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)

Praise to the Man

I've debated all week about how to teach this song. . .it's got a lot of weird words and hard rhythms but I trust in the leaders of the church who put it in the program this year so I'm off and running and saying lots of prayers.  Here's my plan.

Jr. Primary - I'm going to introduce it by talking about silly words. . .nonsensical words and make believe words.  They should have lots of fun ideas of words.  After that I'll talk about the difference between how we talk now and how people talked in the time of Joseph Smith.  Little by little I'll start teaching the song using clapping rhytms and parroting and my pictures.  During this time I will talk a lot about what each line means and bear testimony of the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Sr. Primary - Sr. Primary will be a lot easier because their understanding and reading skills are much better.  First I will have a bunch of hymn books available and will sing through the songs with the kids having them mimic being in the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.  Then, I  have used ideas from this family home evening lesson idea.  I printed out the word strips that tell what the lines mean.  I will hand out meanings to different groups of kids and give them some time to come and place them next to the pictures on the flipchart (I'll tape the chart on the chalkboard) they represent.  I'll use the same methods and junior primary only I think we'll be able to do the complete first verse.

I'm not sure how this will go but I'm going to kind of play it by ear and hope for the best. 
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