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    • Today's Theme:
    God takes care of us, even when others want to hurt us.

     

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     Today's Story:

    		The Princess of Egypt takes Moses home to be her son.
    Exodus 1:6-2:9
    Optional Memory verse: "The Lord will keep you safe.  
    He will keep you from being trapped."  Proverbs 3:26
          (International Children's Bible, New Century Version)
    • Materials Needed:
    		Promised Land mat,
    Paper Egypt mat,
    Scotch tape,
    Peanut shell or other shell of a nut (for a basket for baby Moses)
    Baby Moses figure in a basket: make a small play dough figure by rolling a barrel for a body and adding a round head. Put it in the peanut shell.
    Adult Moses figure, (Optional: make him a flip figure who flips from a prince to a shepherd).
    Pharaoh figure,
    blocks or Lego's
    3 Fisher Price type female figures: 1 girl and 2 women if possible,   (or home made play dough figures),
    play dough,
    green construction paper
    scissors
    scarf for a blindfold

    Crafts for Today's Story: Have the kids make the following 
    items to be used in today's lesson.

    • Introductory Craft 1:  Play Dough Crowd
    		Have kids make a crowd for today's story by making lots of play dough people
    		Have them roll a barrel for a body and add a round head.
    Save the people they make for today's and next week's story.
    Introductory Craft 2: Construction Paper Grass
    		Have the kids make grass from construction paper to hide baby Moses in,
    		Use long strips of green construction paper about 3" wide.
    Have the kids make snips along one edge of each strip to make grass.
    Set aside for today's story.

     

    • Action Game: Hiding in the Grass
    		Tell the children that in today's story they are going to be learning about Moses.
    Blindfold 1 child.
    Have the other children scatter around the room and find a place to stand.   Once they pick a spot, they have to stay there.
    The blindfolded child asks, "Where's Moses?".
    All the other children have to answer, "Hiding in the grass."
    The blindfolded child continues to ask, "Where's Moses?" and follows the voices of the children responding until he tags one of them.
    The tagged child is next to be it.

     

    • