Handbells for Easter
Easter is just around the corner! Prepare yourself for Easter in singing time by getting a set of handbells for your primary! Next to Christmas, Easter is my favorite time to pull in handbells in singing time!
A CHILDREN'S SONGBOOK COMPANION
A Children’s Songbook Companion is a complete singing time resource that is NOW available exclusively on Camille’s Primary Ideas! Sister Pat Graham reached out informing me that A Children’s Songbook Companion will no longer be published. But she wants its content to still be accessible.
I was delighted {and flattered} when she asked if Camille’s Primary Ideas would host and share its content here! With Sister Graham’s permission, A Children’s Songbook Companion can be downloaded. And the best part is it’s completely FREE!
If you know me, you know how much I love this resource! When I create singing time lesson plans, this is a go-to resource. It sparks ideas or I intersperse the material into something.
If you are unfamiliar with this resource, A Children’s Songbook Companion contains a singing time lesson for EVERY single primary song in the Children’s Songbook published in 1987! The entire book went through church correlation even though it was never published by the church.
When A Children’s Songbook Companion was ready to be published, the church changed its policy and would no longer publish church material that could not be easily translated and used worldwide.
So instead, the compilers of the book, including Pat Graham, published it themselves. Sister Graham has written her permission to share this book with Camille’s Primary Ideas HERE. In addition she’s added a back story of how each book was written.
Download A Children's Songbook Companion
Individual lesson plans are available in my Resource Library under its song title. You can receive access to my Resource Library by joining here:
Or I’ve divided the book into downloadable sections because it’s quite large:
Title, Content, Authors
Download the Title, Content and About the Authors section HERE.
Teaching Children through Music
Download Teaching Children through Music section HERE.
My Heavenly Father
Download My Heavenly Father section HERE.
The Savior
Download The Savior section HERE.
The Gospel
Download The Gospel section HERE.
Home & Family
Download Home & Family section HERE.
Heritage
Download Heritage section HERE.
Nature & Seasons
Download Nature & Seasons section HERE.
Fun & Activity
Download Fun & Activity section HERE.
Glossary & Index
Download Glossary & Index section HERE.
A Children's Songbook Companion Artbook
Also available it A Children’s Songbook Companion Artbook. It contains enlarged images found in The Children’s Songbook Companion. Download the entire book HERE.
Again, all the individual lesson plans are available in my Resource Library under its song title.
Stories of the Children's Songbook
As mentioned in Sister Graham’s history, she also wrote Stories of the Children’s Songbook. It is a compilation of talks she gave that contain details of her wonderful musical journey, in addition to what she learned about each song.
This book is also available to download and is broken down into sections:
Introduction
Download the Introduction section HERE.
A History of Primary & Children's Music
Download A History of Primary and Children’s Music section HERE.
The Preparation of the 1989 Children's Songbook
Download The Preparation of the 1989 Children’s Songbook section HERE.
Stories about Primary Songs & the People Who Wrote Them
Appendix
Download the Appendix section HERE.
Sing Out!
If you didn’t know, Sister Graham is a composer, having written 5 songs in The Children’s Songbook. Also available to download is Sister’s Graham’s book entitled Sing Out! which contains children’s songs for special occasions.
Sing Out! features children’s songs with actions, visual aids, and many performance notes to give you ideas and themes for programs.
The songs and aids were created to give you confidence in teaching, and to provide positive experiences for children.
The messages are appropriate for pre-school and elementary classrooms, and family or church programs. The intent is to emphasize good character qualities, and to develop a child’s self-image through success in music.
Songs in this booklet include:
- Hearts Like Doors
- Stand Up for America
- Spring in Every Color
- Lucky for Me
- That’s My Mother
- A Grandmother to Love You
- Someone that I Love
- My Thanksgiving
- Feelings Matter
- Picture a Christmas (the original, a preface to the one in the songbook)
- Sing Out!
- Thank You From the Bottom of My Heart!
Download Sing Out! HERE.
Pat Graham Workshops
Thank You Sister Graham!
A HUGE thank you to Sister Pat Graham who is so gracious to share her musical talent and knowledge! Because of her service, primary children worldwide are able to gain a stronger testimony of the gospel through music!
Sister Graham would LOVE to hear from you! If you have time, send her a quick email. Just contact me using the form below and I’ll get you her email address.
Make singing time easy!
Get it to go!
Singing time just got even easier! With my Singing Time To-Go, all you have to do is print! Be prepared for the entire month – every month!
Be prepared in singing time for the entire month – every month! And all you have to do is print!
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No Singing Time on Easter Sunday
In case you aren’t already aware, there is no singing time on Easter Sunday. That means no Singing time 2 weeks in a row. First General Conference directly followed by Easter. But if you plan your singing time in April accordingly, you have nothing to worry about!
Did You Think to Pray? Singing Time Ideas
Check out these singing time ideas for teaching the hymn Did You Think to Pray? in singing time! There’s bound to be something to accommodate your primary’s learning style and needs!
