Valentines Day

I thought that because it was Valentines Day, we should do a valentines activity. 

But first, I had them sing My Heavenly Father Loves Me, a couple times for practice. 

Then I told them how excited I was for Valentines Day, and that there is someone in our ward who does so much for all of us.  Of course they all guessed the bishop.  I explained that we were going to make a giant valentine for the bishop today.  I passed out construction paper hearts to each child.  I gave them 5 minutes to write on their heart, their favourite primary song, and their name, and then had them each glue their heart to the valentine.  This part was a bit chaotic!  Once all the hearts were glued on, I closed my eyes and pointed to a heart, and we sang the kids favorite songs. 

After singing time, I snuck down to the bishops office, and taped our Valentine to his door.



I got the idea here:  http://primarysingingtimewithmatilda.blogspot.ca/2010/02/valentine-for-bishop.html

Science Experiment Review

Tomorrow for Singing Time, I thought we would do something fun.  The kids know My Heavenly Father Loves Me, pretty good.  So I thought we would review it, I am a Child of God, and When I am Baptised (because they all know that song from last yr.) 

This is what were doing, I got the idea here:  http://primarysingingtimeideas.blogspot.ca/search?q=coloring#

How it works:

1) Fill several clear containers (I used plastic drinking cups) with about 3/4 cup water and 1/3 cup vinegar. (the ratio can be varied, but more vinegar= more fizz= more fun! PLACE CONTAINERS on a BAKING SHEET, as this WILL MAKE A MESS!!!!

2) place one small drop of food coloring on a metal spoon (don't use clear, since you can see the color on the other side), then place a heaping teaspoon of baking soda on top, or enough to make sure the food coloring is covered.



3) Have a child come up and pick a spoon to stir in a cup of "water".   It will fizz like crazy!  Once the fizz has settled down, the color will show up.  I'll make a chart showing what we will do when certain colours are discovered.

 eg. 
Red - Sing I am a Child of God  
Blue - Sing My Heavenly Father Loves Me  
Green - When I am Baptised  
Yellow - Pick a favorite song. 
I might do a couple more colours, so more favorites can be picked. 



I'm sure that the kids will LOVE this fun experiment!!