I love how we are given a bit of freedom with 2 of the 8 months! After much pondering & prayer, this is the final list of our program songs:
January- As a Child of God, 2012 Outline (3 verses)
February- Build An Ark, Sept. 2010 "Friend" (2 verses)
March- *Stand For the Right, CS 159 (1 Verse) [Jr. Primary Only]
Choose the Right, Hymn 239 (Verses 1 & 3 Only)
[Sr. Primary Only, with Jr. Primary joining for the chorus only]
EASTER SONGS:
*Jesus Has Risen, CS 70
*Hosanna!, CS 66
April- I Feel My Savior's Love, CS 74 (4 verses)
[All kids sing vss. 1 & 4, small group or solo sing
vss 2 & 3, All kids sing chorus]
MOTHER'S DAY SONGS:
Mother Dear I Love You So, CS 206a (3 verses)
An Angel To Watch Over Me, by Sally DeFord (3 Verses)
[All primary vss. 1 & 3, YW vss. 2 & 3]
May- "Give", Said the Little Stream, CS 236 (3+ verses)
[other lyrics will be added & the song will be arranged by myself]
FATHER'S DAY SONGS:
*Daddy's Homecoming, CS 210
*The Family is Of God, (Verse 2 only)
*When I Hear My Father Pray, Mar. Ensign '83
June- Nephi's Courage, CS 120 (3 verses) *[They know verse 1!]
PATRIOTIC SONGS: TBD
July- *When I Am Baptized, CS 103 (2 verses)
PIONEER SONGS: TBD
August- *I'm Trying To Be Like Jesus, CS 78 (verse 1 only)
[Jr. Primary Only]
*Scripture Medley (Scripture Power/Hand In Hand)
[Small Group Only]
*NOTE: Songs our primary kids already know!
I am not teaching the songs in the same order as in the Outline. I try to teach the more difficult songs the first 6 months of the year. So many families are gone for the entire summer that learning songs those months is pointless. Why work twice as hard when you can plan ahead & make your life a bit easier:) My motto: "Planning allows you to be lazy". We have always held our program at the end of October. So by September, I'm already working on brushing up the program songs during Singing Times. There's no time to LEARN a new song by then.
Also, don't forget that you always need to add holiday songs for Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, & Pioneer Day. I included those holiday songs with the monthly song list. That way I can plan my Singing Times accordingly.
What songs are your Primary kids doing this year? Please share!
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January 20, 2012
January 15, 2012
Snow Day!
Living in the Northwest Puget Sound area, we rarely experience snow. So when it happens, it's quite an exciting thing! This morning was no exception. Although I had Singing Time planned & ready to go for today, I just felt that we should celebrate the unusual weather.
Last year, I found this "Emergency" Singing Time Plan on Kathleen's blog. As a person who LOVES to plan ahead, I thought it a great idea to be prepared for a Singing Time Emergency. So I made the snowflakes, riddle lists, song lists and informed the Primary presidency about it. Well you know what they say: "Plan for an emergency and chances are you'll never have one". So true! So I decided that the Sunday snowfall qualified for an Emergency Singing Time today.
The kids were all hyped up because of the fun weather & this Singing Time kept them plenty busy! Next week we'll just do what I'd already had planned for today. No harm done, no time lost!
If you choose to use my riddle & song list, just make this change to #5:
Riddle-When you were born, your were given a special light. This gift helps you choose the right. What song am I? (As a Child of God-2012 Outline)
May 21, 2011
Song Visuals Reference Guide
I am an organization guru. I'm a firm believer that if you're organized, you can actually be more lazy:)
While going through our Primary Closet & taking inventory on what was there from past choristers, I decided that I needed ONE list to refer to at any given moment that would tell me if there is a visual (flip chart or poster) already made. Who likes making visuals for the same song more than once? If somebody else has already done the work (and you like it), why not put it to use?
Back in October of 2010, I had tackled the flip charts. I placed the flip charts in 3 ring binders. I categorized them in 4 groups: Reverence, Seasonal, Miscellaneous, and 2011. Pretty obvious, huh?! And they are in alphabetical order in the binder:) The 2011 Binder is small and only for the years' program songs. Sometimes I'll take other songs from another binder, & if we're singing it often in a month (like Search, Ponder and Pray in February), I temporarily keep it in the 2011 Binder. When we're finished with it, I return it to its proper binder.
Below is a picture of how the binders look. I can easily find the song I'm looking for!
On the very first page of each binder I made an alphabetized list of what songs were in there.
Then I made a MASTER LIST to place in my weekly chorister binder. I can refer to this at any time & it'll tell me exactly which binder the wanted song is in. I keep all of the binders in the closet and right in front for quick & easy access. This system has saved me more than a few times already! You never know when he spirit will tell you what song needs to be changed from your schedule that day:)
So now that I have the flip charts under control, I needed to tackle the poster shelf. This had TONS of posters piled on it! I spent a couple of weeks quietly sitting at the closet & writing down what was in there. There were plenty of songs in there that I hadn't known were there! There were also a lot of "game boards" and wiggle song charts. Whatever I couldn't figure out, I pulled out & took it home with me to try to piece it together. I put labels on each poster like this. I place them on each long edge of the poster for quick reference.
How do you keep yourself organized?
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