For Church, Home, and School LESSONS Ages 1-3 Nursery/Sunbeam
Little LESSON LIFESAVER Activity
Steps to Prayer poster or color page
Use this activity for NURSERY and SUNBEAMS (Ages 1-5)
YOUTH CAN TEACH children these steps to prayer:
1. Open your prayer by saying, “Heavenly Father.”
2. Thank Heavenly Father for your many blessings.
3. Ask Him for the things you need.
4. Close your prayer by saying, “In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”
Show this poster and review it each week to help children learn to pray.
3. Talk about the Home Activity
• (Part 1) “Help me remember to say my own prayers in the morning and at night.” Talk about kneeling beside your bed to pray when you get up in the morning and before getting into bed at night.
• (Part 2) “Remind me that Heavenly Father will listen whenever I need to talk.” Tell them about different situations at home and away, saying that they can talk to Heavenly Father in prayer anywhere and at any time, day or night. Look them in the eyes and say, “He sees you,” and hold your hands up to your ears and say, “He hears you too.”
THOUGHT TREAT Reverence sandwich cookies. Open a sandwich cookie (with frosting between two layers) and say, “These two cookie parts are like our arms to fold tightly when we pray.” Put cookie parts together.
Say, “When we pray to Heavenly Father, it is good to fold our arms and close our eyes (take the cookie apart again and put it together again). Doing this helps us think of what to say and listen to our heart and mind as we pray.”
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TWO MORE Lesson-match Activities for the above lessons:
SING “A Child’s Prayer” (Children’s Songbook, 12).
YOUTH CAN TEACH
So, please let them teach as it helps them learn the gospel and grow their testimony as they share it.
Use this BRIGHT IDEAS LESSON Planner to plan lesson objectives, activities, and discussions (included with each activity).
