Mother's Day Singing Time

Well I'm behind schedule this week and worn out due to the fact that we're expecting baby number 3!! and I'm feeling morning sickness pretty much all day ha ha!  So I went to Pattie's Primary Place and borrowed and tweaked an idea.  Here's what I plan to do.  I found all the images on google image search and plan to print them out, color the super mom, and laminate them with their corresponding word action on the back.  Then I'll tape a song to each one.  During singing time I'll pick a reverent person to come help us learn about all the super things super moms do and we'll sing one of our program songs and a few others using the corresponding item actions.  It should be fun and mix things up while still getting them to practice program songs!  Yeah!
Mothers Day

I Can Follow the Prophet Singing Time

So I'll admit my spinner is not my finest power point work but it will have to do for Sunday!  It's the final Sunday before Conference and the theme is about following the prophet so it's a great Sunday to sing our old favorite "Follow the Prophet!"

I'm adapting a little of this and that to make for a fun Sunday.  First we'll talk about the importance once again of listening to the words of prophets in the scriptures as well as prophets that will be speaking in General Conference.  Then we'll start by having a volunteer come and spin the spinner.  They'll get a chance to then answer a corresponding question about that prophet.  When they've answered a question we'll sing that verse while passing a small ball or balloon up and down the aisles.  Whoever the ball ends up with at chorus time will have to answer another question about that prophet.  If they get it right they get to choose to do disco actions for the chorus or asl actions or march in place (sometimes I let them stand up on their chairs and march)!! 

After singing the whole verse we'll start fresh with a new volunteer on the spinner and move on to another verse or continue that one.  It should be easy and fun and if it lands on a line I'll let them choose a favorite song or something, I'm just going to see how it goes and how the kids are.  You never know!  I'm a little excited for Conference because I get a whole week off to not think about planning a Singing Time. . .ha ha! Follow the Prophet Game

The 1st Presidency and the 12 Apostles Singing Time

This weeks sharing time theme is "The First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles are prophets."  So I thought it would be fun to take a break from the norm of teaching songs and do something a little different.  I found this amazing apostle matching game here full of fun facts about each member of the 1st Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.  I thought I'd focus on the interesting facts and hobbies part so I don't interfere with anything planned for sharing time.  I'm making it simple and not doing anything fancy.  I'll have all the pictures turned backwards on the board and I'll have a volunteer come and turn one over.  After letting them attempt to name the person, I'll tell the primary the apostle/prophet's name  and then the interesting facts.  These facts correlate with a primary song we'll then sing.  I'm listing tons of hobbies and songs but I'll choose just one for each.  There's tons of songs that could work so use what you're primary knows and loves.  I always let my volunteer help me lead the song and help with the actions if there are any as well. 

1. Thomas S. Monson
• hobbies are fishing (Oh What Do You Do In The Summertime) and raising pigeons (In the Leafy Treetops)
2. Henry B. Eyring
• hobbies are watercoloring (Our Primary Colors) and cooking (When We're Helping We're Happy)
3. Dieter R. Uchtdorf
• profession was an airline pilot and was awarded his wings as a US Jet Fighter Pilot (My Flag, My Flag or My Country Tis' of Thee or Do As I'm Doing -fly like and airplane)
4. Boyd K. Packer
• hobbies are woodcarving birds (In The Leafy Treetops, Birds in the Tree) and painting (Our Primary Colors, Little Purple Pansies, My Heavenly Father Loves Me)
5. L. Tom Perry
• hobbies are sports (Hinges, Head Shoulder Knees and Toes), Repairing Things (??? Atonement song maybe?) and Gardening (the Prophet Said to Plant a Garden, Little Purple Pansies, Little Seeds Lie Fast Asleep, Popcorn Popping)
6. Russell M. Nelson
• hobbies are music (pick your favorite song, or use Sing a Song or Hum Your Favorite Hymn) and skiing (Once There Was a Snowman or Falling Snow)
7. Dallin H. Oaks
• hobbies are fishing (Give Said the Little Stream) and camping (I am Like a Star)
8. M. Russell Ballard
• hobbies are fixing things (maybe I Hope They Call Me On A Mission becuase you're "fixing lives), golf (Do As I'm Doing Golfer style)
9. Richard G. Scott
• hobbies are music (see above music ideas), painting (see above ideas), birding (see above ideas)
10. Robert D. Hales
• hobbies are baseball (see sports ideas above) and piano (maybe pick any song and sing it without the piano?  hmm)
11. Jeffery R. Holland
• hobbies are athletics(see above ideas), teaching (I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus, Come Follow Me, I Will Follow God's Plan) and Spending Time With Family (The Family, Love is Spoken Here)
12. David A. Bednar
• He was a teacher (see above ideas for teaching) and is an author (Book of Mormon Stories)
13. Quentin L. Cook
• He was an attorney (Quickly I'll Obey ha ha!), and captain of his high school football team (The Lord Gave Me a Temple)
14. D. Todd Christofferson
• He was a lawyer and an amazing scholar (Seek the Lord Early, 2nd Article of Faith)
15. Neal L. Anderson
• worked in healthcare (Kindness Begins With Me, The Lord Gave Me A Temple, Jesus Says Love Everyone), real estate (Sing Your Way Home) and speaks three languages French, Spanish and Portuguese(Children All Over the World, or Hello Song in different languages)

