Song presentation: “Love Is Spoken Here” (pp. 190–91).
Display signs
such as “English Is Spoken Here,”
“Russian Is Spoken Here,”
“French Is Spoken Here” around
the room.
Ask the children to describe an
area where that language is
spoken.
Display another sign that reads,
“Love Is Spoken Here.” Ask them
what kind of place this would be.
Tell them it is important to
speak loving words at home, no
matter what language they are
spoken in.
Ask the children to help you create a picture of a place where love is spoken. Ask them to listen as you begin the picture.
Sing, “I
see my mother kneeling.”
Invite a girl to represent a
mother. The child representing
the mother can reinforce the
words by using gestures.
For example, the child can bend
her knees when the song says, “kneeling”;
the child can point to her mouth when the song says, “whispers”;
the child can put her finger
over her mouth when the song
says, “quiets.”
At the end of the verse, have
the child point to the sign
“Love Is Spoken Here.”
Invite a
boy to represent a father in the
second part of the song. Use
similar gestures to reinforce
the words of the song.
Be sure to sing the lines
several times so that the
children can hear the melody and
rhythm.
Again point to the sign at the
end.
Teach the final line of the song
by displaying a picture of the
Savior such as
GAK 240 (Jesus the Christ)
next to the “Love Is Spoken Here”
sign.
Explain to
the children that the picture
you have created might not be
the picture they see in their
homes right now. It is not the
picture that Sister Vicki F.
Matsumori, second counselor in
the Primary general presidency,
saw when she was growing up. But
this is her favorite song.
She says: “Because I grew up in
a nonmember home, I did not see
my mother kneel in prayer or
experience my father exercising
the priesthood. The song
represents the example I hoped
my own children would have in
our home and the standard I hope
will continue through the
generations of our family.” Bear
testimony of the blessings of
living the gospel in the home,
and challenge the children to
prepare to have eternal families
of their own