Short Mealtime Prayers for Children Printable

Enjoy this free printable of Four Short Mealtime Prayers to teach children to say before meals. 

Do you remember when you learned to say Grace before each meal. It is one of those things our parents teach us or maybe a grandparent. My family has always said Grace before meals.

It is called Table Manners which needs to be taught at home. Teaching children to be appreciative and thank the person who has prepared their meal is an essential parenting. 

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Children catch on quickly and even a baby learning to talk will try to repeat the words they keep hearing at the dinner table. It’s the cutest thing to hear a baby trying to sing song a mealtime prayer.

The most common mealtime prayer to teach children is probably the ‘God is Great, God is Good’ prayer. That is the one I learned as a small child and taught my children and now it’s the one my grandchildren say too.

My mother had a sense of humor which showed up oftentimes at the dinner table. She taught us this one which is frankly funny.

Good Food. Good Meat. Good Lord, Let’s Eat!

We hold hands while we are saying Grace at the table. It is just something we have always done in my family. 

When the meal is being served buffet style we tend to gather in a circle to hold hands and pray. When it is only us and the grandchildren we all say the blessing out loud together and I love it!

Big family celebrations including extended family means one person will usually be designated to say the prayer over the meal. This is usually the head of the household where the event if being held unless someone else has been asked to pray. 

These prayers can go beyond saying Grace and blessing the meal into praying over everyone. Isn’t is sweet when families pray together.

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The above printable sheet of Children’s Mealtime Prayers prints on standard printer paper size of 8 1/2 x 11. Cardstock works well if you plan to cut the four prayers out to teach them one at a time.

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