Singing Time Plan: July #4

Happy Pioneer Day!  I've included one pioneer song in my plan for Junior primary.  For Senior, I plan on singing a pioneer song during the prelude time.

Junior Primary
Dress up like the pioneers and go marching!	"He Sent His Son"  (p. 34)  Ribbons. Move ribbon wands in a simple pattern to the music.
	"Tell Me the Stories of Jesus"  (p. 57)  Cutaway picture. Choose a picture that shows one of the stories of Jesus, and cover it with paper. As you sing, cut away small pieces of the paper to slowly reveal the picture underneath.
	"The Holy Ghost"  (p. 105)  Create your own actions.  Assign each class one line of the song, and have the teachers help the children come up with an action that goes with the words.
	"To Be a Pioneer"  (p. 218)  March with the pioneers.  Bring a couple basic costume items (straw hat and vest, for example) and dress up two children as pioneers.  Have them help you lead the other children in marching around the room as you sing.

Senior Primary	Creating an action for the line "The Holy Spirit whispers..."
"He Sent His Son"  (p. 34)  Ribbons. Use a more complicated pattern than for Junior primary. Write symbols on the board to represent each action (like I describe here), so the children can follow along.
"Tell Me the Stories of Jesus"  (p. 57)  Cutaway picture. See description in Junior primary, above.
"The Holy Ghost"  (p. 105)  Create your own actions.  See description in Junior primary, above.
"The Church of Jesus Christ"  (p. 77)  The "I"s Have It.  This is a word strip activity I presented in April.  Read about it in my post here.

Happy singing!