Grade 1 - Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States

Sunday School Curriculum Grade 1
Week 1 – How to Pray
Objective:
To teach the children how to pray
Memory Verse:
“Pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks” (1Thessalonian 5:16-17)
References
Matthew 6:9-13
Introduction:
Review the previous lesson and verse with the students
Ask the children if they pray at home?
How many times they pray every day?
If they pray alone or someone prays with them?
Lesson Outlines:
It is very important that we pray every day. When we pray there are few things we have to do:
We have to stand or kneel down
We have to start and end with the sign of the cross. Do we all know how to make the sign of
the cross? Let us see now how every body makes the sign of the cross. Let each student make
the sign of the cross and make sure they know how.
We have to concentrate in the prayer and not look to people around us or watch things to our
right or left. The best thing is to close our eyes when we pray.
If we are praying we have to pray with a clear voice. We can ask God for all the things we
need but we have also to thank Him for all the things He gave us already. Can you think of
one thing that God gave you?
When someone else is praying and we are listening, we should be quiet and not talk to anyone
else or make any sounds. Exactly like when we pray in the church during the liturgy we
should listen to the priest and should not talk at all in church or make any noise because Jesus
likes the children who respect His house.
At the end of praying we have to say the Lord’s prayer. What is the Lord’s prayer? Can
anyone tell me the Lord’s prayer alone?
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