Sharing something with you.

Grant loves to sing! He has always loved to sing. Grant also gets VERY upset when you don't read his mind. He doesn't know the names of songs. Of course, I don't have the ability to read minds and there have been many tantrums when I can't guess what song he wants to sing. So, I figured out what to do... I made a song chart. I chose 24 of the most common songs we sang as a family and drew pictures for each one, then laminated it. He would walk around the house, come up to us and point to a picture he wanted to sing. It worked, no more crying. For his birthday this last month I made him another one, with church songs. You wouldn't believe me, but he really is attached to these charts. He even brings them to church with him to sing songs. I thought I would share it with you so you could make one if you want, no pressure!

One side Other side

Some of the pictures I drew from primary clip art, so they may look familiar. They are pretty interchangeable, but I will share with you what songs I have used and their page number in the songbook. From the top and left to right:

Faith – 96
Wise man and foolish man – 281
Primary colors
Birds in the tree – 241
I’m trying to be like Jesus – 78
I am like a star – 163
I hope they call me on a mission – 169
Book of Mormon stories – 118
Pioneer children sang as they walked – 214
Choose the right
Give said the little stream – 236
I pray in faith – 14
Reverence is love – 31
Popcorn popping – 242
Follow the prophet – 110
I love to see the temple – 95
The Church of Jesus Christ – 76
A Family is of God – new primary song
Jesus wants me for a sunbeam – 60
Hinges – 277
I lived in Heaven – 4
Rain is falling all around – 241
Children all over the world – 16
All things bright and beautiful - 231

This is the first song chart I made and here's the songs I used:

Mr. Sun
Humpty Dumpty
If you’re happy and you know it
This old man, he played 1…
Head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Row your boat
ABC
Twinkle Twinkle
Pat –a- cake
Itsy bitsy spider
Down by the station
Pop goes the weasel, or popcorn popping
5 Green and speckled frogs
Baby Beluga
Apples and Bananas
B-I-N-G-O
Wheels on the bus
Down by the bay
5 Little monkeys
Take me out to the ball game
Red, Orange, Yellow….
5 Little ducks
5 Little monkeys swinging in the trees…
Old MacDonald

I hope someone finds this as useful as we did! I don't really know how to add files on here, so if you can't enlarge the pictures, just let me know and I can email them to you instead :-)