Thanksgiving Theme

I am going to use this cute little cornucopia picture that I found at:
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/mcornicopia.htm

All the pieces are separate. I am going to write a song title on the back or write Thankful. If they choose a Thankful picture they will have to say something they are thankful for.
I am also going to have them sing Thanks to Our Father - pg 20 and have them say things they are thankful for and sing those thing (change the words in verse 2). I will have the kids who have said what they are thankful for stay up front with me so they can help with the words.
I hope it will get them thinking about the things they are thankful for and how very blessed we all are.

Top Ten

This week I'm playing it easy again (I love it when the SMP is finally over and you can relax a little bit).

Last week I had everyone in primary (teachers and presidency included) write down their favorite primary song. Then I compiled the list into our top ten favorites. We'll play "Name that Tune" and when the children guess each song, we'll sing it together.

Here is our list:

10. I Hope They Call Me On a Mission
9. I Think the World is Glorious
8. When I am Baptized
7. A Child's Prayer
6. If the Savior Stood Beside Me
5. Called to Serve
4. Army of Helaman
3. I Am a Child of God
2. Once There Was a Snowman
1. Scripture Power

Once I finished compiling the list there were actually only eight songs that had received more than one vote. So I voted from the remaining songs on the list to pick the last two. It might have worked better if I had everyone write down their top three favorites, then maybe I would have had more songs mentioned more than once.

The Apostle Song

We taught this song for Singing time/Sharing time a few weeks ago. One of the councilors had children in the primary research and report on each of the 12 apostles. The children presented the information to the whole primary. After they were familiar with each apostle, his name, and information about him we started learning the song. The children really loved it. Many of you will remember the tune (Beverly Hill Billies) and once you pick up on the tune than the words come right along after. I have the sheet music, but I think that you can also find it online as well.

I looked up pictures about each one and put them in the bottom corner of each apostles picture, (ie I put a photo of a surgeon on Russel M. Nelson). We sang the song several times and than I started to hide the names and remove the pictures. By the end of singing time we knew nearly all the words. We sang the song again the next week. The children did really well remembering everything. It is a fun way to help them remember the names of the 12 apostles!