The following songs are for the updated version of Ruhi Book 3 Teaching Children's Classes Grade 1. This new version contains 24 lessons, and many of the 15 lessons from the initial red-cover Book 3 have remained. Here is a link to the 24 lessons where you can download them and print them out . Each lesson is structured around the development of a spiritual quality and includes a memorization quotation. The songs below are these quotations set to music to make learning them easy and fun. All the songs are written by Larry Magee and are free to download, reproduce and use.
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Lesson 1 Quotation Song - Radiant Heart. Activity: have the children clap along with the clapping heard in the song. (Lesson 2 in the older red book)
Lesson 2 Quotation Song - The Path of Justice. Activity: have the children march during the "1-2-3-4, 1-2-3-4" parts of the song. (Lesson 3 in the older red book)
Lesson 3 Quotation Song - The Rose of Love. Activity: give each child an artificial flower and have him come forward and 'plant' it in a piece of styrofoam, pot of sand, etc., while they are singing. (Lesson 4 in the older red book)
Lesson 4 Quotation Song - Truthfulness is the Foundation. Activity: have the children clap along with the clapping heard in the song. (Lesson 6 in the older red book)
Lesson 5 Quotation Song - Give and Be Generous. Activity: provide a wrapped gift box for the children to pass to each other while singing. (Lesson 11 in the older red book)
Lesson 6 Quotation Song - Blessed is He. Activity: have the children clap along with the clapping heard in the song. (Lesson 9 in the older red book)
Lesson 7 Quotation Song - Rejoice in the Gladness. Activity: have the children skip in a circle while singing the repeated "Rejoice in the gladness" phrase at the end of the song (immediately after the 'oo-la-la-la" part).
Lesson 8 Quotation Song - Our Truthfulness. Activity: have the children stand up and sit down as directed in the song.
Lesson 9 Quotation Song - Humble Thyself. Activity: have the children make a human train
and walk around the room during the 2 minute guitar solo, after the
vocal ends. If that's too long, fade out the music to end it
sooner. (Lesson 8 in the older red book)
Lesson 10 Quotation Song - Arise to Offer Thanks. Activity: have the children offer thank you cards to each other while singing.
Lesson 11 Quotation Song - Let Your Adorning Be Forgiveness.
Lesson 12 Quotation Song - Beautify Your Tongues. Activity: have the children clap their hands, nod their heads, etc., as directed in the song. (Lesson 10 in the older red book)
Lesson 13 Quotation Song - The Kingdom of God is Founded.
Lesson 14 Quotation Song - Detachment from All Save Him.
2/20/2012 - More songs to come... Check back
