Year 2 Prayer: Is it possible to speak to God? worksheet

“Many ways to pray” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 2 religious education unit “Prayer: Is it possible to speak to God?”, for children aged 6 to 7, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 31 to 36 of the year, 6 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Many ways to pray

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 2 · Religious education · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can explain that people pray in many different ways, alone or together.

A Look back3 min

1.
Christians often go to a building to pray together. Which building is it? Circle one.
schoolchurchmosque
2.
Draw a line from each place of worship to the religion that uses it.
churchmosque
IslamChristianity
3.
Which holy book do Muslims read? Circle one.
BibleQur'an

B Watch me, then you4 min

Sam says his prayers out loud at home, on his own. Later, Sam joins his class to pray together.

Watch me

Sam prays out loud at home, on his own.

Praying on your own is individual prayer.

Later, Sam prays with his class. Praying with others is collective prayer.

Now you

1.
Ola prays with her class in assembly. Is this individual or collective prayer? Circle one.
individualcollective
2.
Priya says a prayer quietly in her head, by herself. Is this individual or collective prayer? Circle one.
individualcollective

C Your turn6 min

Read each sentence. Circle or write your answer.

1.
Fergus walks and prays by himself. Is this individual or collective prayer? Circle one.
individualcollective
2.
Brother Sam prays with other monks. Is this individual or collective prayer? Circle one.
individualcollective
3.
Nadia prays in her head, so nobody can hear her words. Does she pray out loud or quietly? Circle one.
out loudquietly
4.
Write one way a person could pray. Say if it is on their own or with others.

Say it out loud: What in the sentence tells you a prayer is shared with others?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “All prayer looks the same, so everyone prays out loud.”

1.
Is Kit right? Write why.

E Think deeper3 min

1.
Think of three different ways people can pray. For each one, write alone or together.

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Many ways to pray · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. church If they circle school, ask where Christians go to pray together on a Sunday. Point to the church symbol and name it.

2. church → Christianity; mosque → Islam If they join church to Islam, ask which building Christians go to. Then ask which building Muslims go to, and join the mosque to Islam.

3. Qur'an If they circle the Bible, remind them that Christians read the Bible and Muslims read the Qur'an.

B

1. collective If they say individual, ask whether Ola is praying alone or with others. Praying with others is collective.

2. individual If they say collective, ask who is praying with Priya. Nobody is, so it is individual.

C

1. individual If they say collective, ask who else is praying with Fergus. If nobody is, it is individual.

2. collective If they say individual, ask whether Brother Sam is alone. He is with other monks, so it is collective.

3. quietly If they say out loud, ask how someone else could hear Nadia's words if she prays in her head.

4. Look for: Names any way to pray, such as singing, and says alone or with others.

D

1. Look for: Says Kit is wrong because prayer can be out loud or in the head, alone or together, so not all prayer looks the same. If they agree with Kit, ask them to think of a prayer said quietly in the head. Then ask whether that looks the same as a prayer said out loud.

E

1. Look for: Gives three different ways to pray and says for each whether it is alone or together.

Words to use

Say“Tell me two ways people pray. How are they different? Is each one alone or together?”

Instead of“Tell them that all prayer looks the same, so there is only one right way.”

After the sheet

Make two cards, ON MY OWN and TOGETHER. Describe a prayer, like grace with the family or a bedtime prayer. Ask your child which card it goes on.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

5 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

One prayer, many languages(with a plan)
Many ways to pray(with a plan)
Different Muslim Prayers(with a plan)
Quiet thinking time(with a plan)
Prayer or reflection?(with a plan)

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