Stand Up, Sit Down, Eyes on Me

Make your rehearsals for the Primary Sacrament Meeting Program enjoyable.  This can be a real drudgery for teachers and children. Here are a few ways to make the "getting-ready" process fun.

• Standing and sitting quietly
• Ask the children to listen as you stand them up (with a hand motion)
• Have them sit back down.
• Ask just the girls to stand - then have them sit back down
• Ask the boys to stand - then have them sit back down
• Who stood and sat down the most quiet?
• Ask a teacher, member of the primary presidency or another adult to listen to see how quietly the children stand and sit.
• number cards 1 through 10 (large enough for the children to see them)
• after each time they stand or sit, rate their reverence with one of the cards - 10 = awesome, 1 = not so good
• Eyes on you (as the music director) 
• Encourage the children to watch you:
• so they know when to sit or stand
• so they can get clues for the words of the songs
• so they know how loud or soft to sing
• Make a circle from an 8 1/2 by 11 inch paper
• draw a set of eyes on it (like a face)
• tape a stick on the back so it is easy to hold up
• Tell the children that every time you hold it up they are to STOP singing.
• After a few times of unrehearsed solos, they will start watching you more. (DO NOT do this activity during the Primary Program)