FAITH IN GOD & CHOOSE THE RIGHT

So what does the 

Faith in God for Boys and the

Faith in God for Girls

have to do with the song

“Choose the Right”?

Did you know that it is one of the activity choices to select from in the “Learning and Living the Gospel” section on page 7 of the booklets?  I did not know that!!!  THANKS to Grandmajo for sharing that tidbit of info in a comment she left the other day.

Oh man! I am sooooo going to run with this one in motivating the kids even more in learning the song! 

Here is the link at LDS.org for the girl’s booklet and here is the link for the boy’s if you want to check it out.


I’ll confess, I have been a bit hesitant internally in teaching all three verses just because hymns can be a little more difficult to teach, but I have had this persistent feeling I should teach all the versus and so had planned on it.  Now I have a better understanding as to why I had this feeling I should teach the children all three versus.  A little AHA! moment for me.

This Sunday I am going to take my little booklets and show the SR group and ask them the same question I asked above to see if they were even aware of that.  I want to challenge the children to have this activity passed off this year by having the song learned, hopefully, by the end of the month along with being able to answer the questions about agency and choices.  Won’t that be so AWESOME to be able to pass it off altogether?!?!?!  

I’m not sure if they need a signature to sign off on it or not, but I would think it would be great to initial it or something when they pass it off making it feel even more special and important.  Maybe even have them come up as a class to sing it together to pass it off.

I was also thinking of making a little song booklet or something to give them to take home to help them work on the song.  I haven’t made personal booklets or anything like that before for them, but I thought this might warrant a little something extra this time.  After pondering on the booklet idea, I decided instead that it needed to be something that they could post on their mirror or someplace easily visible so that they could view the song without much effort making it easier to sing and review it.  So, I decided to make a 

one-page cheat sheet 

that has all the different pages of the flip chart on it.  Something a little more fun than just the words, and besides, since I already had the flip chart made, it didn’t take that much more to make it work for a one-page cheat sheet.  Here is the one-page cheat sheet I came up with if you are interested. (Click on the "Download original" in the upper right-hand corner for the best resolution.)  I only have the chorus once at the bottom of the page so I will make sure to point that out to the kids so they don't get confused.  To save on cost, you don’t have to print it in color.  Just print out one and take it to church to make a copy for each of the SR kids in your Primary. 

2/10/12 UPDATE: Chris and Janeil left a wonderful idea in her comment.  You've just got to love the synergy generated out there from everyone!  Anywhooooo, she suggested a smaller size to fit in the children’s scriptures.  What a simple, yet brilliant idea and, you only need to print up half as many when you print 2-per sheet.   I was a little nervous that it might be too small to see, but hey, if I can still read it, it should be easy enough for the kiddos.  So, last night I made this 2-per sheet version in case your printer does not have the capability to print a 1-page version into 2-per page.  (Click on the "Download original" for best resolution.)  This 2-per page version has a lower resolution, but still is readable.   Thanks for the idea.

I just love it when you can accomplish two things at the same time; program song and an awards requirement.  MARVELOUS!

A LOT OF TRAFFIC FOR THE CHOOSE THE RIGHT FILES

Apparently, there has been quite a bit of traffic for the "Choose the Right" flip chart and melody map in the past few days that has used a substantial amount of bandwidth that has exceeded my subscription amount for a given day and the links have been temporarily locked out.  WOW!  Too much traffic all at once.   I'm so surprised!!!  Who'd of thunk?  :-)  I have added other links for the files in their respective posts, as well as in this post, that you can use until the original links are back up and running.  Sorry about that, but the volume of traffic was totally unexpected.

"Choose the Right" flip chart
"Choose the Right" melody map
"Choose the Right" melody map pictures (I would suggest to click on the "Download original" button for better resolution instead of printing directly from the first screen.)

P.S.  The kids were really into learning "how to read music" with the melody map today and were picking up the first verse of the song well.  What even surprised me was that the children had pointed out some of the differences from last month's melody map to this one.  See, those kids are pretty smart and have a good memory!

