Keep the Commandments

I think music in Primary should be fun, but still keep the children reverent enough that they can feel the spirit.  In order to do this I like to add movement to songs that we normally might not think of as  action songs.  Keep the Commandments is this kind of song for me.  It's relatively easy to sing and has a great message, but is a little slow so sometimes the children can get bored with it.  In order to make this a song the children look forward to singing I put these reverent actions/movements to the song:

When we sing Keep we clap

When we sing Commandments we rub our hands together

When we sing any word that starts with an S we stand up
When we sing Peace we roll our hands
When we sing Blessings we shake our hands down from the sky

Singing the song this way makes it have just enough movement that the children stay interested, but still keeps the reverent attitude that the song should bring.

My 13 year old daughter suggested that after teaching the initial actions it would be fun to have the primary children suggest actions for other words and continue to add them to the song.  You could keep going until as many actions as possible had been added.  I haven't tried this yet, but thought it sounded like a fun idea especially if you just need a quick time filler.  

Watch my video below to see the actions.