Good Luck I'd love to hear what you all are doing in your primaries this fun month!

Pictionary Review and 5th Sunday Fun!

So because we have a HUGE primary that's split into Jr. and Sr. I often have to plan separate activities that are age appropriate for each group.  This week is one of those weeks!

Jr. Primary - I want to review "As a Child of God" but I want to have some fun too so here's the plan.  I found this fun "straw blowin'" activity on sugardoodle and want to use it.  I'm going to put important words of the songs inside the straws (i.e. Earth, Power, Child of God, etc.). On the back of the word will be a direction like "sing on one foot" sing with eyes closed", etc.  Then  I'm going to put four tape lines on the floor.  If they reach the first they have to sing the 1st verse, the second is the 2nd verse, the third is the chorus, and the fourth is the WHOLE song.  Should be really fun!

Sr. Primary - I will do a similar activity in Sr. Primary only with a bit of a twist.  I'll split them into two teams, boys against girls or just count them off, it all just depends on how rowdy they are that day.  The rowdier they are the more apt I am to count them off by two's instead of boys vs. girls (sshh it's my little secret).  Next I'll have a basket the word strips included below in it. The first contestant will have one minute to Pictionary style try to draw the word for his team, if they guess it correctly they will have the opportunity to earn an additional point by also choosing one of my "sing it like" cards.  We'll sing the song alternating 1st verse and second verse.  Then go to the next contestant.  If they don't get the answer the other team will get a chance to guess but cannot earn extra points.  This is always a popular activity in my primary, they love it and it's a fun way to include the kids will difficulties like autism or other challenging issues because the drawing is a fun way for them to participate.

Child of God Review Strips

Thanksgiving Fun

I love this time of year when the primary program is over and the holiday songs dust themselves off and start to get some "sing time" again!  Of course I'm planning and bringing back my favorite Thanksgiving song "My Blessings" . . .here's how I taught it and used it last year, it was a lot of fun, I just have to find a new guitar player since I still am not so good and need practice.

I also am planning on recycling my Serving Scarecrow for a fun singing time about gratitude and serving others.

Finally I am planning on finally teaching them the "For Health and Strength" using sign language and teaching it it German, I found two amazingly fun ideas here at sugardoodle.

Reinforce the words by teaching the children to sign four of the words. For the word health, extend the forefinger and the middle finger—this is the hand shape for H. Both hands form the H shape and touch the chest and then the waist. For food, use the right hand to act as if you are placing food in the mouth. The sign for praise is made by combining the signs for true and applaud. First the forefinger of the right hand is upright and moves straight forward from the mouth, then a hand-clapping motion is made. To sign the word Lord, use the thumb and first finger of the right hand extended (hand shape L), move the hand from the left side of the chest to the right hip.

Another fun way to review the song is to teach it in a different language. The English and German words to “For Health and Strength” are very similar:

“Für Hilf und Kraft, fürs täglich Brot wir danken dir, o Gott.” (Pronounced similar to “fyur hilf oont kroft, fyurs teglikh brote veer donken deer, oh Gote.”)

It is fun to speak a different language! German has some sounds that we do not have in English. The “ü” sound is made by saying a long “e” and then rounding the lips. The “ä” sound is a short “e” sound. German does not have a “w” sound; the “w” makes the sound of “v.” Point out the similarities in such words as for/für, and/und, health/Hilf, bread/Brot (bread stands for food here), God/Gott.  (Idea taken from the November 2006 Friend Sharing Time Suggestion)

Maybe have the 1st group sing in English and the next group sing in German for Sr. Primary.

