Word Strip Review

This was our last week of January, which means our last week to review I am a Child of God.  Really, they don't need the review, they all know the song great!  So I thought I'd try and have some fun with them!

What I did was got 4 word strips for each verse.  On each strip I wrote one of the phrases in the verse.  eg. #1. I am a Child of God  #2. And He has sent me here  #3.  Has given me an earthly home  ect.  Then I had kids, one at a time come and choose a strip, and decide where it went in the song - which verse, and in what spot of that verse.  The one trick was that they couldn't get any help.  And if it got put in the wrong spot, it had to stay there. 

Once all the word strips were placed, we sang the song like that- mistakes and all! The seniors thought this was pretty funny to do.  With the seniors, I also put 4 extra word strips in, to really try and trick them.  It was really simple, and fun for the kids.  Once we sang it, we made any corrections, and then sang it the "right" way again. 

Memory

This week I knew that a lot of kids would be gone for the long weekend, so I just wanted to have fun with the kids who were here.  So I made a memory game.

I warn you now, that I am no artist.  And I really didn't feel like spending the time on-line to look for pictures, and printing them off.  Soo, I drew some cards.  They are nothing special, but they worked.

Pretty self explanatory, every time they got a match, we sang the songs that were written on the back.  Some of them were review, and some of them were just fun songs.  I'll definitely be saving these, and using them again.

Jr. - 9
Sr. - 9

Stickers

Last week I just wanted to review a couple of the songs that the kids don't know the 2nd verses to, but I wanted to make sure that I kept them motivated.  We started by singing the song through a couple times to make sure that they knew the words, then I pulled out some stickers.  I bought those small star sticker that teachers give out, and told the kids that if I saw them singing really well,then they would get a sticker. 
I know that this doesn't sound very motivating, but I promise - IT WORKS!!  I walk around the room and put the stickers on the kids faces if they are singing really good.  Really, I give one to everyone.  The boys love to have them stuck to noses, or glasses.
I love this as a review.  I've also seen people do this with round red stickers and tell them they have the singing chicken pox.
Simple, but fun.

Jr. - 10
Sr. - 10

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

Hot and Cold

This week I was just plain tired and too lazy to plan a really fun singing time.  So I did an old standby, the Hot and Cold game. 

Soo easy.  I pick 2 kids, one to hide an object, and one to find the object hidden.  The finder gets clues to where it is hidden by the kids singing louder or softer. 

Every kid loves this game.  And because I choose 2 kids each time almost everyone got a turn!

Jr. - 9
Sr. 9