I Will Follow God's Plan For Me

This week we will be learning "I Will Follow God's Plan For Me." I found a great idea on Sofia's Primary Ideas. She suggested hiding objects around the room that represent the different lines of the song. Then the kids have to sing that line over and over until the object is found. One child will look for each item. They have to sing while they look though. If I catch them not singing, they loose their turn and have to give someone else a chance.

For example I may use:
My life is a gift, my life has a plan, my life has a purpose in heaven it began
- a small wrapped gift
My choice was to come to this lovely home on earth, and seek for God's light to direct me from birth
- flashlight with picture of Christ taped to it
I will follow God's plan for me, holding fast to His word and His love
- scriptures
I will work, I will pray, I will always walk in His way
- pair of shoes
Then I will be happy on earth, and in my home above
- small globe or a toy house.

I think I may make a few changes for my primary. Rather than doing this hot and cold style I may actually hide all the items before Primary starts. Then I'll tell them the line of the song and we'll start singing while the searcher looks. I won't tell them what they are looking for just give them an example and have them look around and think about it. I'll let them have three guesses. I think I'll take my PIT bell and give them a good ding ding ding ding if they get it right. If they can't guess in three guesses it will be someone else's turn. I think this may work best in Senior primary

In Junior Primary I think I will just tell them what they are looking for as we learn each line. I don't know I may be underestimating them. They are pretty sharp.

If I listen with my heart. 1st verse

I pulled this idea from Teaching LDS Children. This seems to be a great site with lots of fabulous ideas.

Crossword Puzzle

Last week I drew a 8 word crossword puzzle on my white board. Each word in the puzzle was part of a song or a well known line in a song. The clues were the titles or lines with the word missing. I gave the kids a choice between the clue or having the pianist play the tune. After they filled in each word they sang the song.

I also had some letters circled in the puzzle. At the end the circled letters could be unscrambled to say Happy New Year.

I wasn't there last week and had a substitute do this activity with the kids. I'll find out tomorrow how it went.