The Primary Music Leader

I love Primary Music. What a joy to spend Sundays teaching children the gospel through music! I am a retired elementary music teacher so my emphasis is always on teaching musically. I am in a very talented and musical ward so I have been able to do lots of musical activities with my kids. Please enjoy and use any of my ideas.

Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Follow the Prophet

When there is a song with this many verses (and we are just doing 6 of them) I like to spread the learning out over a few months. So we are...

Monday, January 6, 2014

He Sent His Son Bell Descant

Since we made a couple sets of the pipe chimes I like to use them whenever there is a nice song that would sound good with a little descant....

Roll the Dice

I made dice today with the names of the classes on them. One die for Jr. Primary and another for Sr. Primary. Will use them when I want th...

Sunday, January 5, 2014

He Sent His Son Introduction

He Sent His Son To introduce the song, first ask the children the following questions to help them think about how parents teach their ...

Saturday, January 4, 2014

In a Grove of Trees

This is another welcome/wiggle song for Junior Primary. I wanted something to celebrate the Restoration. We act it out as we sing it: In ...

It's Time to Go to Church

I have felt the need for a little more variety for wiggle songs for when the Jr. Primary arrives. I wrote this one because it lends itself ...

Keep the Beat and Clap the Rhythm

One activity that works well when teaching a new song is to sing the song while keeping a steady beat with your hands and then contrast that...

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