• Home
  • About
    • Our Journey
    • Popular Posts
  • Blog
    • Motherhood
    • Style
    • Home
      • Clarke Residence
    • Life
    • Verses
    • Faith
    • Travel
    • Blog Tips
  • Simply Clarke

  • Marriage
  • Shop
    • My Shop
    • Shop My Style
    • Amazon Favorites
    • Clarke Residence
    • Brooke’s Style
    • KC’s Style
  • Contact
    • Collaborate

Simply Clarke

Clarke Littles, Faith
/
March 1, 2017

Teaching Your Toddler How To Pray

I cannot explain the overflowing joy I feel when I see Brooke fold her little hands together to pray and say “amen”. When Brooke was a baby, Kevin and I started praying with her and over her throughout the day. I wrote this post about when and how to pray for your baby and I really believe that repetition, even from when she was baby has helped her make prayer part of her day. We know that she doesn’t quite understand “prayer” fully, but we do know that instilling this value in her is something that will have such an impact on her as she grows.

I still remember all the nights my dad would pray with me before bedtime. It truly shaped my prayer life and still does today. We knew really wanted this for our children as well, so here are 3 things we have done so far to install the value of prayer in our house:

Model It

Your kids are constantly watching you and listening to you wether you realize it or not. This is why it is so important to watch your speech and your actions in front of your kids. We have tried to model prayer for Brooke so that she sees us praying. We started this from when she was a baby at bedtime. We sit, fold our hands, pray out loud and say amen.

Repetition

Repetition is KEY! I highly believe this is what worked for us. Like I mentioned above, we pray almost every night before bedtime. Brooke gets a bath, we put on lotion, we put on pajamas, sometimes we read a book, then we pray, give kisses/hugs and her daddy tucks her in bed. We do this EVERY night. She knows the routine so well that we don’t even have to prompt her anymore. She will sit down in one of our laps, fold her hands and start “thank you God…” then say “Amen” at the end. Then she will give us kisses and get in bed.

Keep it Simple

Another thing we do is keep the prayer simple. At first, we started off with different little short prayers every night from her devotional bible. This was sweet and good for routine, but not really for repetition. At around 16-18 months, she started loving BOZ movies and the prayer they say at bedtime. We adopted this prayer and say the same prayer every night. This is why Brooke can start it with “Thank you God..” she will mumble the middle part sometimes and end with “Amen.” Sometimes, we add little short personal prayers on the end, but for the most part, we stick with the main prayer.

We also try to pray before meals when we can (a lot of time we eat at different times right now so that is harder). As she grows and begins to understand more, we plan on adding more personal prayers each day and explaining more and more what it means to pray. For now, we are trying to keep it age appropriate in understanding and working on instilling the foundation of prayer. I hope this helps you get started if you are wanting to work on teaching your toddler how to pray!

Pin this Post
Share this Post
1 Comment
Leave a Comment

You May Also Like...

Cherish Your Husband

September 9, 2014

20 Ways of a Godly Wife

September 2, 2014

10 Ways To Pursue Your Husband (Part 3)

August 20, 2014
1 Comment
  • Caley Rosenberg
    March 8, 2017

    Love this! We do the same with our girls – we say Grace before dinner each night as we sit at the table and we pray at their bedsides before they go to sleep each night. Now that they are a bit older, they have started saying their own gratitude prayers too. We also have a quick discussion after Church and Sunday School on a Sunday for the repetition on their message x

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel Comment

Previous Post
FREE PRINTABLE – 25 Verses To Pray Over Your Marriage
Next Post
Spring Cleaning Style
Hi, I’m Marquis Clarke

Hi, I’m Marquis Clarke

I'm a modern mom of two, who strives to encourage women throughout marriage and motherhood. I embrace life as it comes with kid meltdowns, family dance parties, and snacks galore. I believe that laughter is the best medicine, simplicity is perfection, and that life is breathtakingly beautiful.

Join the Simply Clarke community and receive weekly updates via email

Motherhood

Faith

Fashion

Home

Shop My Latest Faves

product_title_1

Bible

product_title_2

Coffee

product_title_3

Planner

product_title_4

Shades

  • Tuscan Tortellini Salad

    September 6, 2024
  • KidPik Review + Sale

    February 20, 2024
  • CreArt: Unique Gift Idea for Creative Kids

    November 18, 2023

Current Location

Current Location
Houston, Texas

  • A sweet Mother’s Day dinner last night with my not so little anymore babies 💗🍕Being your mom is the greatest joy and blessing.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms here! I know today can be filled with so many emotions - joy, sorrow, excitement, disappointment, thankfulness or longing… 

whatever today might bring for you, I hope you have a glimpse of joy in your day and know that you are not alone. you are seen, you matter and you are loved!

#happymothersday #momsofinstagram #momlife
A sweet Mother’s Day dinner last night with my not so little anymore babies 💗🍕Being your mom is the greatest joy and blessing.

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms here! I know today can be filled with so many emotions - joy, sorrow, excitement, disappointment, thankfulness or longing… 

whatever today might bring for you, I hope you have a glimpse of joy in your day and know that you are not alone. you are seen, you matter and you are loved!

#happymothersday #momsofinstagram #momlife
@marquis_clarke
@marquis_clarke
•
Follow
A sweet Mother’s Day dinner last night with my not so little anymore babies 💗🍕Being your mom is the greatest joy and blessing. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms here! I know today can be filled with so many emotions - joy, sorrow, excitement, disappointment, thankfulness or longing… whatever today might bring for you, I hope you have a glimpse of joy in your day and know that you are not alone. you are seen, you matter and you are loved! #happymothersday #momsofinstagram #momlife
6 days ago
View on Instagram |
1/1

  • About
  • Disclosure and Privacy Policy
  • Collaborate

COPYRIGHT© 2020 Simply Clarke Site by Simply Clarke