Dive right in with a huge assortment of I Pray in Faith singing time ideas for Primary! You’ll find tons of fun ways to teach this song including a body rhythm, prayer yoga, action words, picture order, what comes next, speech bubbles, and more! There’s even flip charts and a sing-along video included below!
If you plan to teach I Pray in Faith (archives) this year as one of the Old Testament Primary Songs for Singing Time you’ll find everything you need to get started below! Just click on the teaching ideas that interest you for the full lesson plan and printable helps!
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I Pray in Faith Singing Time Packet
If you’re teaching I Pray in Faith this year, you’ll love this complete packet that includes ALL the extended printables with tons of engaging and varied lesson plans. It also includes our custom illustrated flip chart that includes a variety of print and format styles to best fit your Primary’s unique needs.
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I Pray in Faith Flip Charts
Get started with your choice of I Pray in Faith Flip Chart! There are a bunch of different formats and styles included in with an illustrated flipchart option plus a slideshow, lyrics only, and photo flip charts!
9 I Pray in Faith Singing Time Ideas
This post will help you find all of my I Pray in Faith teaching ideas around this blog. Plus, I’m also sharing additional favorite lesson plans from other Primary music leaders at the end of this post!
1. I Pray in Faith – Picture Order
Rearrange these I Pray in Faith Picture Order cards as you learn, teach, and review this song! Your Primary children will be able to better visualize and connect the keywords in order with the visual cues to help.
2. I Pray in Faith – Body Rhythms
Get everyone up and moving with this fun I Pray in Faith Body Rhythms pattern! It includes a variety of movements that match the feeling of the song lyrics as you teach this song!
3. I Pray in Faith – Emoji Action Words
Add in hand actions to the keywords as you learn the song with movement and a connection to the lyrics in this I Pray in Faith Emoji Action Words lesson plan.
4. I Pray in Faith – What Comes Next
Challenge the children to put the parts of the song in the correct order in this I Pray in Faith What Comes Next lesson plan. There’s a variety of different ways to use this activity to deepen their connection to the song with lots of singing repetition.
5. I Pray in Faith – Prayer Yoga
Teach about how different people pray with this fun and unique I Pray in Faith Prayer Yoga activity. You’ll add movements to match each line of the song as you try out some unique yoga poses. Tie in this lesson plan with the scripture reference below!
6. I Pray in Faith – Ways to Pray Scriptures
Teach about different ways people in the scriptures pray with this engaging I Pray in Faith Ways to Pray Scriptures activity. You’ll learn a lot about prayer and deepen their experience learning about praying and trying it out on their own.
7. I Pray in Faith – Beat vs Rhythm
Sing through this song with tons of repetition with this I Pray in Faith Beat vs Rhythm singing time idea! You’ll sing through the song clapping along with the beat. Then, switch to patting along with the rhythm. Plus fun additional patterns to try.
8. I Pray in Faith – Speech Bubbles
Help the children visualize the song lyrics with this I Pray in Faith Speech Bubbles lesson plan. There are keyword speech bubbles for each line of the song.
9. I Pray in Faith – Sing-Along Video
You’ll love this sweet I Pray in Faith sing-along video with a lovely guitar melody that is perfect to help you introduce the song for the first week or simply share a little different exposure to the song that the kids can sing right along with the lyrics. I also love to send sing-along videos to my Primary families each month so they can sing along with the song of the month at home or for practice leading up to the Primary Program!
6 More Ways to Teach I Pray in Faith
If you’re looking for even more inspiration, I’ve sourced some of my favorite ideas for other Primary Music Leaders to help you teach this song in fun and varied ways.
1. I Pray in Faith – Playdoh Shapes
Make 5 simple shapes together with playdoh, then see what they come together to look like when you’re finished! See the demo in this video here.
2. I Pray in Faith – Picture Symbols
Use a simple I Pray in Faith Symbols guide to help the children learn and remember the song lyrics.
3. I Pray in Faith – ASL & Simple Signs
Learn some very simple ASL signs to use as you teach this song with this I Pray in Faith ASL video.
4. I Pray in Faith Melody Map
Here’s a fun Melody Dot Map lesson plan idea to help you teach the melody in a visual way.
5. Note Value Map (Facebook)
6. Circle Pictures (Facebook)
For more activities, see these Search, Ponder, and Pray Singing Time ideas!
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What other fun I Pray in Faith singing time ideas have you tried? We’d love to see your fun ideas! Share them in the comments to add to this list.
