Simple actions for this song:
(The first two beats of each linee, pat your lap twice. The last two beats of each line get an
action. You can easily google the 2 ASL signs if they are unfamiliar.)
Keep (pat) the (pat) commandments (make a C with one hand)
Keep (pat) the (pat) commandments (make a C with one hand)
In this (pat) there (pat) is safety (two thumbs up)
In this (pat) there (pat) is peace (ASL for peace)
He (pat) will (pat) send blessings (arms out to encompass all the blessings)
He (pat) will (pat) send blessings (arms out bigger the second time, because the music gets bigger)
Words (pat) of (pat) a prophet (ASL for prophet-- I just do the seeing part, not the person part at the end; it fits the timing better)
Keep (pat) the (pat) commandments (make a C with one hand)
In this (pat) there (pat) is safety (two thumbs up) and peace (ASL for peace)
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Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Friday, October 31, 2014
Faith (CS p. 96)
Simple actions to teach this song:
Verse 1:
Faith is knowing the sun will rise
(Start on the ground in a ball; rise slowly with your arms rounded above your head like the sun)
Lighting each new day (on the word lighting, have your sun arms slowly open)
Faith is knowing the Lord will hear (hand to your ear)
My prayers (fold arms as if in prayer) each time I pray
Faith is like a little seed (pinch your thumb and pointer finger together as if holding a small seed)
If planted (make a pot with your other hand and pretend to plant the seed)
it will grow (from underneath the pot hand, push the other hand's fingers up and through like a bud, then open the fingers as it grows taller)
Faith is a swelling (continue the growing motion into both arms being raised and opening wide)
within my heart (cover your heart with both hands)
When I do right (thumbs up)
I know (point to your head)
Verse 2:
I have the kids imagine a line stretching from one end of the room to the other. Then I put my right hand sideways, close to my body, as if it's making a notch on the line. This is birth. Look at all the space on the imaginary line that comes before birth. Where were you before your mortal birth? You lived with God. Then do the same thing with your left hand being death, or when your life ends on earth. What will happen then? You can return to God. So your whole mortal life is just the width of your body, while there's all this space on either side of you where you still existed and will exist.
Faith is knowing I lived with God (point that direction on the timeline)
before my mortal birth (place your "birth" hand back on the timeline, making an exaggerated notch on the word birth)
Faith is knowing I can return (point that direction on the timeline)
when my life ends on earth (place your "death" hand back on the timeline, making an exaggerated notch on the word earth)
Faith is trust in God above (ASL for father, then same hand goes up to heaven)
In Christ (ASL for Jesus)
who showed the way (make a straight path with your hands and push it forward)
Faith is strengthened (show arm muscle)
I feel it grow (other arm outlines a bigger muscle)
Whenever I obey (ASL for obey -- one hand on head, the other on the heart, then offering them both)
Verse 1:
Faith is knowing the sun will rise
(Start on the ground in a ball; rise slowly with your arms rounded above your head like the sun)
Lighting each new day (on the word lighting, have your sun arms slowly open)
Faith is knowing the Lord will hear (hand to your ear)
My prayers (fold arms as if in prayer) each time I pray
Faith is like a little seed (pinch your thumb and pointer finger together as if holding a small seed)
If planted (make a pot with your other hand and pretend to plant the seed)
it will grow (from underneath the pot hand, push the other hand's fingers up and through like a bud, then open the fingers as it grows taller)
Faith is a swelling (continue the growing motion into both arms being raised and opening wide)
within my heart (cover your heart with both hands)
When I do right (thumbs up)
I know (point to your head)
Verse 2:
I have the kids imagine a line stretching from one end of the room to the other. Then I put my right hand sideways, close to my body, as if it's making a notch on the line. This is birth. Look at all the space on the imaginary line that comes before birth. Where were you before your mortal birth? You lived with God. Then do the same thing with your left hand being death, or when your life ends on earth. What will happen then? You can return to God. So your whole mortal life is just the width of your body, while there's all this space on either side of you where you still existed and will exist.
Faith is knowing I lived with God (point that direction on the timeline)
before my mortal birth (place your "birth" hand back on the timeline, making an exaggerated notch on the word birth)
Faith is knowing I can return (point that direction on the timeline)
when my life ends on earth (place your "death" hand back on the timeline, making an exaggerated notch on the word earth)
Faith is trust in God above (ASL for father, then same hand goes up to heaven)
In Christ (ASL for Jesus)
who showed the way (make a straight path with your hands and push it forward)
Faith is strengthened (show arm muscle)
I feel it grow (other arm outlines a bigger muscle)
Whenever I obey (ASL for obey -- one hand on head, the other on the heart, then offering them both)
Dare to Do Right (CS p. 158)
This song can be taught very quickly by using the following actions:
Each time you say the word "right", pump your right fist into the air.
Each time you say "true", raise your right hand as if you're in court swearing to tell the truth.
