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!!

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. 

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

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