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Contact_FullName: Jaylynn Contact_Email: cjmarugg@accessky.net date:: 09/18/01 Area: I can talk to God songs Idea: Here is the prayer my girls sing before every meal: O the Lord is good to me and so I thank the Lord, for giving me the things I need, the sun and the rain and the apple seed. The Lord is good to me, AMEN!
ideaI teach 3 year olds. Right before we leave for the day, we get into a circle, hold hands and recite the following benediction, "May the Lord watch between me and thee, while we are absent, one from another. Amen,
3-12-01I teach 12 months-2 yr olds and they know the actions well and are learning the words. "My feet are very still. (put feet together)
11-12-00We say this every day before we eat our snack. Sing to the tune of Where is Thumpkin. God our Father
8-21-00We use this for prayer to teach the children Their ABC's. Sung to the
ABC song. ABCDEFG Thank you God for feeding me. I have a 2 Year old that sings it word for word.
7-14-00Before our preschool children eat their snack, we pray the following: Thank you Lord for friends we meet. Thank you Lord for food we eat. Amen.
6-13-00To teach the sign of the cross to little children we sing the following song: (To the tune of Are You Sleeping) God the Father-right hand on forehead God the Father-right hand on forehead God the son-hand on middle of chest God the son-hand on middle of chest God the Holy Spirit-hand on left shoulder God the Holy Spirit-hand on right shoulder Three in one-fold hands Three in one-fold hands.
5-31-00This is the way we wash our face. (Then say brush our teeth, comb our hair so early in the morning.) This is the way we go to
church, This is the way we talk to God,
5-29-00tune: Twinkle, twinkle Thank God for the earth and sky Thank God for the birds that fly Thank God for the food we grow Thank God for the streams that flow Thank you, thank you this we say Thanks for all we have today. Amen
Date: 3-28-00We sing the following to the tune of "Where is Thumbkin" God our
Father, God our Father
Date: 3-28-00A Friendship song: Friends I will remember you, Think of you, Pray for you. And when another day is through, I'll still be friends with you.
Date: 2-29-00Have the children sit in a circle. Talk about some things we can trust Jesus to give us. Then say: Let's pray. I'll start, and you take turns around the circle saying one thing you're thankful for. If you don't want a turn, ask the next person in the circle to take the turn. "Dear God, Thank you for giving us ___ Amen"
Date: 2-29-00Jesus Loves me: With hand motions "Jesus loves me, this I know" (point toward heaven and then over your heart) "For the Bible tells me so" (open your hands like a book) "He'll take care of you and me (Point up, then at the children, then at yourself) "He'll take care of all our needs" (Point up, then spread your arms wide with palms up) "Yes, Jesus loves me" (Shake your head yes, point up, then point to yourself) "Yes, Jesus loves me" (spread your arms out with palms up) "Yes, Jesus loves me" (spread your arms out with palms up) "The Bible tells me so" (Open your hands like a book)
Date: 2-26-00(To the tune of Mary Had a Little Lamb) -- Thank you God for our food, for our food, for our food, Thank you God for our food, We thank you God Amen.
Date: 1-12-00We use this prayer to start our day Good Morning Dear Jesus, this day is for You So we ask you to bless all we think (point to head) say (point to lips) and do (palms up). We follow this with either a Hail Mary or an Our Father. Date: 1-11-00We wrote a simple prayer to the tune of "Happy birthday, Jesus" It goes like this: Thank you Thank you, Jesus Thank you Daylene Here is the prayer we use at our school: We fold our hands
ideaWe use this prayer for snack. Heavenly Father thanks we say For the food we have today May there be enough to share For other people everywhere. Amen This may be sung to a special tune. 10-19-99Date: 7-24-99We sing this prayer before snack. It's sung to the tune of "Are you Sleeping?" Thank you Father, Thank you Father, For this food, For this food, And the many blessings, And the many blessings, A-men A-men.
Date: 7-24-99Snack Time Song;(to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star) Thank you for the sun so bright, thank you for the moon at night, thank you for my family, thanks for friends who play with me, thanks for every thing I see, I am thankful yes sir eee. Date: 7-1-99This is a great way to teach little ones how to pray. It is called the Praying Hand. Have them hold up one of their hands and use it to remind them who to pray for: Thumb: Pray for those who are close to you Pointer: Pray for those who point you to God Middle: Pray for those in authority Ring: Pray for those who are weak Pinky: Pray for themselves. Date: 4-18-99This is a favorite grace at our school. It has a sing-song tune to it. "Appleseed" Oh, the Lord's been good to me, and so I thank the Lord. For giving me, the things I need, the sun and the rain and the appleseed. The Lord's been good to me. Amen Date: 4-18-99I teach 2's and we say this prayer before we eat. God is great, God is good. Let us thank him for our food. By his hands, we are fed. Give us Lord our daily bread. In Jesus name we pray. Amen Praise the Lord. All of the 2's can say this even by themselves! Date: 1-25-99We use this prayer for our Good Morning prayer during Morning Circle time: Thank you, God for this new day And for the time to work and play. Please be with me all day long In every story, game and song. May all the happy things we do, Make your Father happy too. Amen. Date: 1-25-99Here's a song we sing in our Morning Circle time, that's sort of a prayer. (I don't really know the tune to tell you how we sing it. It just sort of has a rhyming sort of tune.) I Love you Lord I love you Lord at the break of day, I love you, Lord, as I work and play, I love you, Lord, as the sunset ends the day, I love you, Lord, every hour of the day. Date: 12-28-98Bless me Lord on this day. Bless all my work and all my play. Please bless me Lord in every way. Date: 12-28-98Snack Prayer We thank you Lord for happy hearts Amen Date: 11-19-98I use a song that we have used in our contemporary worship services at church and change it a little to fit our Thanksgiving theme. The song goes like this: Thank you, Lord, for this fine day. Thank you, Lord, for this fine day. Thank you, Lord, for this fine day. Right where we are. Alleluia, praise the Lord! Alleluia, praise the Lord! Alleluia, praise the Lord! Right where we are. I ask the children to think of things we are thankful for and we put these words in the song in place of "This fine day". We have even gone so far as to illustrate what they are thankful for and then the kids can hold up their illustrations as we sing the song. Date: 11-7-98This is a prayer for "time to go home" " Angel of God My guardian dear, To whom his love, Commits me here. Ever this day, Be at my side, To light, to guard, To rule and guide." Amen 10-25-98 Name: Teri Dear Jesus 10-25-98 Name: Teri Thank you for the world so sweet
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