We can pray as a family

Prep:
soft ball for passing
stuffed animal for each child
snack
pictures of things to pray for
cups or blocks for each picture

Prayer

Hello Train

What do you like to do with your family?
What is this family doing?

Heavenly Father and Jesus want us to pray

Jesus taught the Nephites to pray

We can have family prayer every day.

Usually a father, or the adult in charge, will ask someone to pray.
Anyone in the family can say the prayer.

Who can pray? Who asks someone to pray?

Sing: Let us Gather in a Circle

What do we do when we pray?

Give each child a stuffed animal and let them show them how to pray.

What do we pray for?
Sing:

I begin by saying “Dear Heavenly Father”;
I thank him for blessings he sends;
Then humbly I ask him for things that I need,
In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

Show printed pictures of things we can pray for.

Family prayer builds up our family and makes us strong.

Build cup towers with cups that have pictures on them. Then knock them down.

Blessing the food

snack

Toss

toss a ball to a child and ask what's something we can thank HF for? What's something we can ask him for?

Finger Play

This is my mother, who helps me at play (raise first finger);
This is my father, who works all the day (raise second finger).
This is my brother, so strong and so tall (raise third finger);
This is my sister, who likes to play ball (raise fourth finger).
And this is me; I’m happy to say (extend thumb)
Together our family kneels down to pray (close fist).