I love singing rounds, my extended family has done them for years at reunions. The primary songbook has a number of rounds, but many are never sung. So for Thanksgiving I wanted to do my favorite and the simplest of them all, "For Health and Strength" pg 21.
We have a huge Junior Primary so I had them stay in their seats. First we counted 3 on their fingers as they sang, for the 3 things to give thanks for. After practicing the simple words a few times, we split them into two groups and tried the round with teachers helping. They did pretty good, enough that I was able to split them into 4 groups, although 2 worked better.
Senior Primary was even more fun, but only worked because I have a small senior primary group. Since we were singing a "round", I told them they needed to be "around." I had them literally gather AROUND me in a circle and then I split them into 4 quadrants, about 4 kids each. Then we sang the round in 4 parts, while I turned in a circle in the middle, helping each group when it was their turn. It was a lot of fun and I think they enjoyed watching me try to keep up and spin around. Love having a smaller group to work with!
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