Nerf Gun Singing

This year, I made a list of all the songs that the kids know, and what I want them to know.  There are probably 50-60 songs on the list.   So today, I picked 4 of those songs, ones that they dont know 100%, and that is what we practiced. 

We started by singing through I am a Child of God a couple times.  Just to review it.  Then we moved on to our activity.

I brought in a magnet board, with a target drawn on it.  The outer 2 rings were divided into 4 sections each.  In the outer ring, I had written the numbers 1-4, and the 2nd ring was numbered 5-8.  Does that make sense??  The middle I left without a number.  If you have a white board in your primary room, you could just draw the target on that.


I also brought a small nerf gun, with 3 bullets - the kind of bullets that stick to my board.  As soon as I pulled out the gun, everyone got excited - especially the boys!

 I picked a kid, and had him stand back from the target - age approperate - and had them shoot.  If they hit one of the numbers, we sang that song.  Like I said, I had picked 4 songs, and those are the ones that we sang.  If they hit the bulls eye, they got to pick their favorite song.

This is always a fun activity.  But not super reverant...

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

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

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

Tic - Tac - Toe

This was my first week doing Singing time in our ward.  I wanted to see how well the kids knew the songs, and I wanted to do something fun with the kids.  So we did tic-tac-toe. 

I divided the room in two, one side was  X the other O.  I watched for "good" singers, and had them take turns putting their X or O on the board.  Behind each square I had written a song, so we sang that song before the next kid got to place their letter.  They had a blast. 

I also saw that the kids - especially the seniors, knew the songs better than I thought they did.

Rating:
Jounior - 9
Senior - 9