FIRST SUNDAY: Before the kids come in I built the temple with the "I" statements only using magnets. They already partially knew the song, so I had them fill in each statement and then placed the pictures on top of the "I" statements. Then we went through it again, seeing if they remembered it without the word clues.
I talked specifically about the word proclaim and had them give me ideas of what it meant. Since its a harder word they tended to get quieter at this point, so I talked about proclaiming to be like saying something strong and with excitement, and said their voices should do the same, get strong and have some excitement. This helped a lot to end the song on a strong note.
SECOND SUNDAY: I started with the "I" statements placed on top of the pictures. Beforehand, on the back of the "I" statements I placed post-it notes that had a description written on it, like "a girl with black shoes", or "a boy wearing a tie". A kid was chosen to come up and randomly I picked a statement for them to finish. If they did it then we moved it over to start a new building next to the original, and they also got to pick a person that fit the description listed on the back to do the next one. This worked really well and I found out which phrases were the trickiest to remember.
THIRD SUNDAY: I just held the words and pictures in order. I had one side of the room sing the "I" statements, and the other side sing the rest, pictures as visual clues. They loved this because I had to run back and forth between them, trying to switch the pictures at the same time, and I didn't always keep up with them, but they got a laugh out of it, and by then they really knew the song!
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