PST 40 Search, Ponder and Pray and The Eighth Article of Faith

 Hello, friends! Today we sing a lot of songs for the Come Follow Me lesson. I teach the song Search, Ponder and Pray really quickly and then Tesler and Skinny help us learn The Eighth Article of Faith.

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Today's list of songs:

I will follow God’s plan p. 164

Give said the little stream p. 236 vss 1&2

The Golden Plates p. 86

Nephi’s Courage p. 120

Give said the little stream p.236 vs 3

Search, Ponder, and Pray p.109

Joseph Smith’s First Prayer, Hymn 26

The Eighth Article of Faith p. 126

Every Star is Different p. 142

Here are a few coloring pages from the church website that I've used in Search Ponder and Pray. These scenes from the Book of Mormon were some of the stories I thought of when I considered the words of the song.

"I feel the spirit start to grow within my heart, a testimony that they're true." This picture even has hidden hearts drawn in.

Alma baptizes at the Waters of Mormon

This picture is what I thought of when I considered the words, "I'll come to understand, I'll heed the Lord's command, and live as he would have me do.

Moroni's Title of Liberty

Joseph Smith's First Prayer vs 1

 This is our final verse to learn for our first song this year. I hope you enjoy it. Knowing the whole song tells us the great story of Joseph Smith's First Vision.

 This week, use the first page of last week's printable. It's a drawing activity. Finish drawing the picture of the sun, the bee, the bird and the grove of trees.

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This is the list of today's song:

I will follow God’s plan p. 164

Falling Snow p. 248

In the Leafy Treetops p. 240

Joseph Smith’s First Prayer, Hymn 26

Special Guests

I will be what I believe, by Blake Gillette

Teacher Spotlights

Every Star is Different p. 142

 The teacher spotlights will be a feature in the Singing Time videos, but a collection of the teacher spotlights will also be viewable on the Teacher Blog page here

Joseph Smith's First Prayer and The First Article of Faith

 Hello, Friends. Today I'm going to teach the second verse of Joseph Smith's First Prayer and as our Special Guests, Skinny and Tesler are going to learn The First Article of Faith with you.

For this verse of Joseph Smith's First Prayer, I'm going to use face expressions and drawings to help teach the meaning of the words. I do draw a few versions of the faces and I hope your child feels like they can draw it any way they want. But I did want to warn the perfectionists out there that if they are trying to copy exactly what I do, you might want to you a pencil with an eraser. I make mistakes and change my mind...I can do that with a dry erase board. I hope it all goes well.

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You can use any paper to draw faces on or you can print this worksheet with circles and the lyrics.

The link takes you to my printable for verses 1 and 2. I'll teach verse 1 next week.

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Here's is today's list of songs

I will follow God’s plan p. 164

Smiles p. 267

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam p. 60

I’m trying to be like Jesus p. 78

Joseph Smith’s First Prayer, Hymn 26

Special Guest – The First Article of Faith

Every Star is Different p. 142

Joseph Smith's First Prayer, verses 3 and 4

 Hello everyone! Today's video has a lot of variety. I start with our new opening song, sing some fun songs, sing a song for the Come Follow Me lesson, teach the song of the month, introduce The Living Christ and a song that puts it to music and finally a cutting activity to introduce our new closing song.

For the rest of January, we are going to learn Joseph Smith's First Prayer, Hymn 26. We're going to start backwards, of course. I'll teach verse 4 then 3. Then in the next two weeks, I'll teach 2 and 1. Each verse is important to the song and the story of when Joseph went into a grove of trees to find out how he could repent of his sins and which church to join.

 The Living Christ was written by the prophet and apostles in 2000 and set to music by Cassie Gadd in our stake.

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Here's a list of today's songs:

I will follow God’s plan p. 164

Jesus wants me for a sunbeam p. 60

Here’s the church – fingerplay

I love to see the temple p. 95

Joseph Smith’s First Prayer, Hymn 26

Special Guest – The Living Christ Song

Every Star is Different p. 142

I am like a Star p. 163

Printable Activity - Every Star is Different

I made a printable activity to help teach the song Every Star is Different. You cut along the solid lines and fold along the dotted lines. It's kind of like making snowflakes.

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Here's a link to the latest First Vision video.

Ask of God

Here's a link to The Living Christ

The Living Christ