I don't know about you, but this drives me nuts! I know the kids enjoy it, but I don't think it really helps welcome visitors into our primary. What to do??? I wanted the kids to enjoy singing, but I also wanted to reinforce how important the REAL words to the song were. Initially I started emphasizing BEFORE we sang the song that this was the HELLO song. I thought it might help a little...be a little reminder. It didn't. It just encouraged the kids to sing "JELLO" with even more enthusiasm. (Not my intention.) After trying this technique several times, I decided we'd have to do something else. A few weeks ago, when we sang the Hello Song to welcome our visitors, I again reminded the kids that it was the HELLO song and asked them kindly to please sing the correct words. Of course they sang "jello", so when we finished the song, I took a couple of minutes to explain why I felt it was important for us to sing the correct words for the song, and then I suggested we try singing it again CORRECTLY. Maybe it was the fact that I took the time to explain why I felt so strongly that we needed to sing the correct words. Maybe they understood the fact that it bothered me and just wanted to make me happy. Maybe it was that we actually took the time to sing the song again...correctly, or maybe the Spirit was testifying to them how important it was to sing the words correctly. Whatever it was, it worked, and I couldn't be happier about it.
As a small reward for singing our Hello Song correctly, I've written new words for our "Jello Song" so that the kids can have some fun with the song too.
♪♫♪♫ Jello Song ♫♪♪♫
(to the tune of the "Hello Song")
Jello, (jello), Jello, (jello)
You're ev'ry child's dream
Jello, (jello), Jello, (jello)
Especially with whip cream
Red, orange, and blue
with yummy fruity bits.
Or bright lime green
with pieces of carrots (EWWW!)
Jello, (jello), Jello, (jello)
So good we want to scream!
Jello!
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