The words to Jesus Once Was a Little child were written in 1841! So some of the words that are used are a little difficult for primary children to remember and understand. The message of the song is so great though that I really do like it. Plus, I think it helps the children to relate to Jesus as an individual and to feel closer to Him when they understand that he really was a child just like them.
I taught this song in January to go along with the New Testament 2019 Come, Follow Me-for Primary curriculum. I modeled my lesson around a lesson plan I found HERE.
I printed an oversize measuring tape that I found HERE and hung it on the wall prior to primary starting.
When Jesus was alive people didn't have books like we do now, they used scrolls. So today we are going to read some "scrolls" that tell about events in Jesus' life.
I printed off THESE words to go along with each phrase and rolled them into small scrolls and tied them with a ribbon.
I taught this song in January to go along with the New Testament 2019 Come, Follow Me-for Primary curriculum. I modeled my lesson around a lesson plan I found HERE.
I printed an oversize measuring tape that I found HERE and hung it on the wall prior to primary starting.
When Jesus was alive people didn't have books like we do now, they used scrolls. So today we are going to read some "scrolls" that tell about events in Jesus' life.
I printed off THESE words to go along with each phrase and rolled them into small scrolls and tied them with a ribbon.
Music Lesson: On the table I had some scrapbooks that I had made of my children that I briefly showed to the primary. Then I asked the question,"How many of you have scrapbooks, photo albums or journals at home with pictures/stories of your families and ancestors in them"? Scrapbooks can help us remember things that we have done like, birthday parties, vacations, or family events. Scrapbooks/journals can also help us remember and learn about ancestors or members of our families who are no longer living. Looking at and reading things in scrapbooks can help us understand people better and get to know things about them.
The scriptures are like a scrapbook or journal about people who lived long ago and they help us to understand them and what they were like. Knowing this information can help us understand how we should live and what Heavenly Father wants us to do.
The scriptures tell us of Jesus Christ. How does knowing about Jesus Christ help us? (we can follow his example, we can understand that he is like us and that helps us know that we can follow Him)
"How many of you get measured by your parents or doctor every so often to see if you are growing"? Today we are going to use a measuring tape to symbolize the way Jesus grew just like us, as a child into an adult.
Each scroll has a picture that matches it. You need to listen carefully to the scroll being read so that you can decide which picture matches with it.
Today we are going to learn a song called, "Jesus Once was a Little Child". This song is about the way Jesus was when he was a child like all of you. Once we read the scroll and hang the picture we will sing a part of the song and by the end we will have learned the entire song.
Note: I had one child/teacher read the scroll and at the same time had another child at the front of the room deciding which picture corresponded with the information in that scroll. Once decided I had the child hang the picture on the measuring tape and I hung the song phrase on the board. We tried to hang the pictures starting at the bottom and going up to represent Jesus growing. We then sang the phrase with the piano. We continued this until all of the pictures were hung and the entire song was on the board.
Each scroll has a picture that matches it. You need to listen carefully to the scroll being read so that you can decide which picture matches with it.
Today we are going to learn a song called, "Jesus Once was a Little Child". This song is about the way Jesus was when he was a child like all of you. Once we read the scroll and hang the picture we will sing a part of the song and by the end we will have learned the entire song.
Note: I had one child/teacher read the scroll and at the same time had another child at the front of the room deciding which picture corresponded with the information in that scroll. Once decided I had the child hang the picture on the measuring tape and I hung the song phrase on the board. We tried to hang the pictures starting at the bottom and going up to represent Jesus growing. We then sang the phrase with the piano. We continued this until all of the pictures were hung and the entire song was on the board.
When we sang the following words I defined them so the children would understand the song better:
pure- free from sin, good or wholesome
meek- a willingness to obey God
mild-gentle and not easily provoked.
vexed- annoyed or frustrated
Most of the pictures I used can be found on lds.org and in the gospel art book, but a couple of them were difficult to find. So you can print those photos below by right clicking and saving to your computer. You can also print the word strips for the song HERE.
Most of the pictures I used can be found on lds.org and in the gospel art book, but a couple of them were difficult to find. So you can print those photos below by right clicking and saving to your computer. You can also print the word strips for the song HERE.
Note: This lesson had a lot of elements happening and it took me two Sundays to finish it. If you want to make the lesson go faster eliminating the scrolls would cut down on the time.
Once I had this song taught my mom, who is also the primary chorister in her ward, suggested making picture sticks to correspond with the repeating words. This was a great help for the younger children to help them remember the words and participate more easily. I used mostly pictures from Susan Fitch. Some I bought on her Etsy site and others were free on her blog so I can't include a download for them, but you can click the links above to go to her sites.
First Verse
Second Verse
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