image by mariaRoutines are good for kids. But song routines are extra fun!
Start learning, reading, or Bible time with the same poem or song to help children prepare to listen and sit quietly.
Tune: If You're Happy and You Know It
If you're ready for a story, take a seat.
If you're ready for a story, take a seat.
Clap your hands, stomp your feet
Make your hands, nice and neat
If you're ready for a story, take a seat.
Turn on your listening ears
Zip up your lips
Give your hands a clap
Place them in your lap
Tune: Are You Sleeping?
Are you criss-cross, are you criss-cross
Eyes on me, eyes on me
Hands in your lap, hands in your lap
Quietly, quietly. (whisper)
Tune: One Little, Two Little, Three Little Indians
One little, two little, three little fingers
Four little, five little, six little fingers
Seven little, eight little, nine little fingers
Ten fingers folded in prayer.
The Bible. The Bible. (form book with hands)
God wants me to know. (point up)
The Bible. The Bible.
That's how I can grow. (bend down and stand up slowly)
The Bible. The Bible.
God wants me to see. (point to eyes)
The Bible. The Bible.
Is the book for me. (point to self)
B-I-B-L-E (clap or stomp on each letter)
How to Teach Children the Bible
Mother Hen, Mother Hen
I am coming, count to 10 (children come to teacher as they count to 10)
