ASL For Children All Over the World

We sang and signed the first part really well in my Primary today!  :D


All over the world     ASL for WORLD
at the end of day,     ASL for DAY (it's like a sunset)
Heav'nly Father's     ASL for HF
children     ASL for CHILDREN
kneel down     point to knees
and pray,     fold arms

Each saying thank you     ASL for THANK YOU (every time you sing thank you....)
in his own special way,
Saying thank you,
thank you in his own special way.

"Gracias." (grah-see-ahs)
"Malo." (mah-loh)
"Wir danken dir." (veer don-ken deer)

All over the world tender voices hear.

Some say "tak," (tahk)
others "merci," (mare-see)
"Kansha shimasu," (kahn-shah shee-mah-sue),
we thank thee.

Our Heavenly Father hears them;     point to ear
He understands each tongue.

Our Heav'nly Father knows them;     point to head
He loves them,     crossed arms/hug self
loves them,     crossed arms/hug self
ev'ry one.    arms outreached to every one

LESSON PLAN for Children All Over the World

For the song Children All Over the World, Print off the FLAGS for Children All Over the World and use them in this lesson. On the back of the flag,put the word and annunciation;

Lesson:

1. Put the flags on the board, flag face up
2. Learn the song, humming the words to add later....
3. When the song is learned (sans foreign words), Flip over one flag at a time & add that word into the song
4. When the whole song is learned, give a flag to each class. When the song gets to the foreign words, only sing the flag your class has.

If extra time.... use the around the world KIDS to get in some movement (and review):

1. Invite a child to pick an around the world kid
2. Sing that way

Here are some ASL/actions for the song.  

Flags for Children All Over The World

Use these flags in THIS Lesson Plan

*Flag images (below) from: Flagpedia
*BLACK AND WHITE COLORING PAGE FLAGS can be found on Activity Village.

SPANISH  "Gracias" (grah-see-ahs)

TONGAN  "Malo" (mah-loh)

GERMAN  "Wir danken dir." (veer don-ken deer)

DANISH "tak" (tahk)

FRANCE  "merci," (mare-see)

JAPANESE  "Kansha shimasu," (kahn-shah shee-mah-sue)