Since my son's wedding was a few short days before New Years, we just had a fun review that week. I brought a variety of party hats with song titles inside. Most of the songs were ones that we had only sung a few times, so it was nice to review. I chose a helper from our choosing sticks, and that child picked a party hat. IF the kids could sing the selected song AMAZINGLY (I had flip charts to help), that child's teacher would "get" to wear the party hat for the rest of Singing/Sharing Time (I know the teachers probably hate when I do this, but they are all really good sports).
Since I was gone last week, my wonderful go-to gal filled in. I'm sure it was a good time, since, as a Kindergarten teacher, she is a pro with kids. (Ooooo, that first week with those new Sunbeams was really {cRaZy}... luckily I remembered to give my sub fair warning!)
This week I plan to dig into the song As a Child of God. I've listened to it over and over, trying to get it set in my own head before having to teach it :-) I haven't completely thought through how to add an element of interest/fun (I'll be checking out some other bloggers for help), but I managed to put together a flip chart.
As a Child of God
Note: If you have trouble opening it, or if the font comes out {funny}, please let me know. I am a novice. My sister said that sometimes even pdf documents won't transfer to different computers in their original intended format -- that sometimes fonts get jumbled. Since I only use one computer, I can't test it myself :-)
Happy singing!
Thanks for the flip chart. I'm going the scrap the one I was using, because I love yours!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your ideas. Just finished going over all your posts. Lots of great flipcharts, and super ideas. Thank you for sharing. I have some ?s. Is there somewhere I could email you? I'm wondering about the size of some of your visuals(triplets, Elmer). I also love the idea of creating a file box for future choristers. Do you have your own laminator? Are the circles on the bell chart hand-drawn or stickers? Thanks. -Sarah
ReplyDeleteSarah,
ReplyDeleteI have answers! My email is tinasyddall@gmail.com; most of my larger visuals are regular poster-size: the triplet poster is 2'x3' -- I believe the chorister before me who made the original just used a piece of cardboard she had on hand, possibly even from a box. Elmer is 22"x28" - on a lighter poster board that was laminated. I didn't make either one :-0, but have benefitted from the skills of others. I do have my own laminator -- I purchased it about 5 years ago at Sam's Club and have used it like CRAZY. I purchase the laminating sheets at Sam's Club also- you can get 200 sheets for $20 - which lasts for a LONG time, even if you are a heavy-duty laminating crazy woman like myself :-) I made the circles on the bell chart with a circle punch -- and then I used double stick tape to tape them to the board.