Hymn study

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  • September 11, 2015 at 12:14 pm
    Kelley
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    We are three weeks into our fall term, and my 7 year old daughter has zero interest in doing hymn study.  When we do it, she even kind of groans about it.  She’s a great student, and all we do is listen to the hymn and talk a little about it.  Any suggestions?

    September 11, 2015 at 12:54 pm
    Heather
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    Maybe she just doesn’t like the particular hymn you’ve chosen? Do you sing it also?

    I’ve just started Hymn study too, but there’s not too much study involved. I started with Amazing Grace. The first time we did it, I read the words and talked about what they meant. Then we sang it together. Since then we just sing it together and I’ll often sing it to them at bedtime or whenever I think about it. They have learned quite a bit of it in just the last two weeks.

    This week I added ‘Heaven Came Down’, which is not such a classic, but a fun one that I really like. They have really enjoyed it too. It had the added bonus of a personal story to go along with it (I used to sing it to my oldest constantly when he was in the womb).

    Maybe you know another hymn with a personal connection that might be more interesting to your daughter – like maybe one that was sung at your wedding or something?

    September 11, 2015 at 2:58 pm
    Tristan
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    Is the 7 year old the oldest/only?  If so, drop it!  Or find ‘children’s hymns’ instead to begin with.  For example, we use hymns from two books, one a traditional hymn book for church service and one called Children’s Songbook that is used in our children’s classes. The children’s ones – many still address beautiful gospel truths but do it in a child friendly way.  My kids hear both during our 3 hour church services so we do a mix of both in hymn study.

    Both books can be listened to free online, printed, etc here: http://www.lds.org/music?lang=eng

    At my house the age range is 14-2 so we mix it up.  When we’re doing a more formal hymn from the congregation’s book I try to begin by introducing unfamiliar words, teaching it a phrase at a time, or verse at a time, etc.

    September 29, 2015 at 1:29 pm
    Kelley
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    Any opinions here – is there any reason not to change our hymn study into learning contemporary songs that we sing in our church?  We seldom sing hymns, and I’d love for my daughter to know some of the current worship songs we sing.  Yes, hymns have beautiful language, but my daughter still doesn’t have much interest.

    September 29, 2015 at 1:56 pm
    Tristan
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    I would go for it!  We choose hymns we do in our church too (we just happen to use not-so-contemporary ones) so the kids get the bonus of hearing them at church and being able to sing them there too.  In other words, it becomes relevant to them.

    September 29, 2015 at 4:15 pm
    retrofam
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    There are modern renditions of hymns that she may like better.  Most churches with contemporary music still sing a few hymns in a modern way.

    Maybe your music minister at church can help you find them.

     

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