To teach the song Family History-I am Doing it in singing time, I thought why not utilize an actual tree? Such a great visual for the primary kids!

I borrowed this little tree from my neighbor. If you don’t have such a neighbor with such a tree, you can easily do this activity using a drawn tree on the chalkboard! You can also pull out a Christmas tree! You’ll just omit the clothespins and use tape instead.
Or if you really want a decorative tree around your house, Amazon sells them here (affiliate link):
I used these simple clip art pictures (from a flip chart on jollyjenn.com found HERE) to hang on the tree that you can print using the access button at the bottom of this post:


invite the children to slap their laps, clap and snap-over and over to the rhythm of the song.”
These printables are filed on my Resource Library page under Song Title > Family History-I Am Doing It.
10 thoughts on “Family History – I am Doing It”
Great ideas. Thanks for taking the time to share it. I'm looking forward to teaching this song. It brings back memories from my Primary days.
Cute
thank you so much for sharing. i love this idea. i am going to use it too. 🙂
Thank you for the idea!
I chose this song too. So happy to find some helps. Thank you!!
Awesome! Thanks! So is the taping the cards under the chairs the attention getter or is there something else? (Sorry, I know you don't want to ever post things from the book, but I was too late telling my husband I wanted the book for Mother's Day so now I need to wait for my birthday to get it. 🙂 You don't have to tell me if you don't want, but I'm just trying to figure out exactly how I'm going to do this song. Thanks!
Dezi
Hi Dezi!
If you will just contact me using the tab above, I can help you out.
~Camille
This is great! Anyone interested in starting Family History, come to my blog! fh-history.blogspot.com
Thanks 🙂
I’ve tried several times to access your library. I’ve added your email to my contacts but still nothing comes through. I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong.
Hi Tanya!
I’ve emailed you the link. Let me know if you don’t receive that email.
~Camille