Explicit

Teaching
about
Prayer
MMK RE TEAM

Explicit Teaching of
Prayer
Each year level has particular prayers and
meditative prayer practices that need to
be explicitly taught.
Within this document is a small collection
of links to websites and YouTube clips that
may assist in teaching these concepts.
Please explore the meditation resources
at our school to get some more ideas for
incorporating this within your classroom.

What do you need to

teach?
It is important to ensure that you reteach prayer
practices explicitly taught in previous years to
consolidate and reconfirm understanding before
teaching your own explicit prayer and prayer
practices for your year level.
For example: Year 2 students are explicitly taught
prayers for forgiveness and the Penitential Act
but have in previous years (Prep and Yr 1) were
taught Amen, Sign of the cross, Hail Mary
and Grace before meals so
these should
be continued also.

Prep
Amen
Sign of the Cross
Meditative prayer practices
silence, stillness, lighting a
candle

Prep Links
Amen - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
UKVeRMiDXrA
Sign of the Cross colouring in http://twistynoodle.com/the-sign-of-the-cross-co
loring-page
/
Sign of the Cross song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V51TGeR6jP0
Light a Candle song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx3kDs1Jd4c

Year 1
Hail Mary
Grace
Meditative prayer practices,
including closing eyes, and
praying with beads and
music.

Year 1 Links
Hail Mary Song Gentle Womanhttp
://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAO5g93G3oo
Grace before meals
http://colorthebible.blogspot.com.au/2012/05/pray-befor
eeating.html
Praying with beads
http://abeadnaprayer.wordpress.com/2011/01/31/prayerbead-devotion-a-devotion-for-kids
/
Meditative music - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
yLWXjlmqapY

Grace before meals

Year 1 Resources

Year 2
Prayers for forgiveness
Acts of Contrition
Penitential Act
Meditative prayer practices,
including centred breathing
and attending posture.

Year 2 Links
Prayers for forgiveness - (see next page)
Forgiveness Song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Lu5udXEZI
Penitential Act Lord have mercy song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzKBbB_fbN8
Meditative prayer practices, including centred
breathing and attending to posture. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
qwp_mVTM4us

Prayer of
Forgiveness
Please Forgive Me
Dear Father God,
I know that I've done wrong through my thoughts, my
actions, and the things that I've said, sometimes by mistake
and sometimes on purpose. I have gone my own way and not
put you at the center of my life. I am very sorry and ask that
you please forgive me. I thank you that I can ask you this
because I truly believe that your Son, Jesus, died in my place
and, through Him, I have access to you. Please help me to
follow you more closely every day and live a life which gives
glory back to you. I pray this in Jesus' name.
Amen.

Penitential Act
Asking God for forgiveness prior to the Liturgy of the
Word:
Lord have Mercy
Christ have Mercy
Lord have Mercy.
- or Have mercy on us O Lord, for we have sinned against you.
Show us O Lord your mercy and grant us your salvation.
May Almighty God have mercy on us, forgive us our sins
and
bring us to everlasting life.

Year 2 Resources
The Forgiving Tree Craft Activity Create
a class tree and invite students to write
their name on the front of the leaf and
write down on the back what they are
asking for forgiveness for.
Pin the leaves to the tree with names
facing out and invite students to pray in
front of the tree.

The Forgiving Tree

I am sorry colouring
ins

http://www.sermons4kids.com/

Year 3
Prayers of Thanksgiving
Prayers of Praise
Glory Be
Meditative prayer
practices, including guided
meditation and mindful

Year 3 Links
Thanksgiving prayer
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewPoetry.asp?id=36486
Thankful by Josh Groban http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoygmylt2iM
Prayers of Praise
http://www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=889
Glory Be
http://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/the-glory-beprayer.html
Meditative Prayer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
SJ2vEGEsp_E

Thankful prayer

I am thankful for.

Thankful wheel craft

Thankful Song for

Kids

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC
BhwN5Wd8

Year 4 Teaching
Prayers of blessing
Prayers of petition and
intercession
Litanies
Meditative prayer practices
including praying with the
help of colour and

Year 4 Links
Prayer of blessing
http://ri.bne.catholic.edu.au/ree/RE/PW/Pages/
ChristianPrayer.aspx
Prayer of petition and intercession (next page)
Litany of Saints http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
ZWt5y301BSY
Praying with colour Underneath Gods Beautiful
Rainbow by Andrew Chinn
Praying with mandalas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= I0iYOiw87eY
The Mandala Project http://www.mandalaproject.org /

Writing Prayers of
Intercession

Invitation to prayer: a brief

invitation to pray e.g. with trust
in Gods mercy, let us pray.
Intentions
Silence for prayer
Lord hear us
Response Lord hear our
prayer
Concluding prayer: e.g. We
make these prayers through
Christ our Lord Amen.

Taken from: http://ri.bne.catholic.edu.au/ree/RE/PW/Pages/

ChristianPrayer.aspx

Rainbow Colouring In

http://www.bigactivities.com/coloring/nature/rainbows/
rainbow_clouds.php

Mandalas

Year 5 Teaching
Marian prayers including Hail Mary,
Litany of Mary of Nazareth and
Rosary.
Meditative prayer including
mantras.
Meditative prayer practices
including praying with Rosary
beads.

Year 5 Links
Hail Mary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ78Q58UqOU
Litany of Mary of Nazerath http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIf8oDbO3CI
The song of the Rosary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
EjpyoBRMW0k
Prayer Mantras http://www.cominghome.org.au/practice/dsp-default-d.cfm?loa
dref=
138
Mantra Song - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XPf7wPM0A
The Rosary - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L-Op-3DUPw

Mary of Nazareth

http://printablecolouringpages.co.uk/?s=mary+of+

Litany of Saints
Colouring

http://www.textweek.com/yeara/alla.htm

Year 6 Teaching
Lords Prayer
Meditative prayer including
The Examen
Meditative prayer practices,
including prayer journaling

Year 6 Links
The Lords Prayer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
TDkTqC7h4zw
The Examen
http://ri.bne.catholic.edu.au/ree/RE/PW/Pag
es/
ChristianPrayer.aspx
Prayer Journalling
https://www.pinterest.com/jandavidson55/p
rayer-journal

Prayer Jounalling

http://mothersniche.com/prayer-journal-tem

Examen Prayer Reflection

Steps of the Examen

- Become aware of your feelings at this moment.

- Be thankful to God for your gifts and your life.

- Tell God that you want to see yourself more and more as God
sees you.
- Go over the events of your day so far and reflect on one of
these when you really noticed God was with you and loving
you.
- Thank God for the good times.
- Tell God that you are sorry and ask for help if you need to
change in some way.
- Look forward with hope and reflect on how you need to grow
in your love for God by being more helpful to others in the
days to come.

Staff Drive: Prayer

Songs for the
Classroom
Prep Sign of the Cross (John Burland)
Yr 1 Litany Youth Version (Meditation)
Yr 1 Too Deep for Words (Meditation)
Yr 2 Too Deep for Words (Meditation)
Yr 2 Forgiving is always the right thing (John
Burland)
Yr 2 How many times Lord? (Alive in Christ)
Yr 2 Loving Christ (John Burland)
Yr 3 A song of praise (Lord Teach Me Your Ways)