The directed listening method really works! Here is what one primary music leader wrote about it: “I wanted to let you know that I was able to teach the chorus and two verses of, “If I Were There”, in our Primary singing time last week using the directed listening method. The children had never heard […]
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Think back at your time in Primary. What songs did you love singing? How did they make you feel? Have you taught any of those to your Primary children yet? Now is a great time to do that! And when you do, be sure to bear a one sentence testimony about the doctrine in that
Plan Ahead Consider choosing what you want to do in Primary on the Sunday BEFORE you present it. This gives you time during the week to think about it and refine it and practice it. When I was a Primary President, I had a thought about what I should do for a specific sharing time.
Manipulatives They are not toys. They are manipulatives. When elementary school teachers teach math, they often use manipulatives to teach the concepts – tens and hundreds, fractions, etc. The use of these manipulatives helps children see, feel, and understand these math concepts. See https://www.scholastic.com/…/math-manipulatives.html