Thanks,
Nalani

CHOOSE THE RIGHT: Melody Map

2/5/12 UPDATE: Because of the unexpected high traffic volume this weekend, the current links to the melody map and pictures are temporarily out of order.  They should be back up in a day or two.  I have added other links just below.  Remember, the files may take some time to download depending on your internet speed.


Melody Map
Melody Map Pictures  (I would suggest to click on the "Download original" button for better resolution pictures instead of printing directly from the first screen.)


WOW!  This week is going by at a rapid pace.  I can’t believe it is February already.  Didn’t we just have Christmas?????  Well, I’m a little behind schedule on things, but here it is, the melody map for “Choose the Right”.  It was a little bit of a bugger—such a BIG song to replicate in a melody chart format.  The first melody map I posted, “As a Child of God” was a basic melody map.  I thought on this one I would show a more in-depth version.  I wasn't planning on doing a melody map this month since I did one last month, but after looking over the song, I realized this song lends itself nicely to a melody map with it's "rolling hill" pattern.  So, here goes again but with a little variation on the activities we'll do.

On this melody map, you will notice that there are different colors and sizes of the CTR shield, each representing a different type of note, e.g. whole, half, quarter, etc.  I also added a line connecting the “notes” to help more visually show the movement of the notes.  I’ve also included some pictures and words here if you want to use them as an addition to the map.  You don’t have to use all of them.  Use what you feel you want to teach or emphasize in the song.  I just wanted to include a good variety for all three verses.  Click here for the explanation I gave on melody maps last month as well as some suggestions for use.   

I always ask what they notice about the map and receive their responses.  If they are slow on the uptake, ask more questions to help get their thinking going, such as:

• What is the same in these patterns?
• What is different in these patterns?
• [some shields are the same color, there are different sizes of shields, each color is the same size, the shapes go up and down like mountains, there is a dip or valley in this part, there are more orange shields than any other color, there are less blue shields than any other color, there are 11 big purple shields, etc.]

Continue to encourage the children to look for more relationships if they aren’t picking them up by saying “What else?” or “What more can you see?” (If this is new to your children, they may be hesitant at first but will start picking things up with some extra encouragement. The children happily surprised me the very first time I used a melody map--they can be very perceptive.)

Ask the children to listen to you sing the song and tell you what all the "note" shapes have to do with the song. 

• The small blue shields are the shortest notes.
• The big purple shields are the longest notes.
• Essentially, the smaller the shield the shorter the note.

You could put just the pics that say "CTR" on the chart at first and see if they notice that is where you sing the words “Choose the Right”.

Remember, you may have to sing the song 2-3 times before the children discover all or most of the relationships, but that is good because that gives the children a chance to hear the song a few times to become familiar with it.  You can also give hints by pointing as you sing or singing louder on the certain words or areas you want them to notice.

Sing it again and ask the children to sing only the words “Choose the Right” with you. 

Learn the phrases by showing a picture or two and asking the children to listen to see where on the map the pictures should go.  Let the child that answers correctly come and place the picture on the map.  (I am planning on taking a little folding stepladder—2-3 steps—so the JR children can climb up and put it up themselves.  They like that and it saves my back from picking them up.  Maybe you could point out that they are stepping up the ladder and down just like the song.)  Then have them sing it with you.

A few other examples of singing discovery questions you can ask are:

• This picture or word(s) goes where it looks like it is going down a slide.  Listen and tell me which slide it goes on. [various answers like shining, heart confides, etc.]
• What two words begin on the highest note in this 2nd phrase and then slides down? [“Holy Spirit”]
• This word "Evermore" is sung on three different notes in this last phrase. What are the three notes it is sung on?  [the very last three notes] Is it going up or down when we sing it? [down]
• Did you notice a couple of places that the song dips down?  Listen and tell me what words are sung in those dips. [Wisdom and God]
• Do any sections/parts of this map look exactly the same? [1st and 3rd phrase]

