tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post7810191070919138833..comments2024-01-05T21:59:37.570-07:00Comments on In the Leafy Treetops the Birds Sing "Good Morning": MUSICAL BATTLESHIP—SONG(S) REVIEW GAMENalanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16912786820992973161noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post-55055436542831370872012-05-29T12:12:12.977-06:002012-05-29T12:12:12.977-06:00Nalani--like I said, your Battleship board SAVED M...Nalani--like I said, your Battleship board SAVED ME this week, since I spent my time preparing my talk. THANK YOU THANK YOU! Good idea--using a key sheet does let you have the option of...uh...helping it along a little, because I was worried about time, too. To teach a song, your update sounds great. As for me, I used it for a review game, so I came up with the solution I needed, too! I mounted it on poster board (adding an extra strip to the top so I wouldn't have to remove the bottom set of numbers) and covered it with contact paper. Then dry erase markers worked perfectly and came off cleanly, so I drew on the things to be in my ocean and covered them with squares of construction paper, using sticky tac to stick them on (found that sticky notes would work also and were the PERFECT size too!) For JR primary, we randomly put up ships to fill a single square each--one for each program song to review. We also drew worms to sing "wiggle worm" songs, and boots to sing Father's Day songs. Easy! For SR primary, I did basically the same thing, but I strung together the ships in a row to form one 4-square battleship. (Then I put worms and boots in all the closeby squares, so they would run into some of them while trying to figure it out.) I told them once they sunk the battleship, we got to sing their favorite songs for the rest of primary. They were motivated, and I was so pleased with how quickly it moved along, and they loved it! It is totally reusable, and I will definitely use it again!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840754608366600467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post-57208662020554434852012-05-27T12:31:41.474-06:002012-05-27T12:31:41.474-06:00What a great idea!!! The kids loved it this week....What a great idea!!! The kids loved it this week. I just drew the grid on the board and had nine songs on the key. Each song was two spaces and we sang the whole song each time and maybe did extra on problem areas. There were no teams, the kids just enjoyed sinking the songs. My councilor kept track of what we did so we can finish it next week. The kids all said it was fun. I will do this again in a couple of months. Thank You!!motherbeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13580344591650126427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post-39525251526694553552012-05-26T15:30:33.124-06:002012-05-26T15:30:33.124-06:00—Thank you Brady Bunch.
—Lauren, what you suggest...—Thank you Brady Bunch.<br /><br />—Lauren, what you suggest is a good suggestion and is something that did cross my mind but wasn't sure if having more squares taped on top would cause some difficulty for the little ones in being able to only remove the top cover without removing the marker underneath and I didn't want to put the markers on permanently because I wanted the game to be reusable. I also thought of putting plastic pockets over each square but then decided that might be too much work to put together. One of the things I was thinking in the back of my mind when I put this together was that I might have to "rig" the game a little if things didn't flow, so I wanted to keep it a bit flexible, which was a good thing I did because I did end up having to help the game along a bit because of time constraints. I actually wasn't as keen on using the key sheet as an absolute for where the markers should go; I ended up using it more as a general placement guideline and to pretend I was checking the key sheet. I did post an update on what I did, which I think goes along your line of thinking. Thanks for the suggestion and oh, if you do it the way you suggested, please let me know how it goes in case I do another similar game that this might work for.Nalanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16912786820992973161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post-30198504324594171122012-05-25T00:49:30.333-06:002012-05-25T00:49:30.333-06:00Thank you for doing all the work! This is so much...Thank you for doing all the work! This is so much appreciated, since I have to speak in Sacrament Mtg this week. Also, I was thinking--instead of working from a key sheet and letting the kids know if it's a hit or miss and having them place a marker, why not place all the battleships on the poster, then cover all squares with squares of construction paper? All a child (or you) have to do is take down a square and see what's underneath. I know it's not traditional Battleship, but maybe it would make sense to younger kids or those who haven't played Battleship, plus there's less referring back to the key and might save time. What do you think?Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840754608366600467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642422797675137112.post-12310793608094577562012-05-19T20:42:55.157-06:002012-05-19T20:42:55.157-06:00You have the funnest ideas! Latter Day Prophets is...You have the funnest ideas! Latter Day Prophets is still a favorite of my Primary. I am sure this is going to be yet another hit! Thank you so much for sharing your ideas!Brady Bunch, Iowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078338608235641294noreply@blogger.com