Aaron Waite Piano Solo Arr. of A Child's Prayer

This is not for the kids to sing with.... but I love the Aaron Waite Piano Solo Arr of A Child's Prayer!  It sounds like a music box and is so lovely. Now I wish I played the piano better (much better) than I do.

Sheet Music The Includes The Extra Part of A Child's Prayer

There's a version on A Child's Prayer that has a signing 'parent' intro. I found it on Barlow Bradford, HERE.

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir sings it in the first video in this compilation:

Night time, quiet time,
Loved ones gather at day's end.
I hold them close, I help them know
That God will always be their friend.
Then just before I say good night,
My little one kneels by my chair.
I close my eyes, I dim the lights,
And listen to this simple prayer.:

Heavenly Father, are you really there?
And do you hear and answer every child's prayer?
Some say that heaven is far a-way.
But I feel it close a-round me as I pray.
Heavenly Father, I remember now.
Some-thing that Jesus told disciples long a-go:
"Suffer the children to come to me."
Father, in prayer I'm coming now to thee.

Pray, he is there; Speak, he is listening.
You are his child; His love now surrounds you.
He hears your prayer; He loves the children.
Of such is the kingdom, the kingdom of heav'n.

VIDEO: MoTab Choir Sings to Cancer Patient

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THIS KSL VIDEO, "Choir 'concert for one' played important role in recovery, former cancer patient says" by Carole Mikita at KSL, is a newsstory of when the Mormon Tabernacle Choir sang to a girl with cancer. A Child's Prayer has an important part in the story - and told from the girl's perspective is powerful.

Here is the version from the Choir's POV on YouTube (this one will play in the post):

Video For a Child's Prayer

These are Video Clips that I put Together to introduce A Child's Prayer to my Primary:

*Can I say that I just lucked out finding the Choir singing A Child's Prayer? I just happened to click on the entire Music and the Spoken Word that had it in it. And when I opened the video I just happened to move the curser right in the middle of the song. Happenstance and luck.

*A Child's Prayer sung by the Choir has the extra intro written by Janice Kapp Perry.



1) Mormon tabernacle Choir singing A Child's Prayer (with extra intro by Janice Kapp Perry).
2) Thomas S Monson talking about prayer.
3) OCD Chorister's video flip chart for A Child's Prayer


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*I will use the above video for SR Primary. It's too long for JR Primary.  For JR I will just show OCD Chorister's Video (below).

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OCD Chorister's Video Flipchart for A Child's Prayer:

Hello, is _______ there?

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Bring your cell phone. Have someone else already set up with their cell phone and a script. (Make sure your ringer is up. Also bring phone chargers. Just trying to think of everything here.)  :)

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INTRO: One of the greatest things that you can ever learn is that you can talk to Heavenly Father. You can always turn to him in prayer and he will listen to you, and answer your prayer.

(Phone rings, grab bag and dig to find it. Answer.)

CALLER:
Hello! How are you? What are you doing? Is _____________there?
Can I talk to him/her?

(pass the phone to that person)

CALLER:
Hello_______________! How are you? Are you having fun singing today? Will you tell Sister Music Leader to have everyone sing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes? Thank you, goodbye.

(child reports to Primary what the Caller said)
MUSIC LEADER:
Yes! We can sing that song!

(Get the phone from the child, and give it to someone else to hold it for you, ask them to stand up if it starts to ring again.)

SING: Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes p. 275

(Near the end of the song the phone starts to ring and the child holding it stands up. The child answers the phone.)

CALLER:
Hello! Is __________there?

Can I please speak to him/her?

(pass the phone to that person)

CALLER:

Hello! Will you ask Sister Willis to have everyone sing "Row Row Row Your Boat"? OK, thank you, goodbye.
(child asks)

MUSIC LEADER:
No. We shouldn't sing that song in Primary, it isn't a Primary song. We need to sing a primary song. How about if we sing ______________________, instead?

(Get the phone from the child, ask someone else to hold it for you, ask them to stand up if it starts to ring.)

SING: _________________________

(toward the end of the song the phone starts ringing...)

CALLER:
Hello! How are you?  Is ________________ there?

Can I talk to him/her? 

(give phone to person)

CALLER:

Hi! Will you ask Sister Music Leader if we can sing the closing song now? Thank you, goodbye.

(child asks)

MUSIC LEADER:
We're going to sing  _______________ for the closing song today. But it isn't time to go yet so we will have to wait. Let's sing ____________________ now instead.

(Get the phone from the child, ask someone else to hold it for you, ask them to stand up if it starts to ring.)

SING: ______________________

(toward the end of the song the phone starts ringing...)

CALLER:
Hello! Is___________there? Can I please speak to him/her?

(give phone to person)

CALLER:

Hello! Will you ask Sister Music Leader if we can sing your favorite primary song? You can decide what song it is. Thank you, goodbye.

(child reports to Primary)

MUSIC LEADER:
You get to decide what we sing! All of the Primary songs are good. What do you think we should sing?
SING favorite song

MUSIC LEADER:
Talking on the phone is kind of like Praying. Heavenly Father will hear and answer our prayers, but we have to tell him what we need. There are different kinds of answers he can give us. Sometimes he will say, "Yes." But not always, and sometimes the answer is "No." Sometimes we have to wait to get our prayer answered, and sometimes Heavenly Father will want us to decide for ourselves. He will always help us, but we have to listen for his answer. I know this is true. Let's sing "A Child's Prayer" all the way through. It teaches us important lessons about praying.


*From Luana Willis' idea found on Sugardoodle

Prayer, Which Wheel?

I was trying to think of a way to incorporate this Power of Prayer lesson from Blue Skies Ahead with August 2013's song, A Child's Prayer.

Talk about the kinds of wheels on a car. There's the steering wheel, then there's the back tire. What is prayer to you? Is it the steering wheel that you use every time you drive, or is it the back tire that you just use sometimes, only when you need it.

Ask if you should pray only when you need it, like the spare tire, or all the time, like the steering wheel.

After determining that prayer is like the steering wheel, the one you use all the time, talk about the reasons to pray.

Remind them that it's important to pray all the time. When things are good and when things are not going well.

Ask the children what things they have prayed about.

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Composer's Connection to "A Child's Prayer"

*ARTICLE FROM LDS LIVING

The Greatest LDS Children's Song of All Time

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In January 2013 Janice Kappy Perry's song A Child's Prayer was named the greatest LDS Children's song of all time on LDS Living.