Below are some prayers for children. However, you might like to mix these with encouraging children to pray themselves - since they may feel less self-conscious than adults when praying aloud. This also enables them to pray for what they want to pray, rather than reciting a list of prayers. Some books of childrens' prayers use complex language, and some even rhyme! The prayers below are deliberately uncomplicated. This gives children a better pattern for their own prayers.
We are sorry for doing wrong things. Please forgive us. Help us to forgive those who are unkind to us. Amen.
As I turn off the light, please be with me. Help me to get to sleep, and please give me good dreams. Amen.
Thank you for my family : and not only for those I live with, but grandparents, uncles, aunties and cousins. Please be with them today. Amen.
I know that I am your special child, and that you love me. Other children don't know you. Please may they come to know your love. I particularly pray for _____ and _____. Amen.
God, you are great. You made the world and it's good. Thank you for making it so beautiful, and we are sorry that we have spoiled it. Amen.
Please help me at school. Sometimes I find it hard, and it's at those times I specially need your help. I know you are with us always. Amen.
