The outline for the 2011 Sacrament Program has many helps and suggestions. Page 26 and 27 of the outline give several suggestions and ideas for teaching the songs for the program.
The week after our Sacrament Program, I like to teach the children the “new” song for the next year's program. It gives us a jump start for next year but it is also refreshing to learn something new. If your primary is like ours, you have just spent several weeks drilling and rehearsing for the program so a new song is a welcome change.
When teaching a new song, have the accompanist play the new song several times as prelude music. This will help create familiarity for everyone.
Teach the new song to a few children ahead of time and have them sing it in primary to introduce it. Having a few teacher sing it as an introduction is also a great “attention getter.”
Humming and clapping are great ways to learn melody and rhythm.
I determine which song will be the most difficult in the new program. I choose to teach the sign language for this song along with the words. This keeps the children focused and helps them learn the words easier and better. The song is usually the hymn. The sign language is on the Church web site. Click for hymns. Click for Primary Songs.
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