Although this next adaptation goes back to the 1970's,
it is new to me.
Fred Werner made a musical setting in which
a sung refrain, to the words
"children learn what they live,"
frames spoken-word recitation of the "When a child" verses
over an instrumental music backing.

This version was included in the "Desiderata" album
recorded by media announcer Les Crane;
and while I remember the "Desiderata" single well enough,
I have no recollection of hearing this musical take on
"Children Learn What They Live."

However, in looking all this up and searching for references,
I discover that this rendition of
"Children Learn What They Live"
was popular in Jamaica, of all places, in the 1970's.
There is a whole generation of families who remember this recording
as being deemed suitable for children,
and there are adults who grew up in Jamaica
who remember hearing this version on Sundays.