When teaching hymns, like this one, Behold the Great Redeemer Die, I like to teach only the first verse. However, with this activity, if you want to teach all the verses, you easily can! I’ve also got a demonstration video demonstrating this entire lesson plan below!
For the attention getter, you’ll need to post these 3 pictures of the Savior:
All images can be found in the Gospel Art Book (or GAB). I bought my copy at the Distribution Center and have taken it all apart, placing each page in sheet protectors then in a big 3-ring binder for easy storing:
If you are interested in ordering one (or a few!) for yourself, or maybe for your primary to keep with your calling, you can order it HERE or at a Distribution Center near you.
Or you can download the images HERE and print at home.
Once introduced, I’ll be teaching the primary simple actions, demonstrated in my video here:
You can also find it HERE if you are having trouble viewing it above. Please like the video and subscribe to my YouTube channel so I know you find it useful and want more like it.
- What words are sung as we circle our hands? (great, die, law, satisfy, live, win)
- What words rhyme? (die, satisfy)
- What words has 4 pitches on it? (live)
- What word has 2 pitches on it (and)
- Which line is sung two times? (He dies a sacrifice for sin)
Check out where I purchase mine in my shop HERE.
A fun idea also to do with this song is to coordinate with your ward music leader and have this song sung as the sacrament hymn within a few weeks after teaching it. Have the kids listen for it then come to you for a little reward of some kind (like a sticker or small piece of candy).
5 thoughts on “Behold the Great Redeemer Die”
Hi Camille!
Thanks for all of your preparation! You are my weekly go-to and I appreciate your work so much. Just a small correction if this helps: your list of words in which the kids circle their hands is missing "great" and "law". And maybe other possible rhyming works are "sin & win". Thanks again!!
Hi Slogger Mom!
I always appreciate everyone helping me with my corrections! And I always have LOTS of them :). Thank you!
~Camille
CAMILLE! I LOVE THIS! I've watched the video a zillion times to make sure I've got it all down. I just can't thank you enough for the time you take to give us ideas. Or in my case do all the thinking for me;) I've got the scarves, the words, and the actions written out, I think I'm ready to roll. Bless you for everything! And I LOVE the youtube channel.
This is so so good. Thank you!
I did this lesson with scarves today and it was beautiful and fun! Thank you so much for a hands-on interactive idea for a sacred hymn! This kids loved it and I had so much fun!