Power-ups

I'm coming out of summer hibernation to share with you a terrific, simple little idea I learned from Brandon Davies, who has been subbing in our primary for several weeks. He has many years' experience doing primary music, and I admired the simplicity and effectiveness of this little technique, which he called "Power-ups."

While reviewing a song in Junior Primary, Brandon told the kids (after they had sung the song once) that he thought a "power-up" might really help the singing to sound more fabulous. A "power-up" consisted merely of standing up, turning around, and sitting back down again. Everyone stood and "powered-up," and the singing improved quite magically! The children were amazed.

I love this little idea. Everyone gets to move, while staying engaged and personally invested in the outcome. Brandon let the children decide how many power-ups a song needed: ("This song is pretty complicated. Do you think we might need two power-ups? Or maybe even THREE?")

Pure genius. Thank you, Brandon!

Do you have an easy review idea you'd like to share? Please comment!