Do you need a super simple activity that will let you get through LOTS of songs to sing through while having a really fun way to pick which song is next? If so – this is it! You’ll love this Primary Song Mumbles / Mad Gab game.
In this activity, a helper will read the silly phrase while the Primary tries to name the song hidden in the mismatched words. Read it a few times – especially quickly – and you’ll start to hear the hidden song title!
How to Play Mad Gab in Primary
How to Play:
Invite a child to come up front and help you read a silly phrase. You will want to look for good readers that can speak loudly and won’t struggle to read words. In Junior Primary, you can choose to read the cards or invite a teacher to help.
Let your helper read out the Song Mumbles card for the song you’d like to sing. They will read through the card a couple of times, speaking faster each time to make it easier to understand.
When the Primary children know the song title, they can raise their hand to guess!
When the correct song title is named, sing through the song together.
Now, pick a new helper and a new Song Mumble card to try!
More Helps & Ideas:
- Put the Song Mumble cards in a bowl and select your song randomly.
- Include pictures or a list for each of your songs to help the children crack the titles.
Primary Song Mumbles Master List
Children’s Songbook & Hymn Book
This master list includes 168 different Primary songs including songs from the Children’s Songbook, Hymn book, plus additional favorite Primary songs (under the next section below). This list is in alphabetical order by song title.
| Song Title | Song Mumble Title |
| A Child’s Prayer | Hutch eye hulled spray her |
| A Happy Family | Ah hape pee fame ill Lee |
| Angels We Have Heard on High | Aim jail sweet half her dawn eye |
| As I Search the Holy Scriptures | A skies sure cha hole Lee script sirs |
| Away in a Manger | A weigh-in hay may injure |
| Baptism | Baa ‘tis hum |
| Behold the Great Redeemer Die | Bee hold da gray tree deem are dye |
| Book of Mormon Stories | Boo cough more man’s door ease |
| Called to Serve | Cold deuce swerve |
| Children All Over the World | Jill ran, Oliver twirled |
| Choose the Right | Chews their height |
| Choose the Right Way | Chews their height away |
| Christmas Bells | Chris muss bails |
| Come, Follow Me | Comb fall home he |
| Daddy’s Homecoming | Dad dees hoe comb ink |
| Dare to Do Right | Dear tudor write |
| Did Jesus Really Live Again? | Dead cheeses reel Eli vegan |
| Did You Think to Pray? | Deed ewe thing two prey |
| Do As I’m Doing | Due was sigh him due ink |
| Easter Hosanna | He stir hose an uh |
| Faith | Fay this no ink… |
| Families Can Be Together Forever | Fame hilly scan be toga therefore ever |
| Family History—I Am Doing It | Fan milly his store he, eye yam due in get |
| Follow the Prophet | Fall oath up raw fit |
| “Give,” Said the Little Stream | Gifts Ed tally dells dream |
| Hark! The Herald Angels Sing | Heart duh hair old day gels sink |
| Have I Done Any Good? | Hawaii duh ninny could |
| He Sent His Son | Ease hen tis hun |
| Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes | Hey duh show older sneeze sand tows |
| Help Me, Dear Father | He’ll pa meed ear farther |
| Here We Are Together | Hear wheat tar toe get her |
| Hinges | Eye mall may dove inches |
| Hosanna | Hose Anna |
| How Firm a Foundation | Ow fir muffin day shun |
| I Am a Child of God | Eye ham itch aisle tough cod |
| I Am like a Star | Eye ham lie cars tar |
| I Believe in Christ | Eye bee leaf inn cries |
| I Feel My Savior’s Love | I’ve heel um I safe your slough |
