A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions

With these fun A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions, you’ll be able to easily teach the keywords of the song while adding in movement and making strong connections with the words all in one no-prep activity for singing time!

Using simple hand actions, like the ones I’ll show you below, is a wonderful way to use the a representation of words learning style for Junior Primary in a physical way!

*25 A Child’s Prayer Singing Time Ideas Here*

A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions

How to Play:

Sing through A Child’s Prayer (flip chart here) before introducing the hand actions.

Tell the children you have some fun actions to help them remember the words of this song! Teach the first 3-4 signs. Say the words and show the actions and have the children repeat.

Sing through the first line with the actions. Then start over, and sing through the whole song with the actions to the first part.

Add 3-4 more signs and repeat, practice the new actions, the sequence of actions so far, and then singing through the song with all the actions.

Extension Ideas:

• Ask the children for their simple action ideas and use them to represent the words!
• Use the simple action codes below and scramble them up. Have the children help you match your action to the emoji cards!
• Have the children try to “decode” your emoji action cards. What would this action look like? What phrase do you think it’s for?

Simple Actions for A Child’s Prayer:

• Heavenly Father – Point a finger to heaven
• There – Point over there to the right
• Hear – Cup hand behind your ear
• Answer – Cup hand to the side of your mouth
• Prayer – Fold arms or prayer hands
• Heaven – Palm up blocking sun like a visor
• Far away – Spread two hands far apart
• Close – Tuck arms in around you
• Pray – Fold arms or prayer hands
• Heavenly Father – Point a finger to heaven
• Remember – Fingers touching thumb, point to forehead
• Jesus – Point to palm
• Long ago – Point finger to wrist like pointing to a watch
• Come to me – Fingers scooping towards you signaling to come
• Prayer – Fold arms or prayer hands
• Coming – Same signal as above – signal with fingers to “come”
• Thee – Point a finger to heaven

If your Primary kids loved this fun emoji themed singing time, they will enjoy this Emoji song review game crack the code with all the Old Testament songs.

A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions Video Demonstration

Check out this short video demonstration to help you prepare to teach the hand actions for A Child’s Prayer! In this video, I’ll explain how I use hand actions in primary and sing through the first verse using the pattern! Try out the actions with me or even use it to teach the kids! Just grab the link below:

–> A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions Video Demonstration <–

A Child’s Prayer Simple Actions
Lesson Plan & Emoji Cards

This printable will make it easier for you to remember these simple actions and prepare for your singing time lesson! It includes 3 pages with fun and darling Emoji action cards! These can be used to show the order of the actions or to mix in as a fun extension activity, like listed above.

I’ve also created additional actions for the 2nd verse that are included in the INSTANT Primary Singing membership when A Child’s Prayer is the featured song of the month!

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For another fun singing time idea to teach this song, head over to see our A Child’s Prayer Cupid’s Shuffle!

How did teaching A Child’s Prayer with these easy to learn and fun to use simple hand actions go in your Primary?