Teaching Children How to Pray

I am excited about two things we are going to be using during our Sunday Community time for preschool - 6th grade classes.

The first idea is a prayer pail:  Preschool - 1st grade.  Please check out the following link from Joy's Hope blog to see an example:  Prayer Pail

I used the example on this blog posting to list out various things for the children to pray for during our time together:  friends, family, praise Him, thank Him, their choice, school, missionaries, church, our city,etc.  The children will each pick a popsicle stick and then pray for that item during prayer time. 

The second idea is Prayer cards (Praise, Thanks, and Request) - 2nd grade - 6th grade.  This idea is from the ministry to children blog:  Teaching Sunday School Students How to Pray I have written a handful of prayers for each prayer card category.  Each week the children can select  from one of the three categories (Praise, Thanks, and Request) and use the prayer on the back of the card to guide their prayer time. 

Children will also be able to share their own prayer requests

 in addition to the suggested ideas.