Other Suggestions

• Explain the pictures as you go and how they relate to the message of the song.
• Have them clap the rhythm pattern with you.
• Use rhythm sticks to tap out the rhythm or only when they sing the “Choose the Right” words. (I’m planning on using rhythm sticks.  I borrowed them from my sister’s school where she works, but dowels or unsharpened pencils are inexpensive alternatives—and much quieter.)
• Use the CTR shields to pitch lead or just have them hold them up on the words “Right”.
• Have them also stand up when they sing the words “you” or “your”.  (I just thought of something, maybe I should have made a few more "you" pics to place on the map or at least the word "you" and "your".  Maybe I will try and add some to the file and repost the pics Friday night.  If not, Oh, well.)
• Have them use their bodies to pitch lead raising themselves higher as they sing higher and lowering their bodies as they sing lower.
• When you have sung it with them a few times you could sing the first half of the phrase and then have them finish the phrase.  Point out that you are singing the parts going up the mountain and they are singing the parts going down the mountain.
• Don't forget to share your testimony of the message.

I often try and use a variety of activities to keep them interested before they get bored otherwise I could lose their attention.  Children learn by repetition, but they also need variety—sounds like an oxymoron to me.  So, you may sing the song over-and-over again (repetition), but by using different methods as you sing (variety), it helps to keep the children engaged as well as you are sure to capture the different learning styles the various children may have.

HOW TO ASSEMBLE THE MELODY MAP (Also see post for "As a Child of God" melody map and above pic for reference)

• I think this should print in the order of the song this time.
• Cut off about 1/2" on the letter side (the letters are only for reference in making the chart) and cut off about the same on the other side depending on the minimum settings your printer needs for margins, being careful to not cut off any of the shields. 
• Tape them together leaving a slight gap between pages for easier folding.  
• The last four rows on the map are for the chorus.  I put each of the two sections together to make two rows or "stanzas" for the chorus by cutting pretty close to the shield on the right section and then lining it up to the left side and making a tick mark for where I needed to cut (where it looked good for the black line coming into the right side—part of the black line you will cut off.) You could take a black marker to help better connect the black line if you want.  
• Oooo, is this all confusing?    
• So each phrase will be three pages and both sections of the chorus will have 5 pages each with the second page of each for the chorus a smaller width size as well as the third page will be slightly smaller. Look at the picture above for reference.  There will also be 2 blank pages that will print out, but you don't need those.  Just part of the "poster" effect.  Don't forget to number the backside so you know which order to put them up on your board.

GIVEAWAY!!!

Being new at this blogging stuff I continue to discover new things about blogging.  One thing I heard recently is sometimes bloggers throw a giveaway. Granted, I’m not any commercial-type blog out to make a buck, neither am I supported by any sponsor.  NOPE!  It’s just little ol’ me.  But, one thing I do know is that I do like to give things away.  Soooooo, I thought it might be fun to sponsor my own little Giveaway!  I’m calling it my:

 “BLOG GRAND OPENING GIVE, OH! GIVE AWAY!”

Brother, I can tell I’m a primary chorister; that “Give, oh! Give away” part just came typing out my fingers without me realizing it until after I typed it; I just started singing the song as I typed and there it came.  Another side affect of being a Primary Music Leader I guess.  LOL  Now mind you, the prize isn’t anything of grand value; just a little primary music aid that may be beneficial to the likes of us Primary Music Leaders.

So, what is this most FANTASTICAL giveaway prize you ask?  Well . . .it is a set of 30 colors of the rainbow laminated card stock CTR Shields on a Stick packaged in an ever so lovely, clear, plastic zip bag!  WAHOO!

Go to this link for some ways on how you can use them.

And how do you enter you may ask?  Well, I like to think I’m a little bit of a social gal, so I thought it would be nice to discover who is all out there in the Primary cyber world.  So all you have to do is click on the 

“Follow, Follow Me!” 

gadget and join (if you are already a follower, then you don't have to do anything) and each name will be assigned a number and Random.org will select the winning number. (If you are the winner and have already made some, I could probably switch these out with the next prize.)

