Studies have shown that students learn much faster when their attention is directed to the subject at hand. If they are on their phones, or reading something else, or writing notes to a neighbor, they might be listening, but they aren’t retaining much at all. If their attention is directed to the topic, such as …
The directed listening method really works! Here is what one primary music leader wrote about it: “I wanted to let you know that I was able to teach the chorus and two verses of, “If I Were There”, in our Primary singing time last week using the directed listening method. The children had never heard …
Think back at your time in Primary. What songs did you love singing? How did they make you feel? Have you taught any of those to your Primary children yet? Now is a great time to do that! And when you do, be sure to bear a one sentence testimony about the doctrine in that …
Plan Ahead Consider choosing what you want to do in Primary on the Sunday BEFORE you present it. This gives you time during the week to think about it and refine it and practice it. When I was a Primary President, I had a thought about what I should do for a specific sharing time. …
Manipulatives They are not toys. They are manipulatives. When elementary school teachers teach math, they often use manipulatives to teach the concepts – tens and hundreds, fractions, etc. The use of these manipulatives helps children see, feel, and understand these math concepts. See https://www.scholastic.com/…/math-manipulatives.html
Repetition strengthens the connections in the brain in children.Why is this important? It’s important because the child will learn and notice more and more information during each repetition. At first, they might just learn the words and melody. Then later on, they might notice what words are on higher notes, interesting things about the rhythm, …
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