"You (point to someone else) have a work that
no other (shake your head and wag your finger) can do"
"Do it so bravely (fist over heart)
so kindly (ASL love-- arms crossed over chest)
so well (thumbs up OR a-ok sign)
"Angels (fling your arms wide above your head, slowly coming back down as you look at all the angels) will hasten the story to tell"
(explain that this means that when you do your very best, the angels get so excited they want to tell everyone how well you have done)
When you do the "dare"s in the chorus, put your hands on your hips, all at once if there is just one "dare", one at a time when they are repeated.
Each time you say the word "right", pump your right fist into the air.
Each time you say "true", raise your right hand as if you're in court swearing to tell the truth.
"You (point to someone else) have a work that
no other (shake your head and wag your finger) can do"
"Do it so bravely (fist over heart)
so kindly (ASL love-- arms crossed over chest)
so well (thumbs up OR a-ok sign)
"Angels (fling your arms wide above your head, slowly coming back down as you look at all the angels) will hasten the story to tell"
(explain that this means that when you do your very best, the angels get so excited they want to tell everyone how well you have done)
When you do the "dare"s in the chorus, put your hands on your hips, all at once if there is just one "dare", one at a time when they are repeated.
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Seek the Lord Early (CS p.108)
Have you ever played hide and seek?
What does the "seeker" do?
What would happen if the seeker decided to just lay down on the couch and take a nap?
Would the "hider" ever be found?
Seeking is an action word; it requires you to DO something.
This is a song about you being a seeker. Listen to the first line. Who are you seeking? (The Lord) When should you seek Him? (early in your life/ in your youth)
Now as you listen to the song, listen for the things that YOU need to do as a seeker. (If you have pre-readers, you can use pictures rather than writing out a list. Then use those pictures to help sing the song.)
Search the scriptures
Fervent prayer (fervent means really wanting to know and communicate with Heavenly Father)
Obey the living prophet
Keep the commandments
If you do these things, the Lord promises three things. Listen for the Lord's promises.
He will help me to know the truth (through the Holy Ghost)
His love will abound (abound means there is so much, it can't be contained)
He will be found
Remember that the Lord isn't trying to be tricky. He WANTS to be found. He's just waiting for you to do the seeking .
Other ideas for discussion:
---Why is it important to seek the Lord EARLY while in your YOUTH? Can you think of examples of youths in the scriptures? (Samuel, Nephi, Joseph Smith) Did they follow this same pattern?
---What does it mean to "find" the Lord? Joseph Smith found Him in a very literal and physical sense. But that is not usually how He is found. How can the Lord be found in your life?
---Why is obedience included as an important part of seeking?
Conclusion:
End with a personal experience of a time when you were seeking and were able to experience the Lord's promised blessings. You can also include a time when you weren't actively seeking (figuratively sleeping on the couch) and the blessings you missed out on. Bear your testimony of this doctrine.
Sing the song again and afterwards point out the Spirit testifying that what you sang is true.
Optional: You can play this game to practice the song. Choose a "seeker" to leave the room for a moment. Have another person hide a small picture of Jesus (pass-along card size) somewhere in the room. When the seeker returns, begin singing the song. Sing louder as the seeker gets closer to the hiding spot; sing softer if the seeker gets further away. Keep singing until the picture is found, then choose a new seeker to play again.
What does the "seeker" do?
What would happen if the seeker decided to just lay down on the couch and take a nap?
Would the "hider" ever be found?
Seeking is an action word; it requires you to DO something.
This is a song about you being a seeker. Listen to the first line. Who are you seeking? (The Lord) When should you seek Him? (early in your life/ in your youth)
Now as you listen to the song, listen for the things that YOU need to do as a seeker. (If you have pre-readers, you can use pictures rather than writing out a list. Then use those pictures to help sing the song.)
Search the scriptures
Fervent prayer (fervent means really wanting to know and communicate with Heavenly Father)
Obey the living prophet
Keep the commandments
If you do these things, the Lord promises three things. Listen for the Lord's promises.
He will help me to know the truth (through the Holy Ghost)
His love will abound (abound means there is so much, it can't be contained)
He will be found
Remember that the Lord isn't trying to be tricky. He WANTS to be found. He's just waiting for you to do the seeking .
Other ideas for discussion:
---Why is it important to seek the Lord EARLY while in your YOUTH? Can you think of examples of youths in the scriptures? (Samuel, Nephi, Joseph Smith) Did they follow this same pattern?
---What does it mean to "find" the Lord? Joseph Smith found Him in a very literal and physical sense. But that is not usually how He is found. How can the Lord be found in your life?
---Why is obedience included as an important part of seeking?
Conclusion:
End with a personal experience of a time when you were seeking and were able to experience the Lord's promised blessings. You can also include a time when you weren't actively seeking (figuratively sleeping on the couch) and the blessings you missed out on. Bear your testimony of this doctrine.
Sing the song again and afterwards point out the Spirit testifying that what you sang is true.
Optional: You can play this game to practice the song. Choose a "seeker" to leave the room for a moment. Have another person hide a small picture of Jesus (pass-along card size) somewhere in the room. When the seeker returns, begin singing the song. Sing louder as the seeker gets closer to the hiding spot; sing softer if the seeker gets further away. Keep singing until the picture is found, then choose a new seeker to play again.
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