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!  I’m having so much fun with this; I’ve decided to have a second giveaway prize to celebrate surviving 2 whole weeks of blogging.  Yeah! I know, not very long really, but in blogging years for me, it is a long time.  
This next giveaway is for . . . drum roll please!  A Poster Visual Aid for March's song,

“Stand for the Right”

in your choice of either with words and pictures or few words with pictures.  This lovely song aid will come to you cut and laminated with magnets on the back for durability and ease of use.  It also will come with its own ever so lovely, clear, plastic zip bag for storage.  WAHOO AGAIN! 

(I will be posting this visual at a later date to share as well.) 

Words with pictures

Few words with pictures

To enter the "Stand for the Right" drawing, leave a comment on this post in answer to this question:

What has been your favorite

moment or memorable moment as a Primary Music Leader?

Each comment will be assigned a number and Random.org will also be used in selecting the

WINNER!

This means that you have 2 chances to enter and since this blog is still in its infancy and there probably aren’t a whole lot of you out there, the odds are good.

The Finer Print

The giveaway will be closed at the end of day February 11, 2012 (Saturday) at midnight Mountain Standard Time and the winners announced on Monday, February 13, 2012 (probably sometime at night after I get home from work unless I can find time before I go to work.)  Winners will need to respond via email to me within 48 hours with your mailing address or another winner will be selected, and yes, I will pay for shipping. 

LET THE FUN BEGIN!  Ooooo, I’m so excited!!!


THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

But you are more than welcome to still share a comment on your

favorite moment or memorable moment as a Primary Music Leader.

The winners will be announced on February 13, 2012.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT FLIP CHART & VISUAL LEARNING

2/5/12 UPDATE: Since there has been so much traffic at the current link that has caused it to be temporarily out of service, here is another link for the flip chart.  Click on this link for a medium res file that should be much quicker to download.
I love singing hymns, but when it comes to translating the song into a Primary flip chart, that can be a little bit of a challenge.  Often times the “grown up” words in hymns are hard to conceptualize into a visual format for the younger minds.  After perusing a myriad of pictures looking for what I felt I wanted in portraying the message of the song, I hopefully, have come up with a flip chart to do the song justice.  I’m happy to share the work I’ve done, so please feel free to use this flip chart if you would like.  I've done all three verses.  Below are some sample pics.

As a side note, flip charts are not the end all in teaching a song to children.  There are so many ways to teach children, but I do think they come in handy depending on what I am doing as I am teaching.  For example, on occasion I may not teach from a flip chart the first time I introduce a song.  I may focus on the melody  first, especially if it is a song they may not be familiar with, then I will move on to learning the words and then the meanings of words and their messages and bringing in a flip chart when needed for reinforcement or review.   Besides, singing the song over and over while they listen to the melody or to whatever I have directed them to listen to through discovery questions helps them to familiarize themselves and feel comfortable with the song.  Here is a link to a wonderful blog that goes into more details on discovery questions.  Kathleen has a plethora of fantastic ideas.

Another great reason I will use flip charts or some other visual, is because children are visual learners.  I for one am a very visual person; if you haven’t noticed yet by my blog.  Emotions are often connected to images.  How many times have you looked at a picture or watched a T.V. show with an image that brought tender tears to your eyes or made you double over in a fitful burst of guffawing laughter or effect some kind of emotional response from you???  That emotion caused a connection with you; thus, connecting that image with your memory.  People link those emotions with the different meanings they extract from what they visually see.  Children especially have a visual ability to “see” a story in a sequence of images.  A BONUS side affect of using visuals is it also keeps the teachers entertained focused and they tend to sing along more readily.  Besides, how often do you see adults singing without a songbook in church?  Catch my drift?!?!  Believe me, it doesn't get any easier the older we get to remember the words to songs.  Also, as a result of the children seeing and hearing their teachers sing, they are getting added support from their teachers.  
A WIN! WIN! WIN! situation.

