I Will Follow God's Plan for Me: Shaker pattern for Younger Children

"Children learn best through movement."

Pat Graham, former Primary General Board member

Younger Children need to move again and again to the same song, but the brain craves variety!  Here is another idea to move to the steady beat of the song.

Egg Shaker Pattern

You can either buy commercial egg shakers, make egg shakers with rice, plastic Easter Eggs, and duct tape, use maracas, or anything that will make a soft sound like a shaker when you shake it.

Example video HERE

Shake, shake (with one hand),

Hold (putting shaker on the palm of the other hand as if to stop the sound).

You will be "holding" on these words:

• gift

• plan

• purpose

• -gan

• come

• earth

• light

• birth 

Shake the shaker fast and furiously on the words

• "I will follow God's"

then tap the shaker on the other hand 4 x.

Shake the shaker fast and furiously on the words

• "Holding fast to His"

then tap the shaker on the other hand 4 x. 

Shake, shake (with one hand),

Hold (putting shaker on the palm of the other hand)

You will be "holding" on these words:

• work

• pray

• always

Shake the shaker fast and furiously on the words

• "walk in His way."  

Shake, shake (with one hand),

Hold (putting shaker on the palm of the other hand)

You will be "holding" on these words:

• happy

• earth (however, this word receives the two shakes AND the hold all on the same word)

• home

• a-

Shake the shaker fast and furiously on the word "-bove."  

Have the children end the note with you by stopping the sound of the shaker in the other hand.