Friday, February 4, 2011

I Will Follow God's Plan

Another month, another song!  This week I'm only introducing the first half of "I Will Follow God's Plan."  I have a couple of other quick songs I want to teach, and of course we'll need to spend some time reviewing IILWMH, because I was out of town last week.  So, I will be using an idea from the Friend - you may have seen it, it's one of my 6-year old's favorite activities.  He calls them "blurs."  Have you seen the game?  Pictures of common things are distorted and you guess what they are.  Here's the plan...

I will pass out an envelope to each class with pictures that represent words from the first part of the song (link to the picture blurs).  Gift, plan, heaven, choice, earth, light, birth.  I have blurred the pictures a little bit using.  For the junior kids (we are all combined), I have the pictures without the blur.  I will start singing the song, and as I sing the kids will have to put the pictures in the order that I sing the words they represent.  Once they have them in order, they may sing along with me using the blurs as visual cues.

This is a fun way to get the kids to interact quietly.  I always like to have the children hear a song several times before I ask them to sing it, and this activity is great for that.  Most of the time, it takes 2-4 times through the song for all of the classes to get finished.  I do plan on having the older boys come and sit with the two youngest classes to help them out a little bit.

I will be doing something different to introduce the second half, but if anyone is interested in blurs for the entire song, please leave a comment and I'll make some.
                                                                     
What are you doing to introduce this song?  Share!  Please share!

{new} here is the link to blurs for the second half of the song :o)

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Posted by Brittney at 11:38 PM
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28 comments:

  1. AmberFebruary 5, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    What a fabulous idea! This will be perfect for my senior primary who loves a good challenge. I'm definitely using this tomorrow. Thank you!!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 5, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    I love this idea and think it will be fun and different! I would love to have your blurs for the remainder of the song.

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  3. THE BROWN FAMILYFebruary 5, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    I love, love, love your blog and all your wonderful print-outs. Thank you so much for all you do. I would love to get the blur images for the whole song if you have them. Thanks again.

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  4. AmyFebruary 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM

    Great idea, can't seem to get anything to load on your link. :(

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  5. BrittneyFebruary 6, 2011 at 2:28 PM

    I've added the link to the blurs for the second half for those of you who requested them...sorry I didn't get them posted until today, hopefully you didn't need them today!

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  6. KellyFebruary 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM

    I have a question about one of your "silly ways to sing" cards...what is the color blocks card and how do you use it? I just found your blog today and I love it! Thanks for all your ideas!

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  7. BrittneyFebruary 6, 2011 at 10:59 PM

    Kelly,

    Look for a post under {just for fun} in the quick search called "fun ways to sing - explanation" that explains a few of the cards, including the color blocks. Thanks for stopping by!

    -Brittney

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  8. DinaFebruary 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM

    Thank you so much for posting these. My daughter is sick and I have no time to just figure things out. I really appreciate the time and thought you put into your ideas!

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  9. UnknownFebruary 13, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    Thanks for these! I love all your ideas, and this one was especially fun for my kids!

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  10. DeAnnaFebruary 14, 2011 at 7:15 AM

    I love the blur idea, but I can't seem to get it to download from scribd. Any help?

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  11. BrittneyFebruary 14, 2011 at 9:28 AM

    DeAnna,

    Send me your email address and I will email you the PDF. Scribd is being testy. Grrr. Gotta love technology!

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  12. kimFebruary 27, 2011 at 7:46 PM

    I used this for Primary and we all had a great time with them. I did find however, that there was a word that was incorrect. It is "pray" not "play" so the trike would need to be replaced with something else. You are so creative and I thank you for all your great ideas!

    Kim

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    1. nanJanuary 16, 2013 at 12:09 PM

      I LOVE your blog! Thanks for sharing your talents. How do you do the blurs? I would love to do this when introducing a couple of the songs for 2013 (ex: My Heavenly Father Loves Me).

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    2. BrittneyJanuary 16, 2013 at 2:17 PM

      Nan,
      I did the blurs on fotoflexer.com - just upload your picture, then go to the distort tab and use the twist function. You can make it as blurry as you want, plus there's other functions you can use to change things up. Have fun!
      -Brittney

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  13. DebbieJanuary 2, 2014 at 10:58 AM

    I can't get the documents to open at all. Is there another way they could be sent to me or something? I'd love to use this for Sunday!
    Thanks

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  14. UnknownJanuary 9, 2014 at 10:03 AM

    I would love to get the file but it is not working can you please send both the first & second part of the songs. Thanks
    davina.lawlor at yahoo.ca

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2014 at 10:55 PM

    I would love these blurs too! if you could e-mail me that would be great. onedancingfool@live.com

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  16. RebeccaJanuary 24, 2014 at 8:22 PM

    I would LOVE to get the document also! Thanks for sharing, I like this idea.
    travisandbecca@yahoo.com

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2014 at 10:01 AM

    Love the idea and I am new please send me the blurs too
    mrscallamari@yahoo.com

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  18. EmilyJanuary 29, 2014 at 11:59 AM

    I would also love to get this document for the whole song. Thanks so much!!
    emchristen79@gmail.com

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 4:50 PM

    I know it's been a few years, but I love your idea for the blurs. I can't see the link. Can you email it to me? sethandlaurel@yahoo.com

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  20. Mrs FernandezJanuary 31, 2014 at 12:45 PM

    I love the ideas here, so cute! I requested access to the blurs, or could you send them to me at pcfernandez515 at yahoo dot com? Thanks!

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 2:54 PM

    I would love to use your blurs for this song! Will you please send them to me.
    brdaniels@hotmail.com

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  22. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 3:38 PM

    I absolutely love this idea and want to use it for primary in a couple of days. Can you please e-mail me the document for the entire song "I will follow God's plan". I cant open the link. Thanks so much. I love your blog. miamimormon@yahoo.com

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  23. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2014 at 5:24 PM

    These links aren't behaving for me either and I think it's the PERFECT challenge for my SR primary. Would you mind emailing me too? Thanks so much. jen_stokes@hotmail.com

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  24. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2014 at 1:08 AM

    Hi there! I would love to use this on Sunday but I can't open your file either. Can you please email it to me at olinawahine@msn.com Thanks so much!

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  25. ironteamFebruary 16, 2014 at 9:16 AM

    Another idea similar to another awesome primary blogger like yourself is to introduce the song by showing "right" and "wrong" pictures of words to the song. I made a PDF file for almost the entire song so if anyone is in a bind for ideas, shoot me an email : tylim0731@gmail.com

    Really easy, two pictures for some key words - my life is a gift (picture of PRESENT or picture of FISH), etc...just sing the song all the way through and you'll see how the pictures match up with the song. For Senior Primary, since they know the song pretty well, I'm having a "timed" contest. I have 16 in my Sr and will divide the teams into three teams of 5 (with 1 extra on a team). All the pictures will be scattered on the table and they have to put all the pictures in order of the song - will have the "right" and "wrong" pictures all together in the pile. I went to the Dollar Store to buy these Winner gold medal necklaces and had to paint some silver and bronze. Whichever team was the fastest got the GOLD, then SILVER, then BRONZE medals. I played the OLYMPIC them song to crown the winners - because it's OLYMPICS time. Thanks all.

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    1. BrittneyFebruary 16, 2014 at 5:54 PM

      I love this idea! Especially tying in the Olympics theme. This could also be easily adapted for larger groups, which is great. Thanks so much for sharing this!!

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