| I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day | Eye herd thud elf song crisp messed hay |
| I Hope They Call Me on a Mission | Eye hoe path ache calm eon um it shun |
| I Know My Father Lives | Eye gnome high of author leaves |
| I Know My Redeemer Lives | Eye gnome hat eye read dimmer leaves |
| I Lived in Heaven | Aisle heaved din have fun |
| I Love to See the Temple | Olive twosie that hem pull |
| I Pray in Faith | Hype ray in of eighth |
| I Often Go Walking | Eye off ten goal wok king |
| I Stand All Amazed | Hi stan doll a maze duh |
| I Thank Thee, Dear Father | Eye tank tea deer farther |
| I Want to Be a Missionary Now | Eye won’t tube bee amiss shun airy |
| I Want to Live the Gospel | I one tool if the go spell |
| I Will Be Valiant | Eye wheel bee valley ant |
| I Will Follow God’s Plan | High wheel fall oak odds blan |
| I’m Trying to Be like Jesus | Eye um dry ink do bee Ike cheeses |
| I’ll Walk with You | Eye eel wall quick few |
| In the Leafy Treetops | End dull if eat read whops |
| It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | Hit cane a pawn thumb hid Mike leer |
| It’s Autumntime | It saw dumb dime |
| Jesus Has Risen | Cheese us as wrist sin |
| Jesus Once Was a Little Child | Cheese us wands what slid ouch eye old |
| Jesus Said Love Everyone | Gees us Ed loaf eve ray won |
| Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam | Geeze us wands before as hun bean |
| Joseph Smith’s First Prayer | Chose us mist fur sprayer |
| Joy to the World | Joint tooth a whirled |
| Keep the Commandments | Key paw the come man mints |
| Kindness Begins with Me | Kite nest big ends width meet |
| Latter-day Prophets | Laddered ape raw fits |
| Let Us All Press On | Lettuce y’all rest yawn |
| Little Jesus | Lid doll gee shush |
| Love at Home | Loaf yat hoe ma |
| Love Is Spoken Here | Law fees poe kin ear |
| Love One Another | Loaf won an oath air |
| Mary’s Lullaby | Mare easel alibi |
| Mother Dear | Moth herd ear |
| Mother, I Love You | Moth her I’ll owe view |
| Mother, Tell Me the Story | Moth hurt elm heath us tore he |
| My Dad | Might ad |
| My Heavenly Father Loves Me | My oven Lee fatter laughs may |
| My Redeemer Lives | Mire deam ear leaves |
| Nephi’s Courage | Knee pies kerr age |
| Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful | Oak hum haul leaf eigth full |
| Oh Little Town of Bethlehem | Ho lit tall down dove bed luck hem |
| Oh, What Do You Do in the Summertime? | Owe hut due voodoo inn duh some her dime |
| On a Golden Springtime | Awn ugh hold hens purring tie hum |
| Once There Was a Snowman | One’s hair was as no man |
| Once within a Lowly Stable | Won swift thin hello least able |
| Picture a Christmas | Pick her hay criss mass |
| Pioneer Children Sang as They Walked | Pie in ear chiller hen sane gas hey wok |
| Popcorn Popping | Pauper coring pa pink |
| Praise to the Man | Pray zeto dem and |
| Quickly I’ll Obey | Caw wick Lee isle owe bay |
| Redeemer of Israel | Read ear mirror oh fizz rye el |
| Repentance | Reap in dance |
| Reverence Is Love | Rev ore ant sis loaf |
| Reverently, Quietly | Revere aunt Lee choir Lee |
| Samuel Tells of the Baby Jesus | Same well toll soft a bay bee gees us |
| Search, Ponder, and Pray | Sir chip on door end purr ray |
| Seek the Lord Early | See eek da lore dear Lee |
| Silent Night | Sigh lent knight |
| Sleep, Little Jesus | Sleep lid doll cheese hush |
| Smiles | Sum miles |
| Stand for the Right | Stan four dar Ite |
| Stars Were Gleaming | Stares war glee mean |
| Teach Me to Walk in the Light | Tee shmee two wall kin da lie hut |
| Tell Me, Dear Lord | Tale mead ear lore duh |