Here's a link to a ton of amazing Thanksgiving ideas if you need some more inspiration 

David and Goliath Singing Time

So I found a new primary chorister site with some fun ideas I thought I'd pass along.  I'm excited to keep this idea for a review Sunday or Primary Program Prep next year!  Here's what I found on this site

"I quickly shared the story of David and Goliath and how David had faith and the help of the Lord and he was able to conquer Goliath. I made sure to stress that our Goliath's are not always a bad thing. The primary program is a good Goliath but just a monumental, huge task that would require a lot of work on our part but just like with David, with the help of the Lord we would be successful.

I'd gathered up a bunch of stones from my back yard and numbered them 1-10, each one corresponding to one of the songs we're singing in our program.  I put the stones in a bag and let a child come up and pick a stone.  We then sang that song.

Here's the fun part, depending on how well they sang the song, they got to take a shot at the target on Goliath.  If they sang the song just okay, I let a child come up and try to hit Goliath with a small marshmallowt.  If they sang it really well, they got to use a large jet-puffed marshmallow.  If they did it perfectly, they could use one of the jumbo-sized marshmallows (these are kind of new but they are at a few stores here).

While this activity could have gotten a little rowdy, the kids were really good about keeping a reverent tone.  It definitely engaged them and got them singing. I think we did a pretty good job with conquering Goliath! :)"

How do you feel?

Last Sunday I wanted to help the kids become more aware about how the music and songs made them feel.  We have one particular little fellow in jr. primary who is really bothered by loud sounds and therefore always covers his ears when we sing Praise to the Man.  This got me thinking that I need to not only teach the doctrine of the songs but really focus on how they make us feel and the importance of singing them appropriately.

So I started the singing time with exercises that emphasized the 5 senses, we played a quick "I Spy with my little eye" to talk about sight.  I had someone come up and put on a blindfold then I handed them an object that they had to describe to me for touch.  We sang really loud and really soft to talk about hearing.  I told them we couldn't really taste the songs or lick them (ha ha) but talked a little about the sense of taste.  We talked about different smells we experience (careful those 8-10 year old boys will of course make a "stinky smell" for everyone) and then I told them there is a sixth sense.

We talked about how we can listen with our hearts.  We sang "If I Listen With My Heart" and really talked about how we hear Jesus' voice and what the Holy Ghost whispers to our hearts.  One by one I had a volunteer come up and put on a blindfold and sit in a chair.  I told them to concentrate on how they felt while we sang.  We reviewed the primary program songs twice each, one time really exuberantly focusing on saying the words lovely and loud and then we sang it again focusing on they testimony being born in the song.  After each song I asked my volunteer how they two felt different.

This was a really simple and amazing activity that really helped the kids learn the importance of the testimonies they were bearing with each song and the importance of each word and the way we sing them.  I'm so excited for them to share those testimonies in our program in 2 weeks!!

Primary Pizza Review!

Maybe I'm thinking about pizza because I can't seem to figure out what to make for dinner tonight or maybe I just had an inspirational moment but whatever it is I came up with a fun idea for reviewing primary songs!

1. Take a giant foam/posterboard and draw a giant circle (use a pencil attached to a string to get it straight) and then divide it into as many sections as songs you'll be using.  I used 8 slices to represent our 8 primary program songs.  
2. In the "crust" area write the name of the song
3. Now comes the fun, using your cricuts, or die cuts or plain old fashioned scissor cutting make 8 of each of the following pizza toppings:
1. Green Peppers
2. Pepperoni
3. Onions
4. Sausage
5. Olives
6. Shredded Cheese
4. On a separate paper print the following to paste near your pizza board (change the font and make it fun and however you want)

Primary Pizza

5.  Now have fun and award all their good singing with toppings, be silly and play it up until they get all the toppings on every single slice!

Dig in to Disgusting Soup Review!

 

I wasn't exactly sure how successful this silly idea would be . . .but let me just say it was lots of fun and both primaries really got into it.

I had a huge bag of split peas that apparantly i was going to use someday . . .when we were starving . . .anyway I put it to much better use than taking up space in my cupboard.  I poured them in a tall container, wrote down the program songs plus some other fun ones on strips of paper.  Then I put the strips of paper inside my daughter's "squinkie balls" and buried them in the split peas!

