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SINGING TIME POSTERS! Displaying posters helps the children know HOW they will be singing the songs AND it creates an opportunity to ask a child who is reverent (or who needs to be reverent), to participate by holding the poster when you sing. More involve-ment means more student engagement during Singing Time.

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Pick three children to hold up the AW, HUM and OO signs. As the Primary children enter the room,

have sign holders take turns holding up their signs showing how to sing along with the music, no words just AH, HUM or OO.

In advance, invite a Primary child to play Primary songs on the piano or on a woodwind or string

instrument for the prelude. They wear the PRIMARY PRO tag as they play. *Attach the tag to a

ribbon to hang around their neck or attach it to a baseball hat and have them wear it.

2. HAVE CHILDREN PROVIDE PRELUDE MUSIC - BE A PRIMARY PRO!

PRELUDE IDEAS - Creates Reverent Atmosphere As Children Enter Primary1. AW, HUM OO!

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INVITING REVERENCE - Creates Reverent Atmosphere

1. WIGGLE SONG Use an activity song to help get the wiggles out. For example, sing “Give Said The Little

Stream.” Have the children stand on the “S” words and clap on the “G” words. Finish with a

quiet request for everyone to sit and fold their arms.

2. COPY CAT Instruct the children to watch and copy how you sing. Sing with a quiet voice, sing with a

whisper, sing with a whisper and arms folded.

3. TURN IT UP TURN IT DOWN Share; “When I give you a thumbs up increase the volume when I give you a thumbs down sing

quieter, when I give you a double thumbs down, whisper the song.” Let the children also con-

duct the volume by choosing one to stand in the front and give the thumbs up or thumbs

down. *Explain that they can’t give a two thumbs up because this is a reverence song so

they won’t be singing that loud.

4. AS QUIET AS A MOUSE

Pick three children to hold up our 3 sized mouse signs. Share that they can learn to sing as QUIET AS A MOUSE! Point out that none of the mice are large so they will always be singing softly but they have to match their soft singing volume to the size of the mouse that is held up. Stand behind

the three children and if you place your hand on their shoulder it is their turn to hold up their sign.

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WIGGLE SONG

COPY CAT!

VOLUME UP!

VOLUME DOWN!

AS QUIETAS A

MOUSE!

AS QUIETAS A

MOUSE!

AS QUIET

AS AMOUSE!

PRACTICING SINGING:

1. HOT AND COLD Have a child leave the room and another child hide an object. As the child reenters the room

have the children begin to sing. The closer the searcher gets to the object the louder the

children sing. The farther he/she is from the object the softer the children sing.

2. THE GUESSING BAG Put objects that represent the words in a song in a bag. Have a child choose one object out

of the bag. Ask the child what the object represents in the song. Have the children who have

chosen the objects stand in the correct order of the words in the song.

3. NAME THAT TUNE Play three notes of the song and have a child guess the song. Add a note at a time until the

song is identified correctly. Invite the child who identified the song to help you lead the song.

4. HURRY AND PASS IT PLEASE

Pass a small Primary Song Book and sing until the pianist stops playing. The child holding the

song book when the music stops has to say the next word in the song.

Pass the Scared or Blue card around the Primary room and sing until the pianist stops playing.

The child holding the card says what Primary song they would sing to themselves if they were

feeling sacred or blue. Point out that Primary songs can be a source of comfort and we can

sing them almost anytime or anywhere.

6. DARK HAIR, LIGHT HAIR Pick a child to hold the DARK HAIR, LIGHT HAIR card. They close their eyes and as they hold

the card out in front of them they rotate the card until you count down from five. Which ever

hair color is at the top of the card, that will be hair color of children who will sing the next

song.

5. IF YOU FEEL SCARED OR BLUE

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PRACTICING SINGING:

7. MUSICAL STATUES Pick a child to come up to the front. Ask them to strike a pose like a statue in an position they

want as long as both feet are kept on the floor. Have the other children strike this same pose

and then you sing a song while everyone (teachers included). stays in this pose.

8. GUM BALL SINGING Put a colored assortment of large gum balls into a glass jar. Choose a child to pick a gum ball.

After they have chosen one you quickly hold up the gum ball chart and have all the children

read what they will have to do based off of the color of gum ball just chosen. Quickly put the

poster away between each song so that each color will be a surprise activity.

9. OBEY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT Invite a child up to the front. Explain that they will hold up the traffic light while everyone is sing-

ing. THEY GET TO point at a light and all of the children will need to do whatever that light stands

for. GREEN = sing, RED = stop singing, YELLOW = sing really, really slow.

10. SING LIKE A. . .

Explain that whatever picture you hold up the children will need to sing that way. Pictures

include: a robot, a pirate, a baby, a cowboy. someone sleepy, someone scared. This is silly

but fun, DO NOT do this activity when practicing a sacred song.

MUSICALSTATUES

BOYS SING

GIRLS SING

ARTICLE OFFAITH SONG

SING WITHEYES CLOSED

FAVORITESONG

HUM THESONG

TEACHERSONLY SING

EVERYONE LIP-SYNC

GUM BALL SINGING

EVERYONE LIP-SYNC

OBEYTHETRAFFIC

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