| Tell Me the Stories of Jesus | Tail meet us tore Reese off cheese us |
| Testimony | Test tee moan knee |
| The Articles of Faith | The art tickles of eighth |
| The Books in the Book of Mormon | Taboo sin da boo cove more man |
| The Books in the New Testament | Taboo sin anew dust a mint |
| The Books in the Old Testament | Da boo kiss inn day hold test a mint |
| The Chapel Doors | They chap elders |
| The Church of Jesus Christ | The chirp of cheeses cries |
| The First Noel | The fir snow well |
| The Golden Plates | Day goal den plights |
| The Holy Ghost | Day whole egg host |
| The Iron Rod | Duh eye urn raw da |
| The Lord Gave Me a Temple | Thee lowered cave me at hem pool |
| The Nativity Song | Thud nave it tees gong |
| The Priesthood Is Restored | Duh prey stood his rest stored |
| The Shepherd’s Carol | Thud share pearls care ‘ole |
| The Spirit of God | These peir it oh got |
| The Still Small Voice | Distills mall voyage |
| The Wise Man and the Foolish Man | Though ice man Andy fool leash manna |
| This Is My Beloved Son | ‘Tis sis maybe loaf vet sun |
| To Be a Pioneer | Tubby ape eye oh near |
| We Are All Enlisted | Wheat a yard in list ted |
| We Bow Our Heads | Web bow are Ed’s |
| We Thank Thee, O God, for a Prophet | Whee tank tee oh cod four ape raw fit |
| We’ll Bring the World His Truth | Wheel bee ring the whirled hissed Ruth |
| When I Am Baptized | Win eye yam bad tie sud |
| When He Comes Again | Winnie combs egg in |
| When Joseph Went to Bethlehem | Win Joe Seth wind tube Ethel him |
| When We’re Helping | Winner hail pink |
| Where Love Is | Wear loathe is |
Additional Primary & Christmas Songs
| Song Title | Song Mumble Title |
| Abish Testified | A bishop test a fined |
| Always Remember | All ways ream ember |
| As a Child of God | Ask itch I’ll tough got |
| Beautiful Savior | Bee you truffle save year |
| Because | Bee cuz |
| Behold Your Little Ones | Bee hold you roll tell once |
| Born to Be a King | Bow earn Toby aching |
| Born to Bring Us Joy | Bore knee tube ring hush toy |
| Build an Ark | Buy eel day anarch |
| Choose Him Again | Chew seam a gain |
| Choose to Serve the Lord | Chews two sir vet hoard |
| Could I Hold the Baby | Cold eye hole duh bay bee |
| Gethsemane | Get some honey |
| He Prepares a Way | Heap repairs away |
| I Know That My Savior Loves Me | High nose cats my safe your loaf shmee |
| I Will Be What I Believe | High wheel bee hut eye bee leaf |
| I Will Walk with Jesus | Hi wheel wall quit he sus |
| I’d Sing You a Song | Eye duh see gun ewe as gong |
| If I Listen with My Heart | A vial lesson weave my art |
| If I Were a Shepherd | Iffy where as sheep bird |
| If the Savior Stood Beside Me | Fifth a sever stored bedside knee |
| Liken the Scriptures | Like ant he’s rip churns |
| Little Lord Jesus | Lee toll law duh cheese sus |
| My Own Sacred Grove | Hones sake red rove |
| Peace in Christ | Piece end rice stah |
| Prince of Peace | Print shove pea shhh |
| Sariah’s Faith | Saw rye ah’s fey the |
| Scripture Power | Script sure pow her |
| Small and Simple Faith | Sum mall end sim pull fey the |
| The Family is of God | Thief Emily eyes oaf cot |
| The Tree of Life | Dutch reef lie fa |
| The World’s Smallest Shepherd | Thaw whilred is small east she purred |
| Their Mothers Knew | There moth hers new |
| When We Seek Him | Went whee seek Kim |
For another fun similar activity, head over to see this Sing with Emojis singing time activity!
Song Mumbles Printable Song Helps
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What other fun ways will you use these Song Mumbles in your singing time lesson plans?
