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Objective: The children will be able to
- explain that God will listen to their prayers
- discuss that you can pray any where and any time
- demonstrate how to pray
Review:
Prayer and questions from last week’s lesson.
Vocabulary Words:
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Pray Word Wall- Word wall templates are large flash card printables that you can hang on the wall to aid children when they are learning or using new vocabulary words. (Say: What do we do with our ears? What do we do with our mouths? What do we do when we speak to God? You talk to God. You listen to God. You pray to God.)
Plan:
Circle Time:
Read story: There are lots of books available to read to children that can be found at the local city library. Here are just a few:
I Can Talk To God by Helen Caswell
I Can Talk With God by Debby Anderson
I Can Talk To God by Christine Harder Tangvald
I Can Talk With God by Carolyn Muller Wolcott
I Can Talk To God- Anytime Any Place by Jane Belk Moncure
I Can Talk to God by Dandi Daley Mackall
I Can Talk to God by Sally Lloyd Jones
Questions to ask:
Who can you pray to?
When can you pray to God?
When do you pray to God?
How do you pray to God?
Songs and/or Finger Plays:
Introduce songs and/or finger plays: When can you pray to God?
daniellesplace.com- I Will Say My Prayers (song)
Scroll down to Songs about Prayer for Sunday School
Sing the following song to the tune of "London Bridge". Do the actions as you sing.
(Cup hands to ears and point to a watch or clock) He is listening all the time, all the time, all the time
He is listening all the time when we talk to God
(Bow heads) Bow our heads, say, "Thank you Lord, thank you Lord, thank you Lord!”
Bow our heads, say, “Thank you Lord when we talk to God!”
(Fold hands) Fold our hands and ask for help, ask for help, ask for help
Fold our hands and ask for help, when we talk to God
(Close eyes) Close our eyes and praise his name, praise his name, praise his name
Close our eyes and praise his name, when we talk to God
(Cup hands to mouth and sing loudly) When we’re happy shout for joy, shout for joy, shout for joy
When we’re happy shout for joy when we talk to God
(Cup hands over ears and sing softly) Listen to what God will say, God will say, God will say
Listen to what God will say when we talk to God
(Cup hands around eyes like binoculars)Watch and see what God will do, God will do, God will do
Watch and see what God will do when we talk to God
Introduction to craft: sermons4kids.com- In the World, but Not of the World
Remove all blue crayons from the container. Have the students draw a picture of themselves using the remaining crayons (be sure to tell the students to press hard with the crayons while coloring). Next discuss how sometimes it is hard to be the person that God wants us to be (Example: What kind of person does God want us to be? How can we be that person? Etc.). Explain that God wants us to remain the person he made us to be. He does not want us to become stained by the world. Tell the students the blue water color represents being stained by what is happening in the world that is trying to change us from the person God wants us to be. Have the students paint over their picture with blue water color paint. (The wax in the crayons repels the water color paint allowing the picture to show through.) Tell the students that we remain the person God made us to be. We remain faithful because we ask Jesus to help us be separate from the world and the person that God’s wants us to be shines through.
Games:
Introduce activity: Do you know your prayers? Let’s find out. (Review prayers that they know by heart or work on some that they need to know.)
kidsprayer.com-nashvilleras.com- More than 100 Missions Bible Memory Games and Other Activities
1. Say a line from the prayer and have the students say the following line. Go back and forth until the prayer is finished.
2. Have the students sit in a circle. Tell the students that they are going to recite the “_________”. Have each student say one word in the prayer and the next person will say the following word. If someone makes a mistake or gets stuck, he or she begins over again with the first word of the prayer. The last person that says, “Amen” finishes the prayer.
3. Ball Pass: Have the students sit in a circle. The teacher turns her back to the students and she says, "Pass, pass, pass." The students then pass a ball to their right around the circle. When the teacher says, "Stop," the child holding the ball and the person to his right and left say the prayer together.
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*The teacher can read what is on the space the players land on if the child needs help with the game below.
Introduce snack: Pretzels were first made by monks who gave them as rewards to children who had learned their prayers. The special twisted shape looks like the folded arms of a child praying. The word pretzel means reward.
pillsbury.com- Mini Soft Pretzels and Dip
Make these easy pretzels with or without dip.
The activity below is free, however it can only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on these activities are not my own and are from various internet sources.
This puzzle below is free, however it can only to be used for classroom and personal use. It may not be published on any websites or other electronic media, or distributed in newsletters, bulletins, or any other form or sold for profit. Reproduction or retransmission of any materials, in whole or in part, in any manner, is not permitted. All graphics/images/clipart etc. used on these activities are not my own and are from various internet sources.
Lord’s Prayer puzzle- All you need is some heavy paper and a copy machine. Copy the puzzle and have the children glue it on some heavy paper and color. Then have the children cut on the lines to make a puzzle. Have the children put the puzzle together to practice the Our Father. Put puzzle pieces in an envelope or ziplock bag. (Catholic version)
"Lesson Plan- (Pre K - K): Prayer- I Can Talk To God"
4 Comments -
Thank you sooo much for this wonderful resource. I look to this site to help supplement my religious ed.lessons. I love your creative songs/crafts.
January 15, 2010 at 9:36 AM
pendybon-
I'm so glad that you like my lesson plans and can use them with your class. :)
January 15, 2010 at 10:11 AM
Wow! I just discovered your amazing site today and will definitely be using it for years to come! Thank you for putting the time and effort into this site!
Blessings,
Emelie Swonger
http://www.inspirationfor2day.blogspot.com/
April 13, 2013 at 7:40 PM
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July 18, 2019 at 5:07 AM