Sticky Hand Game

This game was a hit. For the little ones I drew pictures that related to different parts of the song were learning (Beautiful Savior) and for the older ones I wrote out words and had some pictures. Then I would give two sticky hands out (usually boy verse girl) and we would sing the song. Then the music would stop randomly and they had to slap the right picture and have it stick to the sticky hand and into their hand. It was so much fun.

Valentines Day Post-it notes ♥

Happy Valentines :) Today we had a very special singing time. We reviewed the song 'The church of Jesus Christ' and as the children sang well I handed out love heart shape post it notes that I picked up from my local News agency. We went over the song over and over until the children seemed to be singing all the words perfectly. Once everyone had a heart, we all walked together to the Bishops office and quietly stuck the sticky heart notes all over his door. With the older kids I let them choose a car to stick hearts all over. The kids loved it.

2010!

Wow, it has been a while since I posted on here. Well, it is an exciting new year of Primary. Our songs for the year as follows:

1. I know that my Savior loves me
2. He sent his son
3. The Holy Ghost
4. The Church of Jesus Christ
5. Beautiful Savior
6. Follow the Prophet
7. Come follow me
8. The 1st and 4th articles of faith

Bon Bons- 13/12/09

Today was a very festive primary. To start I brought along all the christmas hats I have. Reindeers, Santa hats, elf hats, christmas hats etc and we all wore hats for singing time. Then I had christmas bon bons with songs in them, so I chose two children at a time to crack them open and we would sing the song inside. That was a lot of fun. One of the songs was 'Christmas bells' and when we sung it I got one of the children to shake some bells in time with the music and it was really effective. I also taught the oder girls the part that goes over the song and they sounded beautiful. Next week we will be singing for the Relief Society.

Primary Presentation 29/11/09

It has been a while since I have been able to write with all the preparations for our Primary presentation. It was last week, and the kids did an amazing job. There were some things that the presidency did that I thought was quite unique for our presentation. Because it was all about eternal families, our first counselor in Primary created word strips in the shape of a home. So throughout the presentation we built a home with the main themes of each month. I did another video presentation, and the kids all walked in with their builder hats on. I'm so grateful for all the children in primary and for their sweet spirits. I love my calling. I also had a thought for a new project. I would love to teach the children some songs that they can perform for elderly people at retirement homes. Perhaps a faith in God activity?

Primary Idol Review 19/10/09

This week I taught both the junior and senior primary "Seek the Lord Early" using the visual helps from Shari's singing time [http://singingtimecollection.blogspot.com/2009/06/seek-lord-early.html].
 I laminated them, and they really helped the children to learn the words very quickly.

Then afterwards I had an activity similar to Australian Idol, to see where we're at with our songs for the primary presentation. I made three laminated flip charts with the numbers 1-5 and they were for three judges. I chose two leaders, and one of the children that were singing well when I did it with the seniors, and three leaders for the Juniors. This worked well. Then I got the children to tell me what songs we needed to know for our program and I wrote them on the blackboard. Then in order we sang each of our songs and the judges gave a score and feedback for each song we sang. This gave me a good idea as to which songs the children needed to work on, and it was a bit of fun. And now when we do that activity again, the children can try and beat their scores.

General Conference- 11/10/09

It was Conference this week, so of course no primary. It was such an uplifting conference. There was one talk that really got me thinking about Primary and the impact that my teaching can have on the lives of children. It was a talk given by Russell T. Osguthorpe in the Saturday morning session. Some things to think about:


1. As a teacher, do I view myself as a messenger from God?
2. Do I prepare and then teach in ways that can help save lives?
3. Do I focus on a key doctrine of the Restoration?
4. Can those I teach feel the love I have for them and for my Heavenly Father and the Savior?
5. When inspiration comes, do I close the manual and open their eyes and their ears and their hearts to the glory of God?
6. Do I invite them to do the work that God has for them to do?
7. Do I express so much confidence in them that they find the invitation hard to refuse?
8. Do I help them recognize promised blessings that come from living the doctrine I am teaching?

It's a great talk, here's the link: [http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1117-5,00.html]