Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Review Ideas

1) Name That Tune: Have the pianist play one note at a time and let the kids guess the song.  In senior primary, I divided the kids into teams and each team got a turn to guess.  I also award points for the best singers so that the kids are encouraged to sing loudly and beautifully after they've guessed the tune.

2) Birds: Have several songs attached to birds (I have a bunch of beanie baby birds, so I put the songs on the beanie babies).  Have a child pick a bird, and then sing the song alternating between singing and using one of the following bird things:
Owl: Whoo
Hummingbird: Hum
Robins/small birds: Tweet tweet
Flamingo: Girls only
Chicks: Awww
Peacock: Boys only
Woodpecker: Staccato
Swan: Legato

3) Secret Words: Have a secret word in every song that the kids have to guess.  Use the following template to create your secret words:


YOUR ASSIGNMENT…SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT IT

Today as we are singing, please do the corresponding action every time you hear the word in the song.

The kids are going to guess at the end of the song what your secret word was.  So don’t let them read this!

You’ll need to be ready to do your action loudly and quickly!

Song                                                                        When We Sing the Word                  Do This Action
The Holy Ghost                                                      Holy                                                  Hop Up and Sit Down
Popcorn Popping                                           Window                                                      Bark Loudly
The Church of Jesus Christ                  Know                                                                     Hiccup Loudly
Wise Man and Foolish Man                  Foolish                                                                   Disco Dance
Come Follow Me                                    Come                                                       Clear Your Throat Loudly
If the Savior Stood Beside Me                  Would                                                    Clap Three Times Quickly


4) Use chimes!  

5) Don't Eat Peep!  Make a board of peeps (3x3).  Have one child go out of the room and hide a song under one of the peeps.  Have the child come back in and put one magnet on a peep until he/she gets to the peep with the hidden song.  Once the child gets to that peep, everyone yells "Don't Eat Peep!"  Then the child gets a peep and tries to sing the song with the peep in his/her mouth.

6) Magic Singing Spray: Fill a spray bottle with gatorade or lemonade.  Tell the children that they have to sing loud, and if they do, I spray a little bit of the gatorade or lemonade in their mouths.  They love it!  (Note: Make sure the bottle is on stream and not spray!)

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