We currently have two review games that we use, but it's time for some new ones!
Right now, we have a "fishing" game where the children catch a fish with a magnet. The fish all have different songs printed on them.
The other game we started last spring. It's a vase full of paper roses. The children come up and pick a flower. The song is printed on the leaves of the flower.
Any "new" ideas would be great! Looking forward to your replies.
Post by Mommy of Many on Apr 18, 2010 20:07:43 GMT -5
I have made a "Chutes and ladders" game that we sing when getting to the top of the ladders or bottom of the chutes and they are climbing to heaven.
Use poster board to make just a path zigzagging each spot has a song or action including go back 6 spaces (this one goes back to a program song they are having difficulty with).
We have glued ribbon to the end of dowels when they pick them it has a number and animal or other hint on the end. We sing that song using the fun prompt (pig=oink, cow=moo, cat, lala, dog, frog, etc.) then sing it a second time the right way.
I made spinners that one says who sings the other says how (rubbing tummy, wiggle arms, on one foot, etc) or (teachers only, boys, girls, close toes shoes, blonde or brown hair...). In fact today we used this at the end of the day just to see how many we could do at one time. Example: blonde=stomp feet, brown hair=stand, close toe shoes=clap, boys=rub tummy.. all at the same time.
I have made a puzzle out of a picture of Christ and put either numbers or names of songs on the back of each piece. I pick a child to come and put the piece together on the board. I might make it harder that if they don't sing the song well then the piece goes back in the pile until we get it right.
We have also played a memory game using pictures from the friend or other church material and when they got a match, we sang the song that related to the picture. (kids had fun)
One that my kids always enjoy is an idea I found at sugar doodle I think, wish I could remember to give credit, but I can't. It is the human spinner. I just borrow a chair from the clerks office, one of those office chairs that spins, I made laminated cards, that have the program songs on the, and you put themon the ground around the chair. I pick two kids on to sit on the chair, and one to spin it. they hold there feet out, like the pointer of the spinner and where they stop, the pick that one up and they sing it! the kids beg to do this one!
I got the idea off the website for the Disney movie game. The kids really enjoyed it. I put the names of the program songs behind the movies and the kids picked their favorite Disney movie and we sang the song on the back. I did put some fun songs in there also and by the end of Singing Time, I only had 2 songs left of 14.