Keep the Beat

This is an activity for the Seniors.  It's tricky, and even the teachers and I struggled with it.  BUT, we all know how much the older boys hate singing time, so the more challenging the activities/games are, the more participation I get from them. 

Last week we were learning the third verse to Nephi's Courage for the Primary Presentation.  I chose 4 kids to come up the front.  Each of them needed to come up with 2 actions each.  Now, there are 4 lines per verse.  Each of the kids got a line each, to do their actions, to the beat. 

Here's what we did:

The Lord gives us commandments and asks us to obey (clap clap/leg slap leg slap x2)
Sometimes I am tempted to choose another way (stomp stomp/face slap face slap x2)
When I'm discouraged and think I cannot try (shake hand shake hand/clap clap x2)
I will be courageous, and I will reply (clap clap/click click x2)

We continued to keep the beat into the chorus aswell - using the same actions.  It took us a good 4 times through to start to get the hang of it, but they were all laughing and trying REALLY hard to remember the actions and the words.  I am doing it again with them this week to see if they can get the hang of it better.