch on! Also, remember the purpose is to help draw in the Spirit and let them feel the words and the meaning of the song. Good luck with your introducing your new song! Pray and listen the Spirit as you prepare! You can do this! -iheartprimarymusic

Today we talked about Samuel the Lamanite. His "super power" is prophecy. You can download this Scripture Hero Chart here. We watched the LDS Scripture Video about Samuel the Lamanite and then we used these flannel board figures to retell the story. We then talked about the different signs that Samuel prophesied about Christ's birth and His death. They took turns picking the items and putting them in the correct spot. You can get printables of that here. This is a fun little craft of Samuel up on the wall. My six year old loves to color and was doing it long after my other two had lost interest. Here they are with their finished Samuel's on the wall. We used popsicle sticks to help move Samuel up and down. Their favorite part of the day was acting out the scene of Samuel the Lamanite on the wall prophesying and having people throw rocks and arrows at him. Instead of rocks and arrows though, we used marshmallows. They all took turns being Samuel. We also sang this primary song about Samuel.

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You'll love singing along to the Primary song Nephi's Courage (archives) as you teach the lyrics using your choose of one of these Nephi's Courage Flip Chart and lyric helps below that make it easy

I needed an idea for after program singing time, but I wanted to give the kids a break from the same old songs/learning a new song. I saw the mustache on a plate idea somewhere(the song was hidden under the mustache) but I wanted to change things up a bit. Cue TRIVIA GAME!! I titled the game "I Mustache You A Question". I put together a bunch of questions about primary songs (I have the document of questions I used. I'll add them at the end). A few children at a time came forward (I did 3 for lack of time) and answered their question. If they got the answer correct they pulled a mustache off any plate and got to wear it while they helped lead the next song. It was a hit! It brought lots of laughter and smiles to the room, but they were quick to be reverent again because they all wanted a turn. (For making the Mustache Men) I cut lots of different looking mustaches out of felt. Laminated a piece of card stock(helped a ton for durability) and hot glued the mustaches to it. Cut the mustaches out and taped them on the plates that I had drawn silly faces on. (I stuck a few pieces of tape on the area of the plate I would be removing the mustache from over and over again so it wouldn't rip my plates.) After junior primary was over and put a new piece of tape on each mustache and stuck them back on the plates for sr. primary. The kids had a wonderful time playing and I was happily surprised how well they answered some of the questions. Hopefully this can help someone out. Let me know if you have any questions. Enjoy!! -Brooke I googled primary singing time trivia games and a whole bunch came up. I picked through them, came up with a few of my own and compiled this list of questions. It was the perfect amount. 1. Complete the title of this song: My Heavenly Father Loves ___________ A. Me pg. 228 2. T/F Book of Mormon Stories has 8 verses. A. True pg. 118 3. If on occasion you have found your language is in question...what should you do? A. Hum your Favorite Hymn pg.152 5. Does Daniel have his own verse in the Follow the Prophet song? A. Yes pg. 110 6. God gave us families to help us what? A. Become what He wants us to be. Song: The Family Is Of God 7. What is the rainbow song actually titled? A. When I am Baptized pg.103 8. Scripture power is the power to? A. Win song: Scripture Power 9. What do the chapel doors say? A. Sh, be still. pg.156 10.Complete the line: My life is a gift; my life has a __________ A. Plan pg.164 11. How much taller do you have to grow to go on a mission? A. A foot or two pg.169 12. Why is Saturday a special day? A. It’s the day we get ready for Sunday pg.196 13. What does the little stream do? A. Give pg.236 14. In the song Popcorn Popping is the line 1. Blossoms popping right before my eyes or 2. Popcorn popping right before my eyes A. Blossoms pg.242 15. In the song Our Primary Colors what does red stand for? A. courage to do what is right pg.258 16. If I had one wish what would it be? A. To wish a happy birthday to you from me pg.284 17. What is the first song in the Songbook? A. I am a child of God pg.2 18. True/False The following songs appear in the Songbook and the Hymn Book. I am a child of God Teach me to walk in the light Families can be together forever Called to Serve I know my Father lives A. True 19. Is the Songbook called: A. Children’s Songbook B. Primary Songbook C. Sing with Me D. The Friend A. Children’s Songbook 20. True/False Feliz Cumpleanos is an Easter song? A. False pg.282 21. What are we when we are helping? A. Happy pg.198 22. What does the Snowman do at the end of his song? A. Melts pg.249 23. Where did you live before you came to Earth? A. Heaven pg.4 24. Complete the phrase: I will follow God’s plan ___ ___ A. For Me pg.164 25. Who is our living prophet today? A. Thomas S. Monson pg.134 26. Who Baptized Jesus Christ? A. John The Baptist pg.100 27. What is your favorite thing to do during Primary? A. (any answer) 28. How old must you be to be baptized? A. 8 pg.104 29. What are the missing words to this primary song? “I looked out the window and what did I see? _______ ________ on the apricot tree!” A. Popcorn Popping pg.242 30. To what song is this the chorus? “ Lead me, guide me, walk beside me, help me find the way. Teach me all that I must do to live with him someday.” A. I Am A Child Of God pg.2 31. Finish the phrase of this song. “Book of Mormon stories that __ __ __ __ __ A. My Teacher tells to me. pg.118

