Wednesday, February 3, 2010

February: week 1 (Introduce)

This is a fairly familiar song to the children, which makes our lives easier! This is a pretty simple idea, but thought I'd share it anyway. The Crazy Chorister has a much more fun approach to the introduction, so make sure you check her out!

To begin, I will sing the song through for them and ask them to count how many times I sing "His Son" in the song. (5 times)  You could have them stand up whenever they hear it, as well. Kids need to MOVE! :)

Then, I will show them the bulletin board where I have posted the Questions from the flipchart. (you could mix these up

Below that, I will have several pictures. All of the "Answer" pictures will be there, but some other random pictures from the GAK kit will be there too. The answer pictures, are the same that are in my flipchart,  in an effort to be consistent and not confuse them. You can download the word file of Just the pictures here:   UPDATE: Apparently there is some problem with the last picture of the JUST PICTURE file. It's the picture of the girl with the savior in the background. I got this picture off of Sugardoodle.net (link to the side) under the category of Jesus. I'm not sure why this picture is not showing up. When I download the file onto my computer, it's working for me. Is everyone having this problem? 


Update part II: I've uploaded a different version of the file. Please let me know if you are still having problems viewing the pictures!


I'll tell them that this song is made up of Question and Answers. I'll sing them the question, then the answer, and ask them to decide which picture describes the answer best. Then, we'll place the corresponding picture underneath it's question. (Most of the kids will probably figure out the "answer" pictures since they will have a white border around them, and the GAK pictures do not, but that's okay!)

(This is a picture of what it should look like at the end, after the "other" pictures have been taken away.)

  After each Q & A, I'll have them sing with me, while mapping the melody with our hands. (Place your palm flat towards the ground, fingers extended, and raise and lower it according to the notes of the song.) I like to do this as it gives them something to focus on and helps them physically understand the relation of the notes.

If time at the end, I'll have them stand up on the Questions, and sit down on the Answers, as we sing through the whole song.

12 comments:

  1. I'm excited to use your idea on Sunday, you made this all so simple for me! I'm having a problem getting one of the pictures to print(from the pdf of just pictures no words). It's the one of the girl with Christ in the background. It says that I need a decompressor to print it? I had no problems printing the rest. Is there some place I can find that picture? If you could email me I would totally appreciate it. Thanks. hillaryrock@hotmail.com

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  2. Sheer brilliance! Wonderful job! I love its simplicity and substance. Thank you for sharing! I'll be using it this Sunday!!

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  3. This will be so great. Thank you for the pdf files. It is so nice to have such creative people out there. I am far from it.

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  4. THank you so much! I had planned to do something like this, but it's so nice to have the pictures and everything prepared for me. You're awesome!

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  5. love the idea of mapping out the song with their hands. thanks so much for your time and effort on this blog--it's tremendously helpful.

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  6. Will you use the answer flip chart pages at all? I have printed them but am not sure when or if to use them.

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  7. Jean,
    I will be using the Question pages of the flipchart this week, but not he Answers. Next week I will probably use them though.

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  8. I just had a breakthrough idea! On the pdf flipchart, I noticed that you highlighted the TELL, SHOW, TELL words. Notice that the last three question words are ASK, SAY, ASK. Those could also be highlighted. Then we could ask the kids to look for the pattern. (repetition, and also four letter words in first set, then three letter words in second set).

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  9. Christine! That's so awesome! I don't think I would have noticed that! Thanks for sharing your epiphany!!

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  10. Thank you so much for your wonderful blog. It helps me soo much. I am still having trouble getting all the pictures. Would it be possible to have it emailed to me? meledemille@gmail.com

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  11. never-mind, I was able to find the picture. thank you!!

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  12. This will be a great review for this song.
    Thanks for another awesome idea.

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