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

I LOVE theming singing time for April General Conference! I feel it not only pumps the kids up for General Conference, but for myself as well! What’s even better is I usually take my singing time lesson plans home and use them with my own kiddos! I found this awesome activity from The Friend May 2018 HERE and […]

Fun and engaging singing time activity that can be used to learn a new song at home or in primary. Let a child choose two cards to try to find a match.

Yay!!! The new Primary songs for 2020 Come Follow Me-Book of Mormon are posted!!! and we are sooooo excited! They are some of my VERY FAVORITE songs!!!! Click HERE for the list! I had a hard time finding the list of songs at first (I'm slow sometimes) so here is a screenshot of where they are located (right under the month of December). The ideas are already flowing in on how to teach them and the singing activities we can do! Stay tuned for more ideas!!!! ***Getting ready for the new 2020 year????? You might also like our post on HOW TO TEACH A SONG FROM SCRATCH. It has over 10 ideas on how to first introduce a song. Perfect for the new 2020 year coming up! CLICK HERE for the post :) ***You might also like our Book of Mormon Singing Time ideas CLICK HERE for those :) Good luck in Primary this year! Primary Music Leader is the best calling ever!!! -iheartprimarymusic

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

January 2020 Singing Time Schedule for primary music leaders includes lesson plans for the suggested Music for Singing Time in January

Here are some of the printable flip charts of Primary songs we have used over the years. Some PDFs (as indicated) contain only words of the songs, for those who prefer plain and straight forward fl…

Gah! I got the musical MEASLES!!!!!! This one is SOOOO fun, keeps the kids’ attention and keeps them singing well! Win, win, win. Tell the kids that singing can be contagious (songs can spread joy, peace, and feel the Spirit) just like the Measles!!!! Pass out red stickers to all teachers. Pick a song to sing. After the song, each teacher pick 2 kids from their class to get a stickers. Aaand the stickers get stuck on YOU (or the Pianist!) It’s so fun to see how many stickers “measles” you end up with at the end! Have fun with this one, but make sure to tell them, they only get a sticker if they’re singing their best!

Camille's Primary Ideas: 2020 Singing Time Planner and Scheduler will help keep you organized this year in singing time and I can help you fill it out

I LOVE theming singing time for April General Conference! I feel it not only pumps the kids up for General Conference, but for myself as well! What’s even better is I usually take my singing time lesson plans home and use them with my own kiddos! I found this awesome activity from The Friend May 2018 HERE and […]

I Will Walk with Jesus singing time ideas, how to teach the primary song I Will Walk with Jesus in singing time using simplified ASL

Thankful by Shawna Edwards from the November 2020 Friend, primary song found in the Friend by Shawn Edwards

This is a very SIMPLE process for creating a primary program that will require almost NO WORK when next fall rolls around and it’s program time! The only catch is beginning in January… The idea is all taken from the guidelines for Sacrament Meeting Presentation found in the Instructions for Singing Time and the Children’s Sacrament Meeting […]

Singing time lesson plan idea for I Will be Valiant using actions, how to teach the Primary song I Will Be Valiant in singing time

Camille's Primary Ideas: Don't miss the 2020 Pat Graham singing time workshop at Day Murray Music, learn singing time techniques at the Pat Graham Workshop

I Want to Be a Missionary Now singing time idea, how to teach the primary song I Want to Be a Missionary Now in singing time using doors

Camille's Primary Ideas: Music for Singing Time 2020 are suggested songs that follows the Come Follow Me - Primary curriculum

Image from Ashley singingtimeinfortworth.blogspot.com She's got some great ideas!! I needed a last minute singing time idea and found...

