Children Learn To Pray

Teaching children to pray can be accomplished with consistent application of 5 simple techniques.
1. Get caught praying. You will instill in your children a sense that prayer is reverent. Your children will see your head bowed and arms folded and will naturally do better when they pray.
2. Lost toys. I encourage my children to kneel down and say a prayer when they cannot find their lost toy. You will notice these prayers become quite fervent. Afterwords make sure your child finds the lost toy and then point out that Heavenly Father heard their prayer.
3. Use rituals. Children love repetition and meal times, bed times and waking up make good starting points. Prayers very quickly become something that is done at these times and is not burdensome to our children.
4. Personal prayer. Children are often able to develop a relationship with God at an early age. They are more pure when they are young so personal prayer is easier to teach. Do not always make them pray out loud but also encourage silent prayers.
5. Spiritual stage fright. You have probably had the experience of saying the wrong thing while praying in public. I have a friend that was once giving a public speech and when he was finished, because he was so nervous, he said "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen." For him this happened in school and it took him years to live down. Praying in public is necessary though for our children's development.
6. Short prayer? A short prayer is better than no prayer at all. I once read a quote that I liked, "Do not say you are going to pray, just pray." For me this means instead of saying, "Oops, I forgot my morning prayers so I better say them at noon," stop and pray right then even if the prayer is short.
In conclusion, teaching children to pray can be fun. Using meal time, bed time, and finding toys as opportunities to get our children to pray are habit forming for children.

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