Feel the Music

Music and feeling go hand in hand for me, so I wanted to convey the idea that I want them to put "feeling" into their music, not just singing it blandly, but making it a part of their body, almost like they can touch it.  Got this idea here and mostly followed the same plan. 

I created a simple board display with two holes in it, which had flaps of cloth on the back.  I had a kid put both hands in the holes and I would then put an object in their hands, which they would then have to feel and try to figure out what it was without looking, and then decide what song it also represented:

• I Know That My Savior Loves Me = felt heart
• He Sent His Son = envelope
• Follow the Prophet = toy lion (we are doing Daniel in the Lion's Den), could also do a candy cane for a staff for Moses, etc., or Friend Magazine
• Church of Jesus Christ = small church figurine, or a missionary tag
• The Holy Ghost - bird (represent a dove), maybe a blanket for comfort
• Faith = seed
• Come Follow Me = shoe
• Tell Me the Stories of Jesus = book

After we sang the song I reiterated that you don't always have to know ALL the words to a song to FEEL what it is like or FEEL its meaning.  A fairly simple way to teaching putting feeling into the words.