I brought out the container and played it up how I had made this disgusting soup full of dried boogers and whatever other disgusting things you can think of . . .but I also hid "power balls of songs" in it.  So we were gonna dig for the songs and try to add as many "germs" to the soup so it would be extra delicious to taste at the end. 

Though out the singing time just say little silly things like, "I better cough in it just to add some germs" or "did you find my retainer in there" or "I wonder if you'll locate my old smelly sock!"  They just laugh and giggle.  

We sang the songs in program perfection and used different methods to sing such as marching, loud/soft, hum/sing, and stacatto.   I always teach the sr. Primary how to lead the music too and get them to help.

So dish up some of your own disgusting soup and see how creative you can get . . .easy and fun!

Last Minute Scripture Power

My Primary Presidency asked if I could teach the kids Scripture Power even though it wasn't originally our plan to use this song!  I'm so excited because on the day of the program at the microphone some teachers are going to start singing the verse and then when it's time for the chorus all the kids will get up from their seats and start marching to the front singing the chorus while getting seated.  I have a small group that will sing the second verse so I'm so excited to see how this goes.  Luckily most of the kids already know the chorus of this song so I tried something new. 

I told the kids in Sr. Primary that I was looking for people to put in special groups and wanted to know if they'd help me sing the verses.  I put everyone into groups from 2-4 people, grouping them with their friends and primary classmates so they'd feel comfortable and then handed them the sheet music so they could see the words.  It was an amazing experience, those boys that *pretend* they don't like singing, and those shy little girls were like amazing! 

Of course we sang the chorus loud enough for the Bishop on the other end of the church to hear but never "louder than lovely!"

1st Quarter Jeopardy Review!!

This week I'm doing a 1st Quarter Jeopardy Review!!  Here's my categories and questions. (I will post a picture of my finished Jeopardy board when it's done today!!)  You are welcome to download and change and use however to fit your own primary and the themes you have been emphasizing while teaching.  I want to really focus on the messages and gospel principles we have been learning while gaining testimonies through songs. 

I think that with each point value if the question is answered correctly we will sing the corresponding song in a fun way. I'll put little pictures to show the reward on the bottom of the jeopardy board.  Here's the link for the pictures I used and colored just from google image searches. You can find fun dice for these styles here.  Such as:

• 100 points - Swimmer Style (plug you nose with one hand, swim with the other)
• 200 points - Cowboy Style (western twang in your voice, start out with a yeehaw and  link your thumbs in you belt loops and kick up the dust with your heels)
• 300 points - Opera Style (lots of vibrato and exaggeration and definitely loud but never louder than lovely!)
• 400 points - Drill Sargeant (stand at attention, no moving arms or legs, definitely no giggling or smiling.  March back and forth looking for things out of place and start out with a "yes ma'm!")
• 500 points - Granny Style (use your hand to wiggle your throat and make your voice shaky, bend over and hold your back like you can't walk upright!)
• 600 points - Police Officer Style (use stop and go signs to direct the traffic)
• 700 points - Song and style of your choice!!

Good Luck and Have Fun!!!

Song Jeopardy

Stand For The Right Review!!

The kids learned the song so well last week that I'm planning on reviewing just one more week and then continuing to learn our "Books of the Book of Mormon" and "Latter-Day Prophets" songs.  So here's my plan and once again because I  can't seem to get myself in gear this week I'm using a lot of all of your amazing ideas and just tweaking them a bit!  I love love love that everyone is so creative and so sharing, it makes my calling so much easier when I'm having a "can't think straight" week!

I'm going to start by reminding the kids that we have a living prophet today that speaks to us.  And the words he speaks are what Jesus and Heavenly Father would tell us if they were here on earth!  I will tell them some of the great things that our prophet Thomas S. Monson has told us.

• Stand for the Right, even if you stand alone.
• “Children, let your parents know you love them. Let them know how much you appreciate all they have done and continue to do for you.”
• “Don’t be afraid to walk out of a movie, turn off a television set, or change a radio station if what’s being presented does not meet your Heavenly Father’s standards.”

Someone has collected an awesome set of quotes here.  Plus I may use the idea on that link for another week, it's pretty sweet!

