
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 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.
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:
Download the Title, Content and About the Authors section HERE.
Download Teaching Children through Music section HERE.
Download My Heavenly Father section HERE.
Download The Savior section HERE.
Download The Gospel section HERE.
Download Home & Family section HERE.
Download Heritage section HERE.
Download Nature & Seasons section HERE.
Download Fun & Activity section HERE.
Download Glossary & Index section HERE.
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.
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:
Download the Introduction section HERE.
Download A History of Primary and Children’s Music section HERE.
Download The Preparation of the 1989 Children’s Songbook section HERE.
Download the Appendix section HERE.
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:
Download Sing Out! HERE.
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.
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!
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!
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!
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!
Hundreds of printables organized by song title and category that coincide with my singing time lesson plan posts!
I’ll send you all my well-organized resources for new primary leaders!
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!