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Play ‘Father Abraham Had Many Sons’, an ideal catechism action song for kids

Lyrics:

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, Chin up!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, Chin up, turn around!

Father Abraham had many sons
Many sons had Father Abraham
I am one of them and so are you
So let’s all praise the Lord.
Right arm, left arm, right foot, left foot, Chin up, turn around, sit down!

Actions:

Right arm: Clench fist, bend and extend arm upward repeatedly throughout song
Left arm: Add left arm in same motion as right
Right foot: Add right foot stepping up and down
Left foot: Add left foot stepping up and down
Chin up: Add head nodding up and down
Turn around: Add turning in place while continuing other motions
Sit down: Sit down

A Little Girl Needs Daddy

A little girl needs Daddy
For many, many things:
Like holding her high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!
Like being the deep music
That tells her all is right
When she awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.
Like being the great mountain
That rises in her heart
And shows her how she might get home
When all else falls apart.
Like giving her the love
That is her sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
She’ll always find him there.

A Father Is

There in every memory
See his love and care
Strength and hands to count on
Freely he does share
Provider, toil so faithfully
To make our dreams come true
Give strong and tender discipline
Though it is hard to do
A Father is God’s chosen one
To lead the family
And point it to His will for life
Of love and harmony…
– - – by Sue Skeen

Thank your dad for what you are today

O thank your dad for what you are today!
In life, a pivotal role, he does play;
‘His contribution is priceless, ‘ let’s say;
Like mother, father gives bliss anyway!

A father’s place, no person else can take;
A father’s love is of a special make;
He toils unceasingly for family’s sake;
He tells the members what is called as fake!

A fatherless child becomes unruly;
A child with father lives so casually;
With father gone, life can turn cruelly;
A father gives all, joy in family!

Respect your father for his weighs in gold;
He teaches you to be righteous and bold;
He is a fountain of wisdom when old;
His sacrifices most, remain untold!

So, wish your father on this special day;
Do greet him, hug him, kiss him anyway;
A father means a lot in life some way;
Return his love is some form, come what may!
– - – by Dr John Celes

Check out Father’s Day, What Makes A Dad, 

Dads Are Special, Daddy from Heaven Poem

Yes, children indeed are Jesus’ little angelic wonders.

There are so many, many things I have learnt from them. My son, from his birth till date has taught me so many things in his own, sweet, innocent way. As time goes by, he seems to be becoming my role model. After much discussion, did we decide to name him Noel, which when I think of it now, is so very apt for him. ‘Noel’ means ‘the birth of Jesus’ and I feel he is indeed, our little infant Jesus come to us, to guide and love us the very small funny things to the much more important decisions – his outlook and our outlook are so very different.

I have struck dumb by some of his beautiful words, actions, expressions and advice. I wonder, then, why I didn’t think of it before or why I didn’t think that way. When I teach him, sometimes he becomes naughty. I scold him. He told me, calmly, to be nice to him and he’d listen. His words, most often, are reminders, path-breakers to me. If not Jesus’ wonders, then what else are they?

Today, when I went to Church, brother was telling the elder children coming for catechism to emulate their younger friends, who come to Church, not on time. These young blooming buds are little angels – in their innocence. Sometimes, when I listen to his small-talk and chatter, I wonder, where I am going in this rush of living. You know, I have felt, firsthand how much easier it is to be nice, innocent, straight forward, simple, humble and naïve than be shrewd, cunning, sly, calculating, opportunistic and proud. It’s so much easier on your physical, mental spiritual and psychological well-being.

What can be a better stress-buster than being innocent as a child. We should learn from our children. They have not lost that heavenly link, with which they are born, as yet. Then, why do we lose it on our ongoing journey of life, in adulthood. Children keep you grounded, reminding you that this rush is meaningless. From what I have understood, I feel, they say that be happy in life and give peace and love to each other.

Helen Keller has written that if she was granted eyesight for three days, on the first day, itself, she would like to see the eager and innocent face of a baby, that which precedes the conflicts of later life. So, it could be the conflicts of life which make us so in adulthood, could be our excuse. Jawaharlal Nehru loved children. His birthday is celebrated as children’s Day.

We cannot deny a child’s innocent smile. We love to play with children, talk to them, love them. Being in the company of children is the biggest joy in life, Why? Because they are the Lord’s chosen ones – the ones closest to His heart and when they are born, they impart that divine Godliness to us. I have decided to see my boy as my guide and anchor rather that emulate all the celebrities of the world because through him I see the Lord, speaking to me.

- – - written by Elizabeth Roy