The question I get a lot is how do you memorize when you sing so many different songs?
The answer is simple: I treat it as a marathon and not a sprint. By the end of the year we will have more songs memorized than just the program songs. (Although I feel super fine singing songs in Primary that aren't memorized.) We have sung 62 songs this year and 37 they can easily sing without the words. I don't have to reteach. Have you ever taught a song in January, just to try it out in July to see where it is for the program and the children have completely forgotten it? Have you ever gone to sing last year's songs and the children have forgotten them? In school terms we call it the summer slide. The children who do not read, etc. during the summer will slide backwards from where they ended in May. It is proven that if you put something to the side for too long, you will forget it. Especially if you have only worked on it 4 times. My general rule of thumb is to sing a program song at least once every other month. If it's a new one, then once, or twice a month. So my thinking is if I don't sing 6-8 songs each week how am I going to avoid reteaching? By clicking on the link below you can see how my plan for next year is laid out, including singing songs enough times that we will have it memorized by the end of the year and retaining songs that we already know. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1P76dgx2awsR_YHIg5KfF4UKBtqmLw6mgoApTjnXrGHs/edit?usp=sharing
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Here are my tried and true tips/tricks based upon my past experience, CFM, Preach My Gospel, and also using my teaching strategies/philosophies that I also use in my day job.
Most are simple directed listening (Focused Attention) based for easy memorization and then also focusing in on topics for internalization of the Gospel messages. Lot's of my different ideas on a few pages :) Archives
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