So I'm going to print out this "leg cube" and just sing the song through like 3 times to make sure they remember what it it about.  I always post or hold up my visuals for those who really learn visually too.  After reviewing it a little I am going to do the Life Size Tic-Tac-Toe.  I will probably just set up chairs as the grid instead of having them stand in the square since they tend to get restless when standing by each other too long (at least my primary kids do. . .you may all have perfectly behaved angels!!).  It's going to be a fun Sunday!!!

Always remember to infuse a little movement and a little fun and I've learned that you can never expect children to sit perfectly still, they have to move, rarely can a child sit all through primary without being a bit fidgety.  I just remember that if I can get them to connect with me even once that I've passed along a bit of my testimony to them.   Good Luck!!!

I Will Follow God's Plan Review Game

Okay so we're down to our final February Sunday and one more chance to really focus and review I Will Follow God's Plan.  This week I plan to play a memory/matching game.  The basics are this.

• Each card will contain a phrase like "My life is a" and there will be a corresponding card with a picture to represent the word missing so this one would be a picture of a "gift."
• On the child's turn they will get to come up and turn over two cards to see if they can make a "match."  
• If they make a match then we get to sing the song up to that point in whatever style I choose such as staccato, kids verse and teachers chorus, eyes closed, etc.  
• If they don't make a match then they get to tell me one way they can follow Jesus or in Sr. Primary it might be great to have them tell you one way to get back to following God's Plan if they forget to follow it sometimes.  
• Here's the cards I made, maybe I'll color them or maybe not since it's already Saturday early morning!!

Follow God's Plan Memory1

4th Sunday Singing Review Game

I've had the hardest time this week coming up with what I wanted to do for Sunday. Here's what I'm thinking.  In Sr. Primary I will split them into two teams.  I know a lot of people don't like competition in Primary but I think healthy competition and fostering a spirit of teamwork and participation really is a great thing in my Primary.  I also love that I get to split up kids that usually sit by each other and make them branch out.  So the game will be played as such.

1. I'll display the game board and split them into teams by just counting off by twos.  We know two verses so I have both verses displayed on the board.  The words that have sign language associated with them are worth two points because they can say the word and do the sign, they also can get just one point by doing either or.
2. So I will call the first person up from team one and have them pick a pink post it from anywhere in the song.  We will then sing the song to that point and I'll dramatically cut them off before anyone accidently sings the word.  The player will then get to give an answer.  If he/she cannot answer it in a reasonable amount of time,  the first player on the other team is allowed to give an answer.  If neither knows it then neither gets points. etc. etc.
3. Then I'll move on to team two and continue until the end of singing time. 

I love doing this and the singing bee because we sing the same song all hour and the kids hardly even notice they've sang the song like 10 times it's awesome and it really gets them to know it.

I think for Jr. Primary I will do a similar type thing but I will use the picture posters for verse one and just cover the pictures.  I will give them points for even telling me what the picture looks like.  I think since I have like a million sunbeams I may even pair up a sunbeam with someone from the oldest class.  If they get and answer right we'll do an activity minute like "stand up, shake your arms, shake your hips, turn around and sit down" just to keep them on task and out of wiggles.  We'll see how it goes. . .

Unwrapping the True Meaning of Christmas

I just wanted to do something fun this week since we've sang all our songs for all the programs and it's almost Christmas and I just wanted to be a little laid back and silly while still retaining the true meaning of Christmas.  So here's the deal.  Explain that today we're going to play a little game to "unwrap' the true meaning of Christmas.

I drew some pictures of the different nativity characters (you could use actual nativity pieces if you wanted) and I wrapped the pictures of baby Jesus in the manger in the boxes.  One for Jr. Primary, and one for Sr. Primary.  I also got a big bag of peppermint discs (you could use any candy in a wrapper). 

The goal for singing time is this. . .choose a child or teacher to come up and while you are singing a Christmas song (their choice or yours) they have to put on the coat, the gloves, the scarf, and the hat (more or less items depending on Jr. or Sr. primary) and then open as many peppermint discs as they can.  If they collectively open 5 discs you add one of your characters to the nativity and you get one step closer to opening the big present and "unwrapping" the true meaning of Christmas!  Ha ha that is extremely cheesy but I think it's going to be fun, the trick will be to keep it reverent. . kind of!!

P.S. use just cloth gloves for junior primary or they'll never get them open. . !!!

Mr. Potato Head Review Idea

We're reviewing two songs for the Primary program this week and in Jr. Primary I'm using my daughter's Mr. Potato head as a prop.  Basically what I'll do is tape the following word strips to the various body parts. . .