So, my point here is, learning from visual images is another wonderful way children learn to sing.

P.S. I am planning on posting a few ideas later this week that I may use throughout the month in teaching and reviewing this song as well as a melody map in case you are interested.

MR. SINGING SNOWMAN & POM-POM SNOWBALLS

Usually at the end of the month I like to review program songs in a fun way.  Since this is the first month of the year and we only have one program song under our belt, I thought we would review some other songs along with “As a Child of God” (we may be a bit rusty on this one since we missed a week with Stake Conference being last Sunday) as well as a couple of wiggle songs for the JR Primary.  So this week is a Choose & Review Week.   

We have had a dry winter here in Utah.  We really haven’t had any snow.  Not that I miss it really, but it would have been nice to have some for Christmas and now and again to help clean out the air.  Being in the Wasatch Front Valley area, we can get a lot of inversions trapping in all those lovely pollutants.  

       Oooo, Bad, Yucky air.  

The ski resorts have been pretty busy making their own snow this season since Mother Nature hasn’t cooperated.  But FINALLY, we got snow this week.  Ahhh, we can breath a little better now.  So in celebration of the snow, here is the

Mr. Singing Snowman  I made.  He has a bit of a frightened look on his face. Maybe it is because of the pom-pom snowballs that will be flying at him come Sunday.  OH MY!

I don’t have a pattern, but I can give you general dimensions and instructions in case you feel you need a little Singing Snow Fun.  The snowman poster was pretty easy to make.

• I just used one of those tri-fold project boards so it could stand on a table on its own.  I may put an extra one I have behind it leaving some space between the two to help corral the snowballs that make it through the holes or maybe I will just have the kiddies take turns being helpers in picking up the snowballs. 
• I cut the snowman out of 1 ½ sheets of white poster board (on sale for 4 sheets for $1 at Hobby Lobby—got the blue project board with the 40% coupon too.)  The body circle was cut from the full sheet of poster board and is about 21 ½” in diameter and the hole is 10 ¼” diameter.  His head is about 13 ½” diameter with a 6” hole for the mouth.
• For the body I used a hand-made version of a compass to make a large circle; pencil and string.  I measured the poster to find the center from top-to-bottom and side-to-side then tied a pencil on each end of the string so I had about 10 ¾” of string between both pencils.  Stuck one pencil in the center and drew the circle with the other pencil keeping the string taunt between the pencils. The other circles I just scrounged around my house to find something circular to trace that would work.  I ended up using two different plate sizes and a pot lid.
• I chalked around the outer edges of the circles with a light blue chalk to help give the body some depth.  Sprayed the chalk areas with a Fix-it sealer but you can use a fine aerosol type hairspray to put a protective layer over the chalk or don’t worry about it since there isn’t that much chalk and it won’t really be handled much.  You could also just use a crayon or not even worry about coloring the edges at all.
• I placed the white circles on the board to mark where I needed to cut the holes.  Then I removed the circles so I could cut the marked holes with an Exacto knife.
• I glued the body on first then the head.  I used a spray adhesive since that is usually easiest for large areas, but of course, any adhesive that is handy should work.  (Nothing like standing out in the freezing cold to spray the adhesive on and then to quickly run inside through the living room then to the dining room table zig-zagging around all the furniture to hurry and glue it on before it dried.)  Brrrrrrr, it was cold outside.
• I cut all the clothes and body features out of glitter craft fun foam, because . . . well. that stuff is just plain ol’ fun to use.  Also, I thought it would give a little dimension to him; although you really can’t tell by the picture.  But, paper works just as well.

Here are some rough dimensions to help give you an idea.