Introduce Nephi's Courage in singing time this month with this Nephi's Courage Song Remix primary idea! As you begin teaching this primary song about Nephi, share a spiritual music video!

Today we talked about Ruth and Naomi and loyalty. You can download this Scripture Hero Chart here. We watch the LDS Scripture Video about Ruth and Naomi. We also watched this video and song that my kids seemed to enjoy a lot more. It is narrated by a child and is a fun video. Here is a link to this dot-to-dot and coloring page. We played a game where I told of scenarios and they had to hold up a card that described if the person was being loyal or disloyal. We traced their a foot of each boy and then they wrote down traits to try and have to be a good example to other people. This idea came from Primary 6 Lesson 26. Chicken Scratch N Sniff is an awesome resource for the Old Testament and Primary Manual 6.

I just have to share this amazing graphic by Bryan Beach from The New Era. It’s another really fantastic illustration of the concept of The Covenant Path. I cleaned it up a bit to make it easier to pr

Ready to Print Version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Fill-In-Your-Own-Language Version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Fill-In-Your-Own-Language-And-Color Version CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD I Love the great diversity in the church. It is so exciting to me when my artwork can bless people in places I may never have an opportunity to even visit. My favorite comment ever received here on this blog was a little message from Guatamala telling me that the Sister Missionaries there were using my art to set up a new primary full of kids who had never had the experience before. (!) I feel so blessed to have a very small part in that. The problem with trying to create something for a world wide church is that it's difficult to account for every beautiful difference and situation in my art. Let's face it, I have lived my entire life in Utah. There is not a whole lot of diversity here. I even served my mission in New York. So I don't know any other languages either. I sincerely want my artwork to work for all of our heavenly father's children, but I'm limited in my ability to do that. That's why I've made a few different versions of this poster. One that is ready to print if you want it that way, One that you can write your own language on, and one that you can color if you'd like. Hopefully one of these versions will be useful to you in whatever way you need it. This poster was created as 11x14 which is a standard print size at Costco, Sam's Club, etc. (I think it costs around $3) But you can always adjust the size bigger or smaller.

An object lesson is a surefire way to grab the attention of everyone involved. Here's 21 LDS object lesson ideas that will help you out.

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Lesson helps for Primary 7 Lesson 47: The Priesthood Can Bless Our Lives (Priesthood Preparation)

Today we talked about Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego and bravery. You can download this Scripture Hero Chart here. My boys have had a hard time with their names so they have referred to them as "the three cool guys". We watched the LDS Scripture video 42. The Golden Seven has an FHE lesson about them and a couple of videos that my kids enjoyed. We used A Year of FHE's lesson and printable that the boys colored, cut out, and pasted to the fiery furnance. Somedays trying to get a decent picture of the three of them together just doesn't happen...