If I Listen with My Heart: Verse 2 - Melody Map for Older Children

 The words are put up around the room.  

The children notice them as they walk in.  

When it is time for music, I put up the melody map out of order and ask some questions. Link to the questions HERE.

As I sing the second verse, the children one by one (with a tap on the shoulder from me) chose a word and place it on the melody map where it goes in the song.

This is the 3rd of 4 poster boards ("The prophet teaches how to live....")

When all the words are on the melody map, I ask the children to sing the words on the map, and I will sing all the others. Then we switch and they sing all the other words while I sing the words on the map. 

Bringing order to the song in this way is a huge learning help for the children.  They hear the song over and over again in their head, and literally "map out" the song with this activity.  And it is fun!