Fun teaching idea We'll Bring the World His Truth Cup Pattern singing time activity with printable song helps to teach the music for LDS Primary music leaders

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I love this song and I'm excited to teach it! It's also the perfect song to teach in February for Valentine's Day! Who's our true Valentine? The Savior who loves us unconditionally! Here, you can

In First Nephi Chapter 16, a ball or director was given to Lehi and his family to help guide their way through the wilderness, over the sea and to the Promised Land. It had messages from time to time from the Lord and was called, the Liahona. In part of verse ten, it reads: 10 And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round aball of curious workmanship; and it was of fine brass. Today we're going to use our "Primary Liahona" to help find our songs to sing for Singing Time!!!! (fun fact: Did you know the name of the ball, the "Liahona", isn't disclosed until Alma 37:38?) Before Primary, print out THESE Liahona visuals. One is the "Liahona". Print on gold/yellow paper (I printed mine on a manilla envelope), cut, and laminate. Do the same with the circle and place it on the back. Put a brad in the center to keep them together as you spin. We also included a blank circle in with the document, so that if you'd like to make your own wording, you can. You will also need to place song titles of choice in the coordinating locations in the Primary room (ie. the piano, podium, chalkboard, etc.) During Singing Time, call up a reverent helper to be the one to find the song, the "finder". Spin the Liahona to the first song clue. Read what it says. Let the "finder" listen and go find the next song title in the hidden place. Of course, the other Primary children can listen and help along the way! Then, sing the song that was found and turn the liahona for the next clue! ****new addition to this post! One of our viewers had a great idea to provide small Liahonas to write the song titles on to be found! Thanks MelAnie! CLICK HERE for a google doc for small versions of the Liahona. We hope your children have fun with this Singing Time and learning about the Liahona. Make sure to tell them the Liahona wouldn't work if Lehi's family wasn't being good and keeping the commandments. We ALL need to be good, kind to one another, and keep the commandments so that WE can hear God's messages through the Holy Ghost and be guided back to heaven. You could send them home with this Liahona dot-to-dot from the 1987 June Friend to do with their families during their CFM lesson :) We hope your Primary children have fun with this Liahona Song Search for Singing Time!!! *Did you enjoy this post??? We'd love to hear a comment from YOU!!! We'd also love for you to follow along on our Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest pages! -iheartprimarymusic

Get the kids moving with this Keep the Commandments Sway and Freeze singing time activity! This cute idea includes directions for LDS Primary Music Leaders.

Fun teaching idea We'll Bring the World His Truth Cup Pattern singing time activity with printable song helps to teach the music for LDS Primary music leaders

Search, Ponder and Pray action words singing time activity! It's a super easy, no-prep activity with printable song helps for LDS Primary music leaders.

Grab this printable Primary Substitute sign up sheet with PDF or editable Google doc to help you recruit volunteers to teach in Primary or singing time.

After introducing Mother, I Love You with a mother match, we'll be reinforcing the flow and keywords in this song with a fun movement words activity! This

Rhythm Sticks activities are probably my very favorite singing time musical instrument to bring in! I'm not sure why, I just really love them!!

Try this no-prep activity that's so fun and can engage your logical thinkers, visual learners, and help represent the words to teach the children in a

Liahona singing time review activity, review primary songs using a Liahona printable or make a printable to create a scavenger hunt

How to teach a Primary song in singing time lesson plan using these simple steps including an attention getter, a repeat activity & testimony

We'll Bring the World His Truth remove-a-word Primary singing time idea, gradually remove the words to reveal a picture

Great LDS game to play for your next Family Home Evening

Come, Follow Me for Primary Singing Time: Review Game: "Knock, Knock- Who's There?" Printables include: UPDATED to include songs for 2021 and many past favorite song cards! Activity instructions page More than 60- "Knock, Knock" Song Cards 15- Door Images 1 Title Image All images in color and black & white! All lesson packets are designed and planned using the guidelines found under "Using Music To Teach Doctrine" in the instructions for Singing Time and the Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation. Save $$ and become a member at LovePrayTeach.com! Learn more at www.LovePrayTeach.com

Eleven fun and engaging singing tIme activities that can be used for at home church. Each singing time activity is $3 or buy them all in one bundle for

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Here are some of the printable flip charts of Primary songs we have used over the years. Some PDFs (as indicated) contain only words of the songs, for those who prefer plain and straight forward fl…

Use this music memory game with laminated cards for a primary music time or other singing activity to keep kids engaged and learning.