Match Up Review

Take time to review.  The best way to memorize is to repeat or practice it many times over time.  We only work with the children once a week so it's important to review songs, especially new ones, many times.

Using all the pictures and prompts from the songs that we've worked on this month, put them in a box or bag.

• Write the titles of the following songs across the board:
• Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
• Faith
• Jesus Has Risen
• Did You Think to Pray
• I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus
• Ask one or two children to each pull out a picture.
• Have them place them under the song that matches the picture or prompt
• If they belong to the same song, sing that song.  If they don't, choose two more children to pick two more pictures and follow the same procedure.

Hopefully, you will sing the songs more than once.

Jesus Has Risen

What a great day to teach "Jesus Has Risen," pg. 70!  This is an easy song to teach - 1 verse.

• Sing it through once.
• Ask how many times they heard the phrase "Jesus has risen?" (3)
• Sing it again and have them count as you sing.
• Sing the first 4 phrases then have them sing with you.
• Sing the last 2 lines.
• Tell the children that "Jesus has risen, Savior divine" is repeated.
• At Easter we should all sing praises to Jesus and that's what we are doing in this song.
• Sing the last 2 lines with the children.
• Sing the whole song several times as time permits

If you have time, review songs that you have taught so the children will remember them.

I love to hear the children as they meet their parents after church, singing the songs we have sung in primary.  You make a difference!

"Faith"

What a great opportunity to teach children about faith.  Both verses of "Faith," p. 96, are powerful yet explained simply.

1st verse pictures:

• sun or sunrise
• child praying and/or picture of an ear
• a seed, package of seeds, or picture of a seed
• small plant
• heart shape
• shield with CTR on it

2nd verse pictures/words

• picture of a cloud and Jesus
• word strip "I can return"
• word strip "trust in God"
• word strip "in Christ"
• word strip "strengthened
• word strip "I feel it grow"
• word strip "obey"

The 1st verse will be easy to teach because the pictures stick in the minds of the children.  The 2nd verse teaches the doctrine.  With repetition, the children will love this verse.  The words will help your readers and teachers.  Sing each phrase several times before moving to the next phrase.