Song: I’m Glad to Pay a Tithing
Song -“I’m Glad to Pay a Tithing” Children’s Songbook pg 150
Preparation
Print one copy of the song pictures. Be prepared to play the song on a media device. A copy of the song can be obtained from www.lds.net, or CD’s can be checked out from the meetinghouse library.
Put the mountain scene in a page protector. Cut out the small pictures and word strips. Put removeable doubled sided tape on the back of each small picture and word strip.
Verse One
Tell the children to listen to the words in the song as you play or sing it. Have them find three things in the first verse that Heavenly Father has given us. (The sun that shines, the rain that falls, the meadowlark that sings) Put the pictures of those items on the mountain scene.
Ask what two words describe these gifts. (Good and Lovely) Put this word strip up above the mountain scene on the right hand side.
Then ask who gives us these good and lovely things? (Heavenly Father) Put this word strip to the left of “Good and Lovely”.
You are now ready to sing the first verse. Take the pictures off and put them on at the appropriate times as you sing the song, or leave them on and point to them when you come to that part.
Tell the children to look at the pictures to help them remember the words as they sing.
Verse Two:
(Keep verse one pictures on the scene as you sing verse two)
On the second verse put the child on the mountain scene. Ask what the child is holding. (A tithing envelope)
Tell the children to listen to the song, then ask, “What does the song say I am glad to do”? (Pay a tithing) Point out how happy and glad the child looks.
According to the song how much should you pay? (One tenth of all I earn) Put the word strip “1/10th” below the mountain scene on the left hand side.
Does the song say it is a big or a little thing to pay tithing? (Little)
Put the word strip “Little” on the bottom right of the mountain scene.
Put on the rest of the pictures and indicate the whole picture when you tell them the last sentence – “it’s little when I think of all God gives me in return”.
You are now ready to try and sing the second verse the same way you did the first.
Review song words the children had trouble with and then sing the song again.
Encourage the children to think this week of all that God has given them and to remember how little one-tenth is to give God in return.
Review
The following hand movements can also be used to help the children remember certain words:
“Gives Me” (cusp hand and move it forward as if offering something)
“All” (Spread hands and arms apart to indicate everything)
“Shines” (Ball up hand and then flick fingers out several times)
“Falls” (Put arms above head and move them down as fingers are spread
out and fluttering)
“Sings” (Put fingers tips on the mouth and open hand as you move it away from the face)
“Glad” (Smile widely and point to your smile)
“One tenth” ( Hold up ten fingers and put down one finger)
“Little” (Make a fist and extend the pointer finger and the thumb and put the finger tips of those two fingers close together)
“All” (Spread hands and arms apart to indicate everything)