- NOTE: The number of fingers used to make the action coordinates with the number Verse Number.
- NOTE: Three phrases per verse = 3 actions per verse. Well, almost [ahem, verse 4]....
- NOTE: The last (4th) time I do the chorus my hands go down with the note so the kids know that this is the time with the low note!
- NOTE: In person the actions are much bigger. Especially the chorus, which I tend to do with my whole body - reaching up to the ceiling and down to the ground (on the low note on the 4th time of the chorus). In the video I'm trying to stay in frame and it's obviously awkward. It's also awkward because the actions were still new to me and I'm also trying not to laugh at my husband who is holding up the backdrop (so you don't see my messy family room!).
- NOTE: These are just prompts and actions, this is not American Sign Language :)
*OH! I'm pitch-leading on the CHORUS. The kids do it with me and they like to do the "rollercoaster" at the end. :)
*PS - I do these actions a lot bigger in person (at least, I think I do.... I don't really watch myself...). When I pitch lead I use my whole body and go up on my toes (especially in JR Primary). But I had to stay in frame and try to do everything while staying in the little box here. Good times. :)
VERSE 1: ONE finger....
- "Jesus entered Jordan's water" -- WATER WAVES
- "when his work had..." -- FINGER UP
- "spoke from Heaven" -- POINT TO HEAVEN
VERSE 2: TWO fingers....
- "Nephites gazing..." -- POINT TO BOTH EYES AND DIRECT UPWARD
- "saw their..." -- TWO FINGERS POINT TO EYE
- "heard their Father witness" -- TWO FINGERS BEHIND EAR
VERSE 3: THREE fingers [on each hand]...
- "Joseph saw..." -- GESTURE UPWARD & PULL IT DOWN SLOWLY
- "brighter than the sun" - SUNBURST FINGERS
- "God again presented Jesus" - GESTURE OUT TO ALL
VERSE 4: FOUR fingers [each hand]....
- "As I read the scriptures daily..." -- BOOK HANDS
- "in my heart I'll hear..." -- HAND ON HEARTsdf
