I spent the past week playing through the LDS Primary Children's songbook (last updated in 2000), rating each piece by relative difficulty. Here are the results!
EASIEST
6 - Thanks to Thee
10 - Thank Thee for Everything
18 - I Need My Heavenly Father
19 - Heavenly Father, Now I Pray
20 (bottom) - Thanks to Our Father
21 (top) - For Health and Strength
23 (top) - Father Up Above
23 (bottom) - Heavenly Father, While I Pray
30 (bottom) - Our Chapel Is a Sacred Place
39 - Little Jesus
42 - Away in a Manger
55 - Jesus Once Was a Little Child
59 - Jesus Loved the Little Children
61 - Jesus Said Love Everyone
104 - I Like My Birthdays
107 - Listen, Listen
118 - Book of Mormon Stories
122 (bottom) - The Second Article of Faith
127 - The Eighth Article of Faith
145 (bottom) - Kindness Begins with Me
150 (top) - I'm Glad to Pay a Tithing
150 (bottom) - I Want to Give the Lord My Tenth
151 - I Am Glad for Many things
167 - Go the Second Mile
196 - Saturday
197 (top) - A Happy Helper
198 (top) - A Happy Family
198 (bottom) - When We're Helping
206 (top) - Mother Dear
206 (bottom) - Dearest Mother, I Love You
210 - Daddy's Homecoming
220 - The Handcart Song
229 - God Is Watching Over All
233 - The World Is So Lovely
234 - Because God Loves Me
235 - The World Is So Big
237 - The Prophet Said to Plant a Garden
238 - Springtime Is Coming
240 - In the Leafy Treetops
241 (top) - Birds in the Tree
241 (bottom) - Rain Is Falling All Around
243 - Little Seeds Lie Fast Asleep
248 - Falling Snow
249 - Once There Was a Snowman
252 - Lift Up Your Voice and Sing
253 (top) - Sing a Song
253 (bottom) - Fun to Do
254 (top) - Hello, Friends!
255 - Come with Me to Primary
261 - Here We Are Together
262 - Friends Are Fun
266 - If You're Happy
267 (top) Smiles
267 (bottom) - A Smile Is like the Sunshine
274 - Roll Your Hands
275 (top) - Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
276 (bottom) - To Get Quiet
278 - Stand Up
284 (bottom) - Have a Very Happy Birthday!
MODERATELY EASY
2 - I Am a Child of God
7 - I Thank Thee, Dear Father
11 - I'm Thankful to Be Me
16 - Children All over the World
20 (top) - A Song of Thanks
22 (bottom) - A Prayer
25 (bottom) - I Love to Pray
26 - Reverently, Quietly
26 (bottom) - We Are Reverent
28 (bottom) - I Will Try to Be Reverent
29 - Father, I Will Reverent Be
30 (top) - This Is God's House
31 - Reverence Is Love
36 - Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus
37 - Stars Were Gleaming
40 (bottom) - The Shepherd's Carol
41 - Once within a Lowly Stable
47 - Sleep, Little Jesus
50 - Picture a Christmas
51 - Have a Very Merry Christmas!
52 - The Nativity Song
56 - I Think When I Read That Sweet Story
58 - Little Lambs So White and Fair
66 - Hosanna
70 - Jesus Has Risen
71 - To Think about Jesus
73 (top) - Before I Take the Sacrament
73 (bottom) - Help Us, O God, to Understand
77 - The Church of Jesus Christ
86 (bottom) - The Golden Plates
92 - The Hearts of the Children
94 - Family History--I am Doing It
99 - Help Me, Dear Father
103 - When I Am Baptized
105 - The Holy Ghost
114 - The Books in the Old Testament
116 - The Books in the New Testament
122 (top) - The First Article of Faith
123 - The Third Article of Faith
125 - The Fifth Article of Faith
126 (top) - The Sixth Article of Faith
126 (bottom) - The Seventh Article of Faith
128 (top) - The Ninth Article of Faith
130 - The Eleventh Article of Faith
132 - The Thirteenth Article of Faith
145 (top) - A Special Gift Is Kindness
146 - Keep the Commandments
149 - I Believe in Being Honest
152 - Hum Your Favorite Hymn
155 - Remember the Sabbath Day
156 - The Chapel Doors
157 - When I Go to Church
158 - Dare to Do Right
159 - Stand for the Right
160 - Choose the Right Way
161 - I Pledge Myself to Love the Right
189 - Family Prayer
192 - Home
193 - Sing Your Way Home
195 - Family Night
197 (bottom) - Quickly I'll Obey
199 - I Have a Family Tree
200 - Grandmother
201 - When Grandpa Comes
203 - My Mother Dear
204 - Mother, Tell Me the Story
207 - Mother, I Love You
208 - The Dearest Names
209 - Fathers
211 - My Dad
214 - Pioneer Children Sang As They Walked
218 - To Be a Pioneer
219 - The Oxcart
221 - Covered Wagons
224 - My Country
225 - My Flag, My Flag
230 - I Think the World is Glorious
231 - All Things Bright and Beautiful
232 - Beauty Everywhere
236 - "Give," Said the Little Stream
239 - Because It's Spring
242 - Popcorn Popping
244 - Little Purple Pansies
245 - Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime?
