This is a great song to teach kids the names of Joseph's brothers....sing to the tune of "1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Indians..."*

Rueben, Simeon, Levi, Judah,
Dan, Napthali, Gad and Asher,
Isachar, Zebulon, Joseph and Benjamin,
These are the sons of Ja-cob.

*This would also be a great service in eradicating the original lyrics to this song which have racist origins. Wiki the history of it if you want to know more. The "tune" is likely much older (as many children's tunes are) and of unknown origin, though likely brought over from England.

Adding a verse for sister Dinah

Added by member Catherine

In my 10 C's lesson I made sure to mention the one and only sister, Dinah. Maybe she should have her own verse about living with 12 brothers?

One little, 2 little 12 little siblings
They are so male they make me dingalings,
The stampede starts when dinner bell rings,
I'm Dinah in the house of Ja-cob.

(just kidding!!  I made it up!)

12 Sons of Jacob Song

On Bryan Sirchio's CD "Worms in the Bread" (his children's Old Testament CD), there is a song "12 Sons of Jacob. There's also a song about Dinah.

https://bryansirchio.bandcamp....m/worms-in-the-bread

Joseph
Music Workshop

Summary of Lesson Activities:
In this workshop, the learners will review the story of Joseph and be able to tell the story through music by creating new lyrics to a familiar tune.

Teacher preparation:

• Read the Bible story.
• Read over the background material included in your teacher packet.
• Listen to the music.
• Have the prompt for the journal writing written on a sentence strip or dry erase board.
• Gather the materials.

Supplies List:

• Instrumental recording of songs “This Old Man”, “Shine, Jesus, Shine”, “Standing on the Promises”
• CD Player or iPhone (with phone may want a speaker depending on your phone's volume)
• paper and writing instruments
• journal writing prompt on a sentence strip
• The Children’s Bible in 365 stories.

Lesson Plan

Opening:

Greet the children and introduce yourself. Remember that you are interacting with a different group of students each week—some may not know you. Wear your nametag and make sure that the children are wearing theirs.

Lesson Plan:

1. Have the students sit where you would like them to during the reading of the story from the Bible. Review the story of Joseph (both parts).
2. Tell the children you are going to write a song as a group to tell the story of Joseph, or one part of it if they choose.
3. Brainstorm words and sentences that could be used in the story. Write the words as they say them on the erasable board. They might want to do this as a poem. You might want them to start with a chorus or something that would be repeated, like “Go, Joseph Go,” or “Pray, Joseph, Pray.”
4. Tell the children they can fit their words to one of three pieces of music. Play the three pieces of music and let them choose.
5. Fit the words to the music, adding and changing as needed.
6. Sing the song until they have memorized it if time permits. If a recorder is available they may want to record their singing of the song. Keep the words they have selected and the music so that we can use them in the opening, or possibly present them to the congregation.

Sing the song together.

Closing:

Say a prayer of your own to close the workshop, or use the following:
Thank you, God, for showing us that you love us and are always with us even when bad things happen. Amen.

Additional Suggestions:

Adjustments for Younger Children:
Younger children may need more help making the words fit the music. Give them as much help as needed. Have them draw a picture for journal writing if they had rather.

Journaling
Help the shepherd pass out the journals. Have the children complete the following:
One thing I learned from Joseph’s story is…….

A lesson written by Jan Marshall from: Brookhaven Church.
Brentwood, TN.

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"Joseph" song

by UpWords Bible Songs , onscreen lyrics.

Love the chorus!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mClNRa9PDtY

Lyrics

Jacob had twelve sons And he loved them all
Joseph was his favorite Even though he was small
One day his daddy gave him a colorful coat
That made his brothers mad So they took a vote

Let’s sell our little brother Let’s sell him as a slave
And off went Joseph To a land far away

But he chose to be,
Faithful to God In every situation,
Faithful to God Without hesitation,
No matter what What happens to me,
I wanna be a light, For others to see

Because he was faithful God put him in command
To save and store All the food in the land
His brothers came from afar asking for food
Joseph talked to them and saw that they turned good

Through Joseph’s faithfulness God provided
And finally the family Could be reunited

Faithful to God In every situation,
Faithful to God Without hesitation,
No matter what What happens to me,
I wanna be a light, For others to see

I'm going to be faithful,
In school every day When things don’t go my way
I'm going to be faithful,
I’ll follow His plan When I don’t understand
I'm going to be faithful
No matter what happens to me

Faithful to God In every situation
Faithful to God
Faithful to God In every situation
Faithful to God Without hesitation
No matter what What happens to me
I wanna be a light For others to see

No matter what What happens to me
I wanna be a light For others to see

Joseph MUSIC lessons/ideas found in Complete Lesson Sets here in the Joseph forum.

COMPLETE LESSON SET: Joseph's Coat of Many Colors, from FUMC, Ann Arbor, MI

• Explore the story through song and movement. - link.
  Children will adhere rainbow colored ribbons to dowel rods to make dancing ribbons or streamers.   Children will explore the song through movement -- using their streamers to the song "Jo-Jo-Joseph Had a Rainbow Coat". Then while listening to the song "Dream" which describes Joseph's dreams, using a pencil they will "illustrate" the dream as the song (sound) moves them.