Stand For The Right - Song Detectives

To teach the Primary Song Stand For The Right on page 159,

I decided to have the children be song detectives.

You can really play up the part by dressing in a trench coat,

having a magnifying glass and a notebook to write down clues.

Actions  The children stay seated until  they sing Be True, Be True.  

Have them fist pump in the air as they sing each Be True. 

Then they sit back down.  At the end of the song they stand and

do the actions for Be True and then put their hands on hips

 when they sing And stand for the right.

Explain to the children that we are Song Detectives.  Detectives  always ask leading questions to solve a mystery.

We have some important questions to answer.

(You could write each question on the board in really small writing and then

have a child come up to look at the word through the magnifying glass.)

Who? 

Sing: Our prophet has some words for you.

Display a picture of President Monson 

What?

Sing: And these are the words "Be True, Be True"

- Be Strong! Be Clean! Avoid such degrading and destructive types of content at all costs wherever they may be! 

Pres. Monson Gen. Con. May 2009 Ensign

Read: Joshua 24:15 "Choose you this day who ye will serve;... but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Where?

Sing: At work or at play,

- "Although our journey through mortality will at times place us in harms way, may I offer you... three suggestions which when observed and followed, will lead us to safety, the are: 1. Study diligently.  2. Pray fervently.  3. Live righteously.  If we incorporate them into our lives, however, we will have the strength to withstand the adversary.  Should we ignore them, we will be opening the door for Satan to have influence and power over us."  Pres. Monson Priesthood Session May 2009 Ensign

When?

Sing: In darkness or light.

- My counsel for all of us is to look to the lighthouse of the Lord.  There is no fog so dense, no night so dark no gale so strong, no mariner so lost but what its beacon light can rescue.  It beacons through the storms of life.  The lighthouse of the Lord sends forth signals readily recognized and never failing.  Pres. Monson Gen. Con. May 2010 Ensign

How?

Sing: Be True, be true,
And stand for the right.

- May you have courage.  First, the courage to refrain from judging others.  Second, the courage to be chaste and virtuous.  Third, the courage to stand firm for truth and righteousness.  Pres. Monson General YW Meeting May 2009 Ensign