I am part of an amazing Primary Presidency as an assistant secretary. Busy, busy this time of year with getting classes settled and class rooms assigned and teachers called for a small army of children. We got all the lesson books in binders and the necessary papers in the binders in page protectors and passed out to the teachers.
It's a delight to have so many children in our Primary. We have the largest group in our stake and we have the most classes taking use of every nook and cranny we can hold a class. We have used the kitchen and the back of the cultural hall.
Saturday we had a meet your teacher activity with the class lists posted on the moving bulletin board as they entered the building they found their name and saw what color the paper was by their class. If they were Jr Primary they went into the cultural hall, found their balloon color and sat down at a table for a hot cinnamon roll and met their teacher. If they were Sr Primary they went to their classroom, found with a balloon color and met their teacher and had an activity. Then we switched.
Nicely attended and all went well. So that was good.
Then after they all left the building we went down to the Primary room and set up our chairs according to the seating chart our president had mapped out to see if it would even work!
Let me tell you we moved chairs around for about an hour.
In Sr Primary we had to get 12 across one back side and 11 across the other and 6 rows of chairs up to the front. We have a man teaching who is in a wheelchair and we made it work for him. It's exciting that we can get the people we need and want to fill the callings.
In Jr Primary we have 2 rows each side of little chairs plus 2 teacher chairs. We have 6 babies in that group so we put teacher chairs right by the door so they can leave easily. Kim is teaching a Sunbeam class that sits in the front row other side opposite the piano and we had to put 3 little chairs in front of the row curved at the side. I acted out like I was him bopping them on the head with a paper towel middle if they don't behave. LIKE HE WOULD! The man has the patience and love for a child like no one I have ever seen! (18 new incoming Sunbeams!!)
Today at 2:10 I'm ready to see if it works!