Conversation Heart Singing Meter Board

For Valentines I put "conversation hearts" on my Singing Meter Board!  The kids loved it.  

Broken Hearts for I Will Follow God's Plan

Concerning prep work, there are 2 versions below. Easy and hard. (Hard isn't really that hard, it's just more effort...)

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EASY:

1. Glue/print song phrases on hearts. Cut them apart.
2. Post them randomly on the board.
3. Invite children to match them up.
4. When a match is made, sing it.
5. When all matches are made sing the whole song.

*I thought I thought of this idea!, but then I found it on Toddler Land (pictured above).  She's already made a printable for it, so go there and grab it!

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HARD(er):

So, here (pic below) is my own version of how I will use the broken hearts idea for IWFGP. Of course, printing the document from Toddler Land (link above) would be the easiest thing to do. Instead, I made my broken hearts to be reusable. I laminated them and taped the lyrics to the front. More work? Yes. Reusable for the future? Yes. (see my hearts blank, here)

How I'll use these hearts for reviewing and cementing I Will Follow God's Plan:

1. I will draw numbers on the board, holding the place for the assembled hearts. (Hearts have coordinating numbers on the back).
2. Heart pieces will be taped to the piano.
3. I'll call a child up to make a match, then we'll tape the heart on it's numbered spot on the board.
4. We'll sing the song. Humming if there are no words taped up yet, and singing the lyrics to the phrases that have been matched and posted on the board.

Broken hearts: Assembled!
With I Will Follow God's Plan lyrics on them.
The white parts will be removed and I can make more if I decide to use these laminated hearts again.

Mend the Broken Hearts

1. Cut out hearts.
2. Cut them in half.
3. Put lyric phrases on the hearts (half and half).
4. Display them taped up randomly.
5. Call up a child to make a match.
6. When a match is made, tape the match on the board and,
7. Sing the song. Hum the song and only sing the words for the hearts that are matched.
8. Repeat.

HERE is this idea in use for I Will Follow God's Plan

Number them!

My "HOW TO SING" Hearts / Heart Darts Game

These are 8x10. That size works well if you want to print them as photos (for durability). Or, use a home printer. Whatever works for you!  Two pages below:

*PS - I used them with the Prayer Is a Conversation With Heavenly Father: Valentine's Version Lesson for learning the song I Pray In Faith.

8x10

8x10

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Here is how I used them - for Heart Darts! (magnetic dart board):

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I used these conversation heart printables from AF Singing Time to make the finished product:

• CONVERSATION HEARTS with words
• BLANK Conversation Hearts

Conversation Heart Scripture Handout

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I found this very cute conversation heart handout HERE at Creative Ladies Ministry. If not for Primary, I may use them for Visiting Teaching....

"If Ye Love Me, Keep My Commandments...." Valentines Activity

OCDPrimary Chorister has a very cute and easy Valentine's activity! Based on the scripture John 14:15, "If ye love me, keep my commandments".  The post has printable visual aides and everything. :D

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I Pray In Faith: Valentines Version - Prayer is a Conversation With Our Heavenly Father

VERSE 1 - 8x10 Poster

VERSE 1 - 8x10

VERSE 1 - 8x10

VERSE 2 - 8x10

LESSON:

Explain that prayer is a conversation with our Heavenly Father.

INTRO VERSE 1:

• Hang up “I can pray to...” poster
• Call a child to pick a paper heart. On it is something we can pray about. Talk about it, tape it on the board.
• Learn lyrics and Sing.

VERSE 1:
I kneel to pray, every day (point to knees)
I speak to Heavenly Father (point up)
He hears and answers me (point to self)
When I pray in Faith (fold arms)

INTRO VERSE 2:

• Hang up “How to pray...” and numbered poster
• Remove cover one lyric line at a time (from the numbered poster).
• Learn lyrics and Sing.

VERSE 2:
(Hold up finger numbers)
1. I begin by saying Dear Heavenly father
2. I thank Him for blessings he sends
3. Then humbly I ask him for things that I need
4. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen

AFTER LEARNING THE WHOLE SONG,
Have a child choose a heart that says how we are going to sing (the link goes to printable docs that match the posters above). We played Heart Darts.

Sing and repeat How To Sing activity.


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PREPARE:

• Posters (*I print them at Sams Club Photo)
• ‘ways to sing’ hearts
• candy handout (see below)

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Handouts - Small Bag Tag Toppers
4 per page on 4x6
Fold in half to have hearts on the front and a heart on the back .
The heart on the back has my Primary info on it. Re-photoshop for your needs. Or, just cut it off.
Staple to top of bag filled with conversation hearts.

Assembly is fun... :)

Big bowl of sugar, anyone?

