February Week 4

Monthly Theme: The Scriptures Teach of Heavenly Father's Plan
Weekly Theme: I Will Follow God's Plan

I Will Follow God's Plan p. 164
Play word king/word king in both Junior Primary and Senior Primary. We have been working on this song with pictures, so we can easily use in both primaries.

How to play:
Hold a picture above a child's head. Tell the primary not to sing that word. Then, the child listens as the primary sings and tries to figure out which is their word

Seventh Article of Faith
Do balloon challenge with SP from last week. For SP, use a melody map illustrating the note steps "in the gift of tongues, prophecy" and see if they can match it to the correct place in the song

One in a Million
SP - draw the song

JP beat dance - chicken dance

If I Listen with My Heart
Lights on/off game

February Week 3

February theme: The Scriptures Teach of Heavenly Father's Plan

Week 3 theme: Families are central to Heavenly Father's Plan

Review I Will Follow God's Plan by playing the fly swatter game. Use the pictures we've been working with to play the game. (who is the leader might be a fun one to try next week)

Work on One in a Million - the song in the February 2011 Friend. Emphasize that there are about 1 million in Primary world wide. However - each child is unique and Heavenly Father has a plan for each one of us. Share parts of the children's book "How Much is a Million" to illustrate the concept of how many a million is.

Work on the timing of this song - talk about staccato.

Work on the seventh article of faith. - Play a minute to win it game - have four balloons and have two kids see if they can tap the balloons and keep them off the ground while we sing

Plan for February Week 2

Monthly Theme: The Scriptures Teach Of Heavenly Father's Plan

Weekly Theme: Jesus Christ created the earth for me

Review: I Will Follow God's Plan for Me p. 164

Junior Primary and Senior Primary:
Unscramble
Scramble the pictures from last week and challenge the children to put the pictures in the correct order while singing the song.

Stand Up/Sit Down - in Junior Primary have the children stand when then sing "I, me or my" and then sit the next time they sing one of those words. Continue to follow this pattern

Musical Chairs - in Senior Primary -leave an empty chair on each end of a row. Have the children slide over to the left on "I, me or my" and then over a chair to the right when they sing one of the words again - they will be going back and forth quite a lot during the song.

Seventh Article of Faith p. 126
tap out the pattern lap palm palm (hit lap on the strong beat), ask which words are held longest (tongues, so, forth) - discuss what the words mean

If I listen with my Heart - review with the flashlight game. Dim the lights. As the children sing spotlight one child and then another - those two children trade places. Continue in the same fashion as the song is sung

Plan for February Week 1

Monthly Theme: The Scriptures Teach of Heavenly Father's Plan

Week Theme: Heavenly Father has a plan for me.

Program Song: I Will Follow God's Plan for Me

Attention Getter - Show a map - ask what it is used for. Talk about other kinds of plans - recipes, blue prints, etc.

Show the plan of Salvation. Talk to the children about how Heavenly Father's plan for all His children is to encourage them to return to Him. In addition, Heavenly Father has unique and individual plans for each of us.

Introduce the Song by playing Hidden Pictures (link to an explanation of the game).

For Junior Primary
Break down the song into two parts for the game.
Part I:
My life is a gift (picture of a present)
My life has a plan (picture of a map)
My life has a purpose, in heaven it began (picture of people dressed in white)
My choice was to come to this lovely home on earth (picture of earth)
And seek for God's light (picture of flashlight)
To direct me from birth (picture of baby)

After covering the above, have the children "find" the pictures and put them in order
Part II:
I will follow God's plan for me (picture of footprints)
Holding fast to his word and his love (two pictures -one of the scriptures one of a heart)
I will work (girl washing dishes)
And I will pray (child praying)
I will always walk in his way (child walking)
Then I will be happy on earth (picture of happy face)
And in my home above (picture of house)

For senior primary, do the whole song at once.

If there is still some time, play the game suggested in the February 2011 Friend. Put the pictures on a tray. Have one child leave the room. Have the kids decide which picture to take off the tray. Have the child come back into the room and see if he/she can figure out which picture is missing.