Thanks so much for sharing your idea, it sounds fun, and something that would really appeal to my primary.
Petra
Petra
> To: primusic@yahoogroups.com
>I wanted to start reviewing "If
> I Listen With My Heart" too. I started with The Crazy Chorister's idea
> of solving the music mystery, but changed and added to it. Thought I'd
> share.
>
> Before Primary I hid three small boxes around the Primary room. Each
> box contained props or pictures to help with the words for one of the
> verses. I also placed a stuffed animal (a cute monkey) on a chair off
> to the side that wasn't very noticeable.
>
> When it came time for Singing Time, I was out in the hallway with
> sunglasses and a trenchcoat on and a magnifying glass. The primary
> president asked if anyone knew where I was and after a short time, I
> rushed in frantically looking around asking if anyone had seen my
> props for the song we needed to review today. I looked all around til
> I got to where the monkey was and he had a note in front of him that
> said "I have your clues." Oh, that sneaky monkey! I asked the monkey
> why he took our props and he "whispered in my ear" that he heard this
> was an amazing singing primary and he hid the clues to see if they
> could sing well enough to earn them back (by earning singing dollars).
>
> On the chalkboard I had a meter drawn with brackets in $100 singing
> dollars each up to $500. As they sang, I had the secretary color in
> the space from $0-$100 depending on how well they sang the song. If
> they sang it really well - knew the words, singing strong and clearly
> - they made it up to $100 and they would get a clue from the monkey to
> where the first box of props were.
>
> I had them review "The Lord Gave Me a Temple" for the first 100
> singing dollars. They didn't make it to the first $100 on the first
> try, so they sang it again. Once they made it, they got a clue. I had
> one of the children singing well use my magnifying class to find the
> box once the clue was given. Once found, I opened it up and showed
> props and reviewed words for the first verse of "If I Listen With My
> Heart". They sang it til they reached the $200, then we moved on to
> verse 2, and once they got to $300 we went on to verse 3. The junior
> primary only made it through verse 2. But the senior primary did
> really well and it was fun to hear them get louder and stronger as
> they neared the next $100 mark trying to earn enough to get the next
> clue. Once they finished all 3 verses and had earned "400 singing
> dollars", I put all the props away and had them sing all 3 verses
> without any words or props and see if they could make it to the top
> 500 singing dollar mark. They did it! It was beautiful - I had tears
> by the end!
>
> They had a lot of fun with it, so I thought I'd share it if it works
> for anyone else.
>
> Holli
>
>
>
> >> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>I wanted to start reviewing "If
> I Listen With My Heart" too. I started with The Crazy Chorister's idea
> of solving the music mystery, but changed and added to it. Thought I'd
> share.
>
> Before Primary I hid three small boxes around the Primary room. Each
> box contained props or pictures to help with the words for one of the
> verses. I also placed a stuffed animal (a cute monkey) on a chair off
> to the side that wasn't very noticeable.
>
> When it came time for Singing Time, I was out in the hallway with
> sunglasses and a trenchcoat on and a magnifying glass. The primary
> president asked if anyone knew where I was and after a short time, I
> rushed in frantically looking around asking if anyone had seen my
> props for the song we needed to review today. I looked all around til
> I got to where the monkey was and he had a note in front of him that
> said "I have your clues." Oh, that sneaky monkey! I asked the monkey
> why he took our props and he "whispered in my ear" that he heard this
> was an amazing singing primary and he hid the clues to see if they
> could sing well enough to earn them back (by earning singing dollars).
>
> On the chalkboard I had a meter drawn with brackets in $100 singing
> dollars each up to $500. As they sang, I had the secretary color in
> the space from $0-$100 depending on how well they sang the song. If
> they sang it really well - knew the words, singing strong and clearly
> - they made it up to $100 and they would get a clue from the monkey to
> where the first box of props were.
>
> I had them review "The Lord Gave Me a Temple" for the first 100
> singing dollars. They didn't make it to the first $100 on the first
> try, so they sang it again. Once they made it, they got a clue. I had
> one of the children singing well use my magnifying class to find the
> box once the clue was given. Once found, I opened it up and showed
> props and reviewed words for the first verse of "If I Listen With My
> Heart". They sang it til they reached the $200, then we moved on to
> verse 2, and once they got to $300 we went on to verse 3. The junior
> primary only made it through verse 2. But the senior primary did
> really well and it was fun to hear them get louder and stronger as
> they neared the next $100 mark trying to earn enough to get the next
> clue. Once they finished all 3 verses and had earned "400 singing
> dollars", I put all the props away and had them sing all 3 verses
> without any words or props and see if they could make it to the top
> 500 singing dollar mark. They did it! It was beautiful - I had tears
> by the end!
>
> They had a lot of fun with it, so I thought I'd share it if it works
> for anyone else.
>
> Holli
>
>
>
> >> http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
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