Review With Word Strips

If you used the idea from last week's post, this week will be easy.  Place the word strips from "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet" in a scrambled order on one side of the board.  If you have a wall or door close to the board, that would be a great place to put the scrambled word strips.  Ask the children to listen to the music as the pianist plays through the hymn.  After, ask one or two children to find the first phrase of the hymn and put it on the board leaving room for the rest of the phrases.  Now sing  the hymn with the children and continue having them put the phrases in order.

This is a great activity to "cement" the words into the the minds of the children.

We Thanks Thee, O God, for a Prophet

The theme for primary this month, May, is "Prophets Teach Us to Live the Restored Gospel."  There is no suggested song for the month.  If you choose to learn hymn # 19, "We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet," there is a great idea in the 2013 Sharing Time Outline on page 11.  (You can access the outline on the Church website.)  Using the colored paper helps the non-readers as well as the rest of us.  We learned this hymn for the 2008 Sacrament Meeting Program, so hopefully a few of the older classes will remember it or at least pick it up quickly.

Remember to review songs learned in previous months by singing them for opening or closing songs in primary.