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I used these conversation heart printables from AF Singing Time:

• CONVERSATION HEARTS with words
• BLANK Conversation Hearts

Name That Primary Song About LOVE / Make a Card For the Bishop

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SONGS (links go to my flip charts):

• I Feel My Saviors Love 74
• I Love To See The Temple 95
• I'll Walk With You 140
• I'm Trying to Be Like Jesus 78
• Jesus Loved the Little Children 59
• Jesus Said Love Everyone 61
• Love is Spoken Here 190
• Love One Another 136
• Mother, I Love You 207
• My Heavenly Father Loves Me 228
• Oh How We Love to Stand 279
• Reverence is Love 31
• Teacher, Do You Love Me 178
• We Are Different 263
• Where Love Is 138

*THIS LINK is all the lyrics to the songs w/flip charts in one document. I'm going to hand it out to my Teachers. It looks like this:

Teacher's Copy, page 1 of 3

THE PLAN:

Tape up a sign that says “Name That Primary Song About LOVE!”

JR:
Pass a heart around - when the piano stops, that child gets to come up and pick a piece of a heart puzzle with a song # on the back. Pianist plays a few notes of the song. Child tries to guess what song it is. Sing that song. Tape the piece on the posterboard.

SR:
Pass around 2 hearts. Two kids come up. I pick a heart puzzle piece. Pianist plays a few notes. Whoever knows the song first, rings the bell. Winner gets to tape up the piece on the heart. Sing that song.

*Every time “love” is said, either sit or stand

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EXTRA TIME:
After the heart puzzle is all put together;
JR: pass out printed papers for the kids to color and write notes on to the Bishopric
SR: pass out blank papers  for the kids to draw and write notes on to the Bishopric

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ADD’L INFO:
The heart puzzle is a poster board on which a big outline of a heart is drawn on it (the pieces of the heart have the songs on them) - at the end of Primary write “WE Love Our Bishop!” on the heart. Give it to him after church for him to hang in his office.
*Make 2 - one for JR and one for SR.

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PREPARE:

• 2 posterboard heart-outline cards
• 2 sets of heart puzzle pieces
• write songs #s on the back of the puzzle pieces
• list of songs to song
• bell
• flip charts for the songs on the list
• printed color sheets
• blank paper
• crayons

Hot Cold Broken Hearts

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Tape halves of hearts on the board (have the other halves in a basket or bag or something for the kids to pick from).

*Optional - explain how Jesus is our Savior and mends broken hearts*

One child goes out into the hall.

Another child chooses from the colored hearts. (Be sure to read the heart before the child hides it so you know what song you're singing!) Then the child hides the heart.

Sing the song listed on the heart while the child who was out in the hallway looks for the hidden half. Play “hot/cold” to help the child find the heart (you know, get louder when they’re close, quieter when they go the wrong way...)

Repeat

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PREPARE:

• Cut out hearts
• Cut hearts in half
• Choose the songs you want to review with this game...
• Write songs and #s on heart halves
• Separate the blank halves (they go up on the board) from the halves with the songs written on them (these are the ones the kids will choose from).

Conversation Hearts!

I found this list on SugarDoodle. I wanted a place to store it for future reference, so here it is. Credit given to Luana Willis.

picture credit: PN29

LIST OF CONVERSATION HEARTS SAYINGS + SONGS:

SMILE 267 Smiles
BE TRUE 159 Stand for the Right
CALL ME 197 Quickly I'll Obey
COOL 245 Oh What Do You Do in the Summertime?
I DO 207 Mother I Love You
I WILL 164 I Will Follow God's Plan, or 162 I Will Be Valiant
LOVE 74 I Feel My Saviors Love
LOVE ME 198 A Happy Family or 263 We Are Different
LOVED YOU 136 Love One Another
HE LOVES ME 211 My Dad
BIG KISS 210 Daddy's Homecoming
I'LL WHISPER 208 The Dearest Names
YOU AND ME (or) BE HAPPY 258 Our Primary Colors
HELP ME 263 We Are Different or 161 Choose The Right Way
I'M GLAD 228 My Heavenly Father Loves Me
HOORAY! 201 When Grandpa Comes
GIVE ME A HUG (HUG ME) 200 Grandmother
LOVE HER 198 When We're Helping
SPECIAL 196 Saturday
HAVING FUN 194 The Family
4 EVER 188 Families Can Be Together Forever
SHH! 156 The Chapel Doors
#1 134 Latter Day Prophets
THE BEST 103 When I Am Baptized
WIN Scripture Power
I'LL FOLLOW 77 The Church of Jesus Christ
PLEASE 60 Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
LOVES ME 5 I Know My Father Lives
THANKS 20 Thanks To Our Father
I LOVE YOU 208 The Dearest Names
TEACH ME 177 Teach Me To Walk In The Light

Others:
URA STAR 163 I Am Like A Star
UR KIND 145 Kindness Begins With Me
WISE UP 281 The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
ILU 206 Mother Dear
DIG ME 237 The Prophet Said to Plant A Garden
EVER AFTER 188 Families Can Be Together Forever
HEART OF GOLD 86 The Golden Plates


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And here are conversation heart printables from AF Singing Time!:

• CONVERSATION HEARTS with words
• BLANK Conversation Hearts

conversation hearts from AF Singing Time

SO CUTE! 

'How to Sing' Valentine's Themed Hearts from S.S.

Find them HERE at Sunbeam Singing.

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