Have you ever heard of the blog, Sunbeam Singing? http://sunbeamsinging.wordpress.com/ If you haven't I highly recommend going there. This gal has a gift for the computer and some fun printable stuff. She currently has a very cute back to school idea posted if any of you are looking for something to do in honor of that.
In my blog searching I came across and idea about a music chain? I sort of adapted it for me, using her idea of the chain but for a different purpose. This Sunday I am going to introduce a bucket of paper strips...cut to 1 inch width and 6 inches long in a variety of colors, regular paper, construction paper...any scraps I have.
Now that we are in full review mode, I was thinking it might be fun to make a chain that would circle the room or maybe even make it all the way down the hall to the bishop's office. But the kiddos have to earn links by singing the program songs well. And I am going go make the presidency decide how many links they earn each song they sing...the better they sing, the more links. Or I have passed out stripes to individual classes and given teachers pens. Each teacher listens to their class, if they feel they have earned links, they write why on the paper strip and give it to me and we will make it grow and grow as they sing well.
It will probably entail a massive amount of paper but I am hoping the kids will be excited to see how the chain grow and each Sunday over the next 4 weeks, we will lay it out and see how far it goes...using a stapler to add links with every song we sing. Hopefully by the 29th, it will go around the room or further and they will get a treat!
What cute ideas you have! I have been searching singing time blogs, and I love yours. Thanks for sharing your ideas!!!
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