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This is the latest installment in my series of threads with the smallest possible amount of interest to the average CUFFER. But I know we have a few Primary veterens on the board, including one former Primary President, so I am hoping for some good ideas here.
Background: On Mother's Day, my ward generally lets all the women go to Relief Society, and the men fill in. Because I am the ward choir director, I am usually asked to fill in for the primary choister. It usually goes about as you would expect: everyone has fun, the room is very loud, and no one learns anything.
That leads us to my present situation. The regular Primary Choister is gone on vacation, and, having heard of my experience, asked me to fill in for three weeks. I have now completed two of the three weeks, and I will say, in all humilirty, that I am knocking it out of the park. The kids love me and are having a blast. I think my secret is that I never say "Let's be a little more reverent", or anything like unto it. Here is what we have done:
Week 1: I downloaded a decibel meter onto my phone. We had various contests where we saw how loud we could sing songs. The kids had a blast, the room was shaking, and the primary presidency kept looking out the door to see if a member of the bishopric was storming down the hallway.
Week 2: We played "Name that Tune", divided the primary into two teams, one kid would come up at a time, and the pianist would play the first 4 or 5 notes of a song. Teams got varying amounts of points if the kid got it himself, or if he needed help from his team, or if they needed more notes.
So now I have one week left, and I am about out of ideas for primary singing fun. I was thinking karaoke, but that might be tough to pull off. I welcome any ideas that anyone has. Given my position as a short-timer, and also given my reputation in the ward, do not leat concepts such as "appropriateness", "relevance", or "reverence" be much of a concern.
Background: On Mother's Day, my ward generally lets all the women go to Relief Society, and the men fill in. Because I am the ward choir director, I am usually asked to fill in for the primary choister. It usually goes about as you would expect: everyone has fun, the room is very loud, and no one learns anything.
That leads us to my present situation. The regular Primary Choister is gone on vacation, and, having heard of my experience, asked me to fill in for three weeks. I have now completed two of the three weeks, and I will say, in all humilirty, that I am knocking it out of the park. The kids love me and are having a blast. I think my secret is that I never say "Let's be a little more reverent", or anything like unto it. Here is what we have done:
Week 1: I downloaded a decibel meter onto my phone. We had various contests where we saw how loud we could sing songs. The kids had a blast, the room was shaking, and the primary presidency kept looking out the door to see if a member of the bishopric was storming down the hallway.
Week 2: We played "Name that Tune", divided the primary into two teams, one kid would come up at a time, and the pianist would play the first 4 or 5 notes of a song. Teams got varying amounts of points if the kid got it himself, or if he needed help from his team, or if they needed more notes.
So now I have one week left, and I am about out of ideas for primary singing fun. I was thinking karaoke, but that might be tough to pull off. I welcome any ideas that anyone has. Given my position as a short-timer, and also given my reputation in the ward, do not leat concepts such as "appropriateness", "relevance", or "reverence" be much of a concern.
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