246 - It's Autumntime
247 - Autumn Day
254 (bottom) Our Door Is Always Open
258 - Our Primary Colors
259 - We're All Together Again
260 - Hello Song
263 - We Are Different
264 - Happy Song
270 - Two Happy Feet
271 - I Wiggle
272 - I Have Two Little Hands
273 - My Hands
276 - Do As I'm Doing
277 - Hinges
279 - Oh, How We Love to Stand
280 - Health, Wealth, and Wise
281 - The Wise Man and the Foolish Man
283 - Your Happy Birthday
284 (top) - Happy, Happy Birthday
285 - You've Had a Birthday
MODERATELY DIFFICULT
4 - I Lived in Heaven
8 - Father, We Thank Thee for the Night
14 - I Pray in Faith
15 - If with All Your Hearts
22 (top) - A Prayer Song
24 - Thank Thee, Father
25 (top) - We Bow Our Heads
27 (top) - Reverence
28 (top) I Want to Be Reverent
38 - When Joseph Went to Bethlehem
40 (top) - There Was Starlight on the Hillside
44 - Mary's Lullaby
46 - Who Is the Child?
48 - Oh, Hush Thee, My Baby
54 - Christmas Bells
57 - Tell Me the Stories of Jesus
60 - Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam
64 - Did Jesus Really Live Again?
68 - Easter Hosanna
74 - I Feel My Savior's Love
78 - I'm Trying to Be like Jesus
86 (top) - An Angel Came to Joseph Smith
90 - Truth from Elijah
95 - I Love to See the Temple
96 - Faith
97 - God's Love
108 - Seek the Lord Early
119 - The Books in the Book of Mormon
124 - The Fourth Article of Faith
128 (bottom) - The Tenth Article of Faith
131 - The Twelfth Article of Faith
135 - Our Bishop
136 - Love One Another
140 - I'll Walk With You
142 - Every Star Is Different
144 - Shine On
153 - The Lord Gave Me a Temple
154 - The Word of Wisdom
164 - I Will Follow God's Plan
168 - I Want to Be a Missionary Now
170 - The Things I Do
172 - We'll Bring the World His Truth
174 - Called to Serve
176 - Tell Me, Dear Lord
177 - Teach Me to Walk in the Light
180 - How Dear to God Are Little Children
188 - Families Can Be Together Forever
190 - Love Is Spoken Here
194 - The Family
202 - I Often Go Walking
215 - Pioneer Children Were Quick to Obey
216 - Little Pioneer Children
217 - Westward Ho!
222 - Whenever I Think about Pioneers
228 - My Heavenly Father Loves Me
256 - We Welcome You
265 - Be Happy!
268 - Two Little Eyes
269 - I Have Two Ears
288 - Impromptu
289 - To a Wild Rose
290 - Each Sunday Morning
292 (top) - Loving Shepherd
MORE DIFFICULT
5 - I Know My Father Lives
9 - Can a Little Child like Me?
12 - A Child's Prayer
21 (bottom) - For Thy Bounteous Blessings
65 - He Died That We Might Live Again
72 - The Sacrament
76 - This Is My Beloved Son
80 - Had I Been a Child
82 - When He Comes Again
88 - On a Golden Springtime
98 - Repentance
102 - When Jesus Christ Was Baptized
106 - The Still Small Voice
109 - Search, Ponder, and Pray
110 - Follow the Prophet
120 - Nephi's Courage
134 - Latter-day Prophets
138 - Where Love Is
148 - I Want to Live the Gospel
163 - I Am Like a Star
166 - A Young Man Prepared
169 - I Hope They Call Me on a Mission
178 - Teacher, Do You Love Me?
282 - Feliz Cumpleanos
291 - In Quietude
293 - My Heart Ever Faithful
295 - O Rest in the Lord
298 - Prelude in F
299 - Distant Bells
MOST DIFFICULT
34 - He Sent His Son
62 - Beautiful Savior
87 - The Sacred Grove
89 - The Priesthood Is Restored
100 - Baptism
112 - The Commandments
162 - I Will Be Valiant
182 - How Will They Know?
292 - Morning Prayer
294 - Andante
296 - Air from Orpheus
297 - Supplication
Love it! Thanks!
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ReplyDeleteThan you so much for your work in figuring this out and sharing it. This will be a great help to my 5 children as they learn the primary songs.
ReplyDeleteThanks, I recently decided to learn all the songs in the Children's Songbook. I think this will help me not get so frustrated.
ReplyDeleteI just commented on the other post, on grading the LDS hymns (from June 20, 2013). And then I saw this post, too. Awesome! I'm going to make a new tab on my spreadsheet for this list and start working on the Children's Songbook, too. Thank you for doing this, and for keeping these posts up.
ReplyDeleteThis is just what I was looking for for my daughter! Sure appreciate you doing this!
ReplyDeletewhat do you mean by (top) and (bottom?)
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU SO MUCH!
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