Review with a Purpose

Reviewing songs for the Primary program can be quite boring for everyone!  Planning and preparation can help tremendously!  Here are some suggestions :

• Plan seating before you rehearse in the chapel 
• Give seating chart to all the teachers so they can be a support
• Print a copy of the program including songs and talks and give copies to all Primary personnel - you need all the support you can get!
• Print the words to the songs for all teachers - not children ( you need them to keep their eyes on you)
• Encourage reverence - even during rehearsals.  The chapel is a sacred place.
• Plan some physical movement during rehearsals
• walk around the building - inside or out
• plan for drinks and bathroom breaks
• a treat can go a long way if your rehearsal is longer than 30 minutes.

The theme is "I Know that My Heavenly Father Lives."  Tell the children that you will be making a list of ways we know that Heavenly Father lives.  Ask them to be thinking of how they know that He lives.  During the rehearsal and the weeks leading up to the program, sporadically ask a child how he/she knows Heavenly Father lives.  Answers can come from the songs, sharing time or the talks.  Challenge them to see how many ways they know that Heavenly Father lives.  Set a goal to have a list of 30, 50 or more ways that they know.

This is a great way to keep everyone focused.