The Sign of the Cross is the most basic Catholic prayer, though we don’t often think of it that way. We should teach our children to say it with reverence before and after their other prayers. The most common problem that children have in learning the Sign of the Cross is using their left hand instead of their right; the second most common is touching their right shoulder before the left.

Using your right hand, you should touch your forehead at the mention of the Father, the lower middle of your chest at the mention of the Son, and the left shoulder on the word “Holy” and the right shoulder on the word “Spirit.”

Here is the prayer:

In the name of the Father,
and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.