What I did:
I created my own version of the "Celestial Singing" poster with the star (representing pretty good job), moon (representing very good job), and sun (representing excellent singing or Celestial Singing). For each of the songs in the program, I also created a star with the name of each song. At the beginning of singing time, I'd have a reverent child come up and pick a song for us to run through.
To engage the kids, I bought a couple star shakers from the dollar store. I had a couple children who were being "celestial singers" come up and do the shakers while we sang the next song. I also had a child that was being a "shining" example of a celestial singer come up and help me conduct using a glow stick. I called up new children for each of the songs. They all really seemed to enjoy getting to participate so much.
After we'd sing each song, we determined where we needed to place it on our chart. Over the weeks, the stars have started moving up the chart and we are well on our way to become "Celestial Singers".

This is such a cute idea! I was just called to be the primary chorister in my ward and I am so excited!
ReplyDeleteI love all of your creative ideas and I can't wait to try them out! Please leave your blog ideas up for all us choristers! Thanks for sharing your talents! - Nan in AZ
Thank you Nan. I have no plans to take it down. Enjoy your new calling! It's a good one! :)
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