• Arms are about 14” long.
• Hat is about 10 1/2'” wide for the brim and the top hat width is 7 ½” wide x 8 ¼” tall.
• The blue hat trim is about 1 ½” high and the width of the hat.
• The eyes are irregular circles since of course, coal is not perfectly round.
• And let us not forget the google eyes to give him a little life.  I cannot live without google eyes.  I use them all the time for all the fun things I make for the kids.  They are sooooooo much fun and bring a smile.
• For the carrot I just cut out a long, skinny shaped triangle with wiggly edges and took an orange Sharpie to line around the edges and draw detailed squiggle lines inside the carrot to help make it look, well, more carroty.  You probably can’t see the detail from the picture, but the simple details help to bring the carrot to life.
• The scarf I just freehanded a template on paper first until I got it how I liked it and then traced it onto the fun foam.  I cut the end of the scarf to resemble fringes.  I also cut some circles out of fun foam and glued them onto the scarf for a “designer” look.  Some fun, patterned scrapbook paper would make a cute scarf too.
• I had some white, glittery, plastic snowflakes from Christmas decorations of looooooong ago that I adhered to the board with Self-adhesive Velcro.  The snowflakes are numbered on the back for the songs to sing that I’ll have listed on a key sheet (not enough room on the snowflakes to write the songs.)  There are more snowflakes than what we will have time to sing, but just had to add more ‘cuz it just looked better. Paper snowflakes will work just as well using painters tape to adhere to the board so the tape won’t tear the board.
• I cut the shanks off of two buttons and then glued them on the snowman to give him more of that GQ look.
• Oh yes, I also glued a snowflake on his hat to make it stylin’.

 I made pom-pom snowballs out of white yarn.  These are easy to make.  I just made me several one night watching TV.  You only probably need about 2-4 snowballs.  I just got carried away having fun making them.  They are about 3 3/8” in diameter.  I almost wished I had made them 4” but that might have been a little big for those tiny hands.  I used a pom-pom maker tool by Clover (the gadget in the picture) but you can easily make them with a piece of cardboard.  In fact, in the August 2011 Friend magazine, there are instructions on making the “Warm Fuzzies” on page 3.  Just make them bigger.  You can also search the Internet on how to make pom-poms.  There are actually quite a few methods floating around, even one using a CD and popsicle sticks.  I bet I’ve got you wondering on that one!  If you don’t want to do pom-poms, you could use wadded up paper shaped into a ball or Styrofoam balls for the snowballs.

The object of the game is to have the children take turns throwing the snowballs at the snowman trying to make it through one of the holes.  I'll probably just give them two snowballs per turn to throw.  Take some masking tape to mark where the throw line is (make it closer for JR).

• If they get a snowball in the big tummy hole, they can pick a song snowflake.  If they get a snowball through the smaller mouth hole, they get to pick their favorite Primary song to sing.  
• You could also list the songs on the snowflakes on one side of the poster and the snowflakes on the other side could be ways to sing the song, e.g. Boys vs Girls, Loud vs. Soft, Sing vs. Hum, etc.
• Maybe you could have the children write their favorite song on a piece of paper then wad it up and have them try and throw them through the holes.  Then pick the songs to sing from the snowballs that made it through the hole.

I found this cute little 2 gallon bucket at work that was going to be thrown out and my Primary Singing Brain just started churning to figure out how to use it for singing time.  I’m always thinking of how I can use those odds and ends that I find around; it’s one of those side effects you get from being the Primary Music Leader!  What can I say???  Anyway, a thought came to me about how fun it would be to use it to carry my snowballs in and for the kids to pick up the thrown snowballs from the ground and put them back in it.  I think they had just as much fun picking up the balls and putting them back into the bucket as they did with the snowman.  I just printed and cut out some of these snowflakes and the “For Sale” sign and adhered them to the bucket.  I probably should have put something like “Snowballs for Sale for a Song” instead.  Oh, there really isn’t that many snowballs in the bucket as portrayed in the picture.  I just put some stuff inside the bucket so I could place the snowballs on top for the picture.  

What other ideas can you think of for using this for singing time?

  

I hope you have Snow Much Fun with this!

