LOWLY THE SHY WORM

Thanks to Mimi in the Clearwater ward for this idea...

Junior loves this one. Draw a large apple on a poster, cut a hole in the center, hot glue a piece of red checked fabric behind the hole as a curtain. Use a soft furry puppet as Lowly the Worm. To get Lowly to come out of his hole, the children have to sing very well.

HIDE A NOTE

Thanks to Mimi from Clearwater Ward for this idea...

Make a musical note out of paper. Break the new song into phrases using one or two a week. Have the children repeat the phrases several times and then sing the phrases.  Send a child out of the room and hide the note in the primary room. Sing one phrase over and over again while the child finds the note singing louder as he/she gets closer.  Do it again once found. Great way to learn a new song line by line.

ENCORE SINGING GAME

Thanks to Mimi from the Clearwater ward for this idea...

Enlist a couple of counselor's to help with this one...one counselor at the chalk board and another to help keep you straight on whose turn.

Each row is a team. Write a word on the chalkboard such as FAMILY. Row 1 sings the line of song that has that word in it. Write a new word on the board and it's the next rows, turn.

To pertain this to your program songs, use obvious words and tell the kids they are program songs.

HANGING SHIRTS

THANKS to Mimi from the Clearwater ward for this idea...

String clothesline or string back and forth on a piece of presentation board and cut out shirts in different patterns of paper or contact paper. On the back of each shirt is a different song title. On small clothespins, write different methods of singing such as rhythm (have kids clap out rhythm of song), stacatto, A Capella, Eyes Closed, Boys only, etc.

A reverent child comes up and picks a clothespin and shirt and hangs it on the line. The corresponding shirt and method of singing is sung.

SIT AND SPIN

Bring in a chair that spins and place numbers on the floor all around the chair. Choose two reverent helpers. One spins and the other does the spinning. Whatever number the chair stops in front of is the song that is sung. Add a pick your favorite song to the numbers. Great way to review and the kids LOVE IT!

POP STARS

Another one where I don't know the source. This is a version of American Idol. Use teachers or primary presidency as the 3 judges. Each class is trying to win the title of Pop Star Class by singing the best and correctly. You can really role play with this and make it fun.

EDDIE SPAGHETTI

I have not done this but it sounds really fun. I believe it was an idea from another ward chorister. Eddie Spaghetti is a guy drawn on poster board that loves spaghetti. He east a lot of spaghetti if the kids sing the right words. Cut a small hole in his mouth and have a bowl with red yarn in it. Pull the red yard (spaghetti) through the back while the kids sing. If he eats all his spaghetti, they must have sang great!!