Sing or Dare

This week, I babysat 3 of my nieces and nephews.  My Sis-in-law, Meg, is also the singing time leader in her ward, so when she dropped off her kids, she also left this little treasure for me.  I love that I didn't have to prepare anything for Sunday! 

I used this as a review for 3 of my presentation songs, but I think it would work better for just review on one song.

Here's what I did.  I had a list of different "dares" or "sings", for the kids to pick.  (Surprise, surprise, the "dares" all got picked first.)  I had a different set of things to choose for Jr.'s, and Sr.'s.

Jr. Dare                                                                   Jr. Sing

Stand on your chair and shout "I love primary!"        Stand on one foot and sing the 1st verse.

Name 2 latter day prophets.                                        March in place and sing the 1st verse.

Give the primary pres. a high five.                             Play Stop/Go while you sing the 3rd verse.

Give your teacher a hug.                                             Whisper sing the 2nd verse.

Switch seats with someone else.                                 Tiptoe in a circle while you sing 2nd verse.

Name your fav. thing about primary.                          Clap they rhythm while you sing the 3rd verse

               Sr. Dare                                                                                   Sr. Sing

Name 3 Latter day Prophets                                  Girls face left, boys face right as you sing 3 vs

Tell the names of everyone in your class                Leave out the names of people and places 1 vs

Draw a picture of your fav. food.                            "Buzz" instead of singing the word "the".

Stand on your chair and shout "I love primary"       Rub your belly and pat your head sing 2nd vs

Hop on one foot around the podium 3 times.           Play stop/go while you sing the 1st vs.

Give everyone a high-five.                                       Stand on 1 foot while you sing the 3 vs.  If the

                                                                                     other foot touches the ground, sit down.

We were able to get through all  of the dares, and sings before my time was up.  Thanks Meg for the fun singing time!!

Jr. - 9

Sr. - 9

Mr. Potato Head

This week I really slacked, and didn't think about Singing Time, until 8pm Saturday night.  I needed something quick because I was going to a movie that night, and didn't have time to prepare anything fancy.

So what do I do when I don't have a lot of time?  I go to my kids toy room, and see what I can find, that I could make work for a Singing Time game.

I pulled out, and dusted off the Mr. Potato Head.



I pulled out a bunch of different body parts, - eyes, nose, mouth, arms, hat, feet... - you get the picture, and taped a paper with a song title written on it to each body part.  I stuffed all of this into an old gift bag, and called it a night!

Today at Primary, the kids took turns picking a part and putting it on the body, and we sang each song.

E-A-S-Y!

I did mostly fun songs, because in the summer I don't want to only review, and you never know how many kids will be there.

Fun, and easy!

Jr. - 8
Sr. - 7

Summer Olympics

Since its the Summer Olympics right now in London, there were a LOT of great Olympic themed singing time ideas online. Here's one that I found that the kids totally LOVED!  (Sorry to who ever originally posted it, I cant give you credit because I didn't save your blog address.) 

First of all I talked a bit about the Olympics, and got them hyped up.  Then I divided the room into two teams.  Each "team" had a turn to pick which "sport" they wanted to try.  But both "teams" got to sing each song together.

Here's a list of all the "sports" that we did.

Torch Relay: I am Like a Star - turn off lights and pass the the torch around the room. 

     I had really good intentions of making a torch out of a flash light, but things got busy Saturday night, and that just didn't happen.  So I brought 2 flashlights, told the kids that they were the torches, and they had to pass them around the room.  I'm not sure if I would do this part of it again.  The kids - especially the Jr's, didn't like passing the torch, they just wanted to play with it, and they didn't understand the purpose of it.

Volleyball: Nephi’s Courage - volley the song back and forth (each side sings one line).

     This one the kids loved.  Especially when we went fast.

Marathon: When I am Baptized - sing as much as you can in one breath.

Synchronized Singing: Wiseman - sign language (actions for the song).

     I told them how important it is for sync. swimmers to do every action together, and made a really big deal about that.  The kids took this one very seriously.

Rhythmic Gymnastics: Choose the Right - do this rhythm with your hands: lap, lap, clap, clap, snap,  snap, thumbs over shoulders.

Archery: I'm Trying to be like Jesus - as the leader’s arms are stretched out, sing louder and as arms close, sing softer.
     This one was not my favourite. 

All in all, it was a fun singing time, and a good review for the presentation songs.  Below are the list of events that I had on the chalk board for the kids to choose from.  (I'm still figuring out this blogging thing, and don't know how to do this properly so you can just print it out from a link.)  Sorry.






Jr. - 10
Sr. - 10