THE BOOKS IN THE BOOK OF MORMON

Kids cannot live off of program songs alone.  They need a variety of other songs to nourish them.  I try to teach at least one other song each month besides the month’s program song to my JR and SR Primary along with reviewing other songs we’ve learned here and there.  This year in SR Primary the children are learning from the Book of Mormon in their Primary classes, so I thought it would be fun to bring out “The Books in the Book of Mormon” song.

Here is a flipchart I made for “The Books in the Book of Mormon” song.  There are a few ways you can make this.  You can print it onto white card stock and leave it as is OR you can have a little more fun with it and make it into a GOLDEN PLATES version like this:

  

 Here is how I made mine.  I got some shiny, gold card stock from the craft store.  The gold paper is a little pricey but I used 50% off coupons to buy a couple of packages.  The scrapbooker in me just loves paper so I couldn’t help myself, but you could also do it on a yellow-gold card stock.  I printed this file with just the words onto my gold paper then I printed the full flip chart file with the pictures and words I mentioned earlier onto white card stock (you could use paper too).  I cut the pictures out of the white paper and glued them to the appropriate “gold plate” pages.  I didn’t print the colored pictures directly onto the gold paper because the pictures wouldn’t come out as clearly on the darker, gold paper.  I inserted the pages into page protectors and bound them with 3 golden, spray painted binder rings and voilà!  
                           You have your GOLDEN PLATES flip chart. 
WARNING! You do have to flip the pages fast as you sing, but that is part of the fun as the children sing faster and faster.

If your primary is smaller, you could do a mini version like this one by printing two pages of the flip chart to one sheet of paper (select the layout option in your printer options) then cutting them in half to make a smaller book or you could use magnets on the back and post them on your board.  I laminated my smaller version for durability.

I like to use a variety of ways to teach a song.  There are many ways you can sing this song that the kids will love.  

Here are some suggestions:

• Start off slowly singing the song and each time you sing it, sing it a little faster.  Depending on how good your pianist is, your pianist will either love the challenge or shoot you the evil eye. 
• Use a stopwatch and time them each time they sing the song to see if they can beat their previous time.
• Ask the kids if they recognize what melody this song comes from.  Challenge the teachers too. [Ten Little Indians]
• Split the Primary into groups by class with each class taking turns singing one of the books in the song as you rotate around the classes.
• Split the Primary in half or do boys and girls each alternating singing each book.
• Do the following clapping rhythm pattern in order increasing the speed each time you sing it:
• clap hands on the lap
• clap hands together
• snap fingers
• clap hands together
• repeat
• There are a total of four counts per cycle.
• If you want to be adventurous and give a really good challenge, you could have the kids partner up after they have learned the song fairly well and do the following clapping game:
• clap hands on the lap
• clap hands together
• cross right hand over and clap partner’s right hand
• clap hands together
• cross left hand over and clap partner’s left hand
• clap hands together
• clap both hands against the partner’s hands
• clap hands together
• repeat. 
• There are a total of eight counts per cycle.
• Have the flip chart or mini version posted on the board.  Have a child stand up front with their back to the board or you can blindfold them (you can pick up one of those sleep eye masks for $1 at the Dollar Store—great for all sorts of singing activities.)  Have another child remove one of the books from the board making sure the first child doesn’t see.  Sing the song omitting the book that was removed then have the child guess which book was not sung.
• Using the mini version visual, hand out the different books to the children and have them stand up and sing when it comes to their book they are holding.
• Mix the visuals up on the board and have a couple of children come up and put the books in order.
• Have children come up front and give them each one of the books in a mixed up order and have them put themselves in the right order while the rest of the Primary sings.  I would suggest to only do one verse at a time, otherwise, it might get a bit crowded and disorderly.
• Quickly review a story from each of the books after each time you sing it. There are scripture references to a story for each book on each page of the flip chart.

After the children know it a little better, challenge them with the letter code visual from here, see if they can sing it with only the help of the first letter of each word.

Have fun with this song.  The kids will love it!