Prayers you learned as a kid?

naomikb

Are there any prayers you learned as a kid?  I'm looking for some short, easy to memorize or remember, fill in the blank of things you are thankful for etc. that are appropriate for kids.

fpaemp2011

Being Baptist, the only prayer we memorized was the Lord's Prayer, and we only said that every once in a while so it didn't become rote.  

However, my preschool did say a prayer every day before lunch:

Thank you, God, for happy hearts,

for rain and sunny weather.

Thank you, God, for this, our food,

and that we are together.

Amen.

ochemjenn

The Lord's Prayer was the only prayer I learned. 

Emily, I'm really impressed you remember something from pre-school!  If I learned any prayers there, I've forgotten them.

naomikb

The one we do at church during kids' time at the end is:
Dear God,
Thank you for today.  Thank you for Jesus, for ___, for ___, and ____.  (usually related to the daily bible story but sometimes also family and friends and the colour red and sunshine).
Amen.

It's definitely concise and to the point, but I'm looking for other suggestions.

Emily I like yours!

sessionswedding

Just the standard bedtime prayer:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take

And the before-meals prayer:

God is great, God is good
Let us thank Him for our food
By His hands we all are fed
Thank you, Lord, for daily bread

And of course, the Lord's Prayer.

RebeccaJac

I worked at a Christian pre-school in high school and we did the superman prayer (you kind of sing it to the tune the superman theme): 

Thank you God for giving us food

Thank you God for giving us food

For the friends that we meet

and the food that we eat

Thank you God for giving us food

or the standard

Come Lord Jesus be our guest, 

Let these gifts to us be blessed

There were others, but I can't remember them

DramaGeek

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[QUOTE]I worked at a Christian pre-school in high school and we did the superman prayer (you kind of sing it to the tune the superman theme):  Thank you God for giving us food Thank you God for giving us food For the friends that we meet and the food that we eat Thank you God for giving us food or the standard Come Lord Jesus be our guest,  Let these gifts to us be blessed There were others, but I can't remember them
Posted by RebeccaJac[/QUOTE]

<div>OMG, I was totally coming in here to post the Superman prayer!  We used to sing that in college in the dining hall, complete with hand motions <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-embarassed.gif" border="0" alt="Embarassed" title="Embarassed" /></div><div>
</div><div>There's also the Johnny Appleseed prayer song</div><div>
</div><div>"The Lord is good to me</div><div>and so I thank the Lord</div><div>For giving me the things I need</div><div>the sun and the rain and the apple seed</div><div>the Lord is good to me"</div><div>
</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_IrdS-zu48" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_IrdS-zu48</a> </div>

jenningz

Little fishes
Lick your dishes
All say AMEN.


(to the tune of mission impossible)
Thank you Lord
For the Food
Bless the cooks,
A-Men