NT 20 ROTATION TEACH ME TO PRAY, The Lord's Prayer

Version 6.00

?Teach Me to Pray? teaches children why we pray, what to pray, when to pray, and how to pray. A simple acronym ? P.I.T.A. ? helps children remember different elements of prayer.

P - Praise God for being a wonderful and powerful creator.
I. - I?m Sorry: Tell God about our sins.
T. - Thank God for all the things God does and gives to us.
A. - Ask God to help us and to help others.

Each workshop focuses on one element or more elements of prayer. In the Cooking Workshop children bake Prayer Pretzels; learn about the pretzel position for prayer and the power of lifting up others in ?asking? prayers. Experiments with water help children understand how ?not living in God?s way? separates them from God. They see through one water experiment what separation from God looks like and through another experiment how God?s forgiveness unfolds before their eyes. Children make a Prayer Box in the Art Workshop that gives them experiences with all the PITA prayer parts. A parent letter encourages families to use the Prayer Box at home. Children learn that Jesus gave us the Lord?s Prayer so we would know how to pray. Through a music version of the Lord?s Prayer children come to understand the meaning of each part of the prayer by interacting with props and singing. The Lord?s Prayer is the Bible memory verse for the unit.

ART WORKSHOP

Activity: P.I.T.A. Prayer Box

COOKING WORKSHOP

Activity: Prayer Pretzels

GAME WORKSHOP

Activity: Game ? P.I.T.A. Jeopardy

MOVIE WORKSHOP

Activity: Movie ? The Lord?s Prayer; Popcorn Prayers

MUSIC WORKSHOP

Activity: The Lord?s Prayer through music

SCIENCE WORKSHOP

Activity: Experiments with water