Mother's Day

This is a great time to teach or review Love Is Spoken Here, p. 190 and Happy Family, p. 198.  They are perfect songs for Mother's Day.  There are 8 songs in the Primary Songbook that talk specifically about Mothers.  Choose one that your primary does not know and teach it to them this year.  Or, review the ones you know so the children can sing them to their mothers.

There are some ideas in previous posts for Mother's Day.  Check out the labels on Mother's Day.

Easter Egg Singing Time

I have done an Easter Pageant in past years.  There is an outline for a pageant if you click on Easter in past posts.  This year I have put questions about the last week before the crucifixion on strips of paper and put them inside colored, plastic Easter eggs. There are also songs about Easter in the eggs.  The children answer the question or we sing the song.  Here are a few suggestions for questions and songs:

• What did Jesus ride on when He entered Jerusalem?   Donkey
• What did the people lay on the street as Christ entered?   Palm Leaves/branches
• What garden did Christ pray in?
• What was the dinner called the night before He was crucified?
• What did Jesus do for the disciples before they ate their dinner?   washed their feet
• Who betrayed Jesus?
• What was placed on Christ's head before He was crucified? 
• Who carried Christ's cross?
• What was Christ given to drink on the cross?
• Were His legs broken?
• What happened when the cock crowed 3 times?
• How long was Christ in the Tomb?
• Who's name did he call when he left the tomb?

Songs:

• Did Jesus Really Live Again?  p.64
• He Died That We Might Live Again  p. 65
• Hosanna  p. 66
• Easter Hosanna  p. 68
• Jesus Is Risen  p. 70
• I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus  p.  78
• I Feel My Savior's Love  74
• I Stand All Amazed  Hymn # 193
• He Sent His Son  p.  34

Latter-day Prophet poster

I found a poster of all the latter-day prophets with a few missing pictures.  I downloaded the missing pictures from the Church website (they don't have 5" x 7" pictures of the prophets anymore).  There are no names under the prophets' picture but they are in order through Pres. Hinckley.  I laminated the poster so it will last. This is the perfect poster to help the children memorize the prophets (Latter-day Prophets p. 134).  I printed the names of each prophet on strips of paper that I can tape under their picture.  After we sing it, I remove one or two names and then sing it again.  Continue the process.

Children enjoy the challenge to see if they can memorize all the prophets in order.  The music certainly helps!