A Children's Songbook Companion

I bought this book a few years ago, and am finally getting around to writing a review. It's been a really awesome resource for me as a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints with the calling of Primary Music Leader. I sometimes struggle with introducing a new song. I have no issues finding ways to review songs and play games, buyt introducing the song for the first time can be tricky for me. This book really helps me plan how I want to introduce the song and focus on the meaning as well as singing the actual song itself. Great resource to use in conjunction with all the online social resources and blogs out there. I would definitely recommend buying it. The Kindle version is so cheap, and even if you don't use it for every song you teach, it has great ideas you can pick and choose, and adapt to fit your lesson plans.

Thank you. For being a used book, it was in great shape.

I got called to be the Primary Music Leader in our ward about 4 months ago and I had no experience. Right after I received the call I went crazy looking for resources to try to make my calling easier, and this was a great find! It has helps and ideas for every song in the songbook. The helps and ideas contain pictures that you can scan and enlarge to use for singing time. A lot of the songs have stories from LDS history that you can use to supplement your teaching of the song. I highly recommend this book. It's nice to have a hard copy of something that you can go to whenever you need help instead of searching online for stuff!

In addition to the information about the song and tips about how to teach the words and music - I love the pictures, simple black and white drawings, easy to copy (permission is granted in the book). It is often difficult to find free pictures to use to illustrate a song for junior primary. There are also great general ideas about music time in the front of the book.If I wanted to be picky I could say it would be nicer if the page numbers in the Companion matched the page numbers in the Children's Songbook, but surely I can do a little bit of the work.

Its a great book and lovely tool. In my situation, my primary president doesn't want me to do lessons, just singing so I haven't been able to use it to its full potential. But I'm not sorry I have it! I would recommend to others.

Don’t know what I would do without this handy teaching tool! Has been a great support to me in my new calling as Children’s music chorister.

This is a great book full of ideas for help wiht singing time for Primary. The one I was sent had a different, older cover than the one pictured here, however.

I love that this book has information and ideas for EVERY song in the Children's Hymnbook! Even those tiny little songs that you can't think of how to present them in a fun way! So many good ideas!

Extremely useful and doable. Been teaching songs to children and the ideas for presenting the songs have been really successful. Even children with special needs have been able to learn them and to see their happy faces as they sing their hearts out is testimonial enough to the value of this book! Highly recommended.