Today I reviewed "When I Am Baptized". The kids all knew it pretty well, it was in last year's program too. So here's what I did. It was my first day so I reviewed everyone's names, and talked about how excited I was to be singing with them. We also talked about how some Sundays we will focus on the words, sometimes on the melody and the notes, sometimes on what the songs mean, and sometimes we will just plain have fun!
Jr. I talked about how much I liked the song, and told them that one thing that's so cool about this song is that even the music is like a rainbow and sounds like rain. The melody/notes in the verses start low and gradually step up, then back down, kind of looking like a rainbow. The pianist played the melody soft and legato, so they could visualize the rainbow. Then we talked about the chorus, and how it is more choppy like rain, and the pianist played it staccato. The kids thought it was pretty cool.
We looked up Genesis 9 (well, I looked it up) and they summarized the story of Noah for them and talked about how it ties into the song, that a rainbow is a symbol of the covenant we've made and how the rainbow is a symbol of how the Lord will never flood the earth like that again.
I made rainbow wands (popsicle sticks with ribbon glued on the ends and a pom pom to cover up the messy glue), and we sang the song probably 4 or 5 times, giving all the kids turns waving the rainbow wands.
Sr. I pretty much did everything the same, I just didn't do the rainbow wands. They looked up the scripture with me and were much more involved in the discussion. I spent more time with the Sr. kids on names because I was a CTR 6 teacher before this and so I knew a lot more of the Jr. kids.
It was a great day, and I just think I have the best calling in the whole church! I get to sing (even though I really can't carry a tune on my own-who cares!), have fun with the kids, and I don't have to do the disciplining! I get a lot of freedom as to what I teach and how I do it, and it's just the best!
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