The Holy Ghost Singing Time

The Holy Ghost is a topic discussed in the Come Follow Me- For Primary curriculum many times throughout the year.

In the June 2019 Friend there is an article titled " The Holy Ghost Is..." You can find the article HERE.  I have taken the pictures from the article and made them bigger so I can post them on the board you can download the enlarged pictures HERE.  I cut out and laminated the pictures and then placed them in a gift bag.  You could also gather items to represent those listed and use them instead of the pictures.

Music Lesson: Begin by showing the children the gift bag and telling them that you are going to talk about a special gift that Heavenly Father gives each of us when we are baptized. Ask if anyone can guess what the gift is.  If a child knows great, if not then tell them it's the Holy Ghost.  Then ask children to draw the pictures out of the bag and discuss what the picture represents that the Holy Ghost is.  When all of the pictures are on the board sing the song you have chosen about the Holy Ghost.

I have chosen Listen, Listen on page 107 of the Children's Songbook, but this activity would be appropriate for any of the songs about the Holy Ghost from the songbook.  Listen, Listen is a very short song that can be sang as a round and learned quickly.  My primary children LOVE rounds so I thought this would be a fun song for them.  To teach the song I will first sing it to them while they listen and then I will have them join in singing the song several times through.  Once I feel like we have the words down I will teach them how to do it in a round.  This song is supposed to be sang a cappella.  For the program we are going to use the handbells to sing it through one time before going into the round a cappella.  Even if you aren't planning on playing the bells during your program they are a fun addition to singing time and help the children engage with the music.

You can find my bell chart HERE (one thing to note is that the middle C and high C notes are the same color.  This song uses both notes so you will need to make sure the children playing C notes know which notes are theirs.  The first C is high and the other 4 Cs are middle C).  If you haven't used handbells before THIS is a good link to check out.  These are the handbells that I use.  You can find them HERE on Amazon.