Monday, May 23, 2011

Praise to the Man 3rd Verse

Okay so literally I was not prepared to teach senior primary today and I had no idea what I was going to do then an awesome thought came. . .hmmm how about let them teach it!  So after making sure they knew the 1st verse and chorus really well I handed out my laminated hymn copies and divided them into groups of 3-5 and and assigned them a phrase of the third verse.  I gave them 5 minutes to come up with actions that would help teach everyone their phrase.  One by one we had the groups come up and teach us their phrase and actions. . .it was awesome!!  They were so creative and so full of excitement for this project.  Give it a try and see what they come up with. . .here's what mine did.
  • Great is his glory (arms up like flexing muscles) and endless (superman arms to the left) his priesthood (bring hands together and forward as if giving a priesthood blessing)
  • Ever (left hand palm up) and Ever (right palm up) His keys (right hand turns key in door) He will hold (cup hands like holding something
  • Faithful and True (march in place) he will enter his kingdom (act as if turning knob and opening door)
  • Crowned in the midst (place hands above he forming a crown) of the prophets of old (bend over and hold a cane like an old man)
  • Hail to the prophet (palms facing in towards each other lower from head to waist) Ascended to heaven (palms up bring hands up slowly)
  • Traitors (punch with one hand) and Tyrants (punch with other hand) now fight him in vain (shake finger back and forth like no no no)
  • Mingling (wave like you're saying hello) with Gods he can plan (open palms like a book) for his brethren (link elbows with neighbors)
  • Death cannot conquer (elbow bent left arm level in front of chest, right arm elbow on hand of left hand and lower down) the hero again (raise fist in triumph)

3 comments:

  1. Love the actions, thanks for listing them in detail. What actions did you do for the 1st verse?

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  2. Thank you so much for sharing your ideas! They've been a big help. :)
    Did you use this same activity to teach the 3rd verse to jr. pimary? I would love to hear what worked for you.

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  3. We didn't do any actions for the first verse, i just used the picture flipchart and I also did not teach the Jr. Primary the 3rd verse yet. . .I'm just waiting to see how the rest of the year goes, it may be just the Sr. that will sing that verse, who knows!

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