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Mati Mayfield
December 19, 2011
We sang our three songs, and as so often happens there are some kids that really stand out from the rest. There are the cute sunbeams who smile and wave to their parents. There are the older kids who stand sullenly in the back and then ther…
Mati Mayfield
December 10, 2011
I love this song so much, so when it’s finally the right year to teach it I get really excited. This year (after approval) I started teaching the song with two extra verses that were written by Elder Spencer J. Condie (emeritus and currently serv…
Mati Mayfield
December 4, 2011
I think every primary has a theme song, and as soon as I explain you will know exactly which one is yours.When I was in our previous ward (before the split) the kids requested “Once there was a Snowman” every Sunday. Sometimes two or three times …
Mati Mayfield
November 20, 2011
Today after church I checked my FB page and this is what I found:Mati, Aaron gave you the best compliment I think any music leader could ever receive: “Today in primary when we were singing, I felt like I was drinking a milkshake.”. Translation: si…
Mati Mayfield
November 15, 2011
My primary president has been asking me to teach this song since last year about this time. I feel bad that it took this long. We didn’t work it into the primary program so it had to wait until that was over. It turns out that I wish …
Mati Mayfield
November 15, 2011
I really love this song. I have loved it since I was a little girl. I like the image of holding my light in my hand for all to see. I started teaching this song about the middle of October. The first thing I noticed is that the …
Jennifer Smith
October 31, 2011
Mati Mayfield
October 22, 2011
Stake Conference is one of my favorite Sundays! I get to sit with my family and soak up the spirit and the talks. I’m getting ready to teach “The Spirit of God” and the primary president’s request, so another week is welcome. I rememb…
Mati Mayfield
October 18, 2011
This week we have a primary activity and we are going to sing these to the parents. I would have to say by far the kids love “A mean old witch with a Hat” and “Halloween” (The one with witches sailing through the sky). I remember singing th…
Mati Mayfield
October 15, 2011
Many years ago the Children’s Friend published some Halloween songs. I took those to the Primary President for approval and she said okay so we sang some last week. The children loved them. They had such a great time singing them.&nbs…
Mati Mayfield
September 11, 2011
Sometimes it’s so hard to choose which child should be selected to help or to pick a song. Last night I was at our local Lakeshore Learning (it was 10.95 for a package of 36 sticks) store and I picked up these wooden sticks in the shape of boys a…
Mati Mayfield
August 21, 2011
I had an idea in the middle of the week to use marshmallows to motivate the kids (actually my idea was for jaw breakers, so thanks to Mary for talking sense into me). The idea is that for every song the kids sing well I will put a marshmallow in …