Eyes=All Eyes on Me . . try not to blink while singing the verse.  Whichever class sings the best their teacher gets to wear the silly glasses for the next round.
Hat = No hats in the church building!  You get a freebie!
Feet = stand up and march to the beat in place while singing the chorus!
Arm#1 = Do the whataleeachee while singing the verse!
Arm#2 = Use a magic crayon to draw a square continually in the air while singing the chorus.
Ear#1 = Listen quietly. . when I point at you then you sing, when I point at me then I sing!  Sing the whole song.
Ear#2= can you hear the piano?  I can't . . .sing a capella the verse.
Bowtie= Oh my goodness this bowtie is choking me-sing the chorus in a whisper!
Mustache= mustaches are kind of silly!  Can you sing the whole song with a huge grin on your face!
Mouth= Mouths are for singing!  Follow the loud lion and the quiet mouse while singing the verse.
Glasses = My glasses are kind of blurry and you all look a little fuzzy!  Can you stand still as a statue while singing the whole song!  If you move I will tap you and you'll have to sit down. 
Nose = What is that smell?  Sing the verse stinky style (plug nose)

Sr. Primary Review Idea

Another week of review and we're reviewing our Missionary Medley and I Know That My Savior Loves Me.  In Sr. Primary I printed out the words of the song and then cut them into several wordstrips, making sure to cut where there was a definitive end of phrase or sentence.

On Sunday, I handed out the strips to different groups then gave them one minute to memorize their part.  We then sang the whole song and had each group stand up and sing their part.  Then we shuffled the strips and passed them out again.  This was an awesome review because not only did they have to learn their specific part but they had to concentrate on the order it came on. . .

Singing Bee Review Sr. Primary

Of course I borrowed some inspiration for this activity from Divine Secrets of a Primary Chorister blog!  I split the Primary into two groups by counting off (this made is really great to separate the talkers and make new friends) and then I introduced the team names!  I set out the rules making sure to remind everyone that Primary is not only for the super singers but for everyone to share their testimonies through song!  We were reviewing "He Sent His Son" so I started everyone out singing the first little phrase then I dramatically cut everyone off and had the first two team members from each group see how fast they could sing the next line!  If neither person got it or they sang but got it wrong we simply invited the next two team members up and started again!  Each time we started over from the beginning of the song and only went to the last phrase sang!  It was amazing because without even knowing it they sang the same song for the entire Primary and had tons of fun doing it!  Make sure you get those shy kids and embarrassed boys up there by playing up the teamwork angle and using the names of the teams.  To one boy I said, "come on you're a SEAL and SEALS don't chicken out!" He laughed and got up there.  Just remember to remind them to be reverent and always bear your testimony about what they song is saying.  They really got into this and loved it!

Halloween Review Jr. Primary

We are busy reviewing for our Primary Program and so on Sunday in Jr. Primary we played a version of pin face on the Jack O Lantern!  I taped the giant eyes on a pair of sunglasses to use as our blindfold and the kids thought this was so hilarious.  Then I chose a teacher to come up and put on the blindfold.  We dramatically spun the teacher around and then handed them a piece of the pumpkin face!  As they got closer to the correct location we sang louder and if they were way off we sang in a whisper!  Make sure and prep the teachers to kind of drag it out and be silly so it has lots of impact!  It was so much fun and the kids had a good time.  I made sure to add in some silly "Do As I'm Doing" wiggle songs too.

Musical Measles

This popular idea I found on The Divine Secrets of a Primary Chorister and was so fun in my Sr. Primary that they continually ask when I'm going to catch the measles again!  I stood up and had the stickers already on my face and I told them I had caught the musical measles this week and it was extremely contagious.  The catch was that only adults could catch it but the kids were the ones that spread it.  So I handed each teacher a page of circle stickers from the dollar store and told the kids that when they sang extra loud (but never louder than lovely) and extra clear they would be rewarded with a sticker.  At the end of each song I allowed ten seconds for the kids to adorn their teachers in their "measles."  It was hilarious watching the kids sing amazingly knowing they were going to get to put stickers on their teacher.  At the end of the singing review I had all the teachers come up front and told the kids that they had to sing our brand new song from the month and if they did it perfect the measles would start falling off and eventually the teachers would be cured.  The kids had so much fun and to date they haven't sang the songs as well as they did during all this.  I haven't tried this in Jr. Primary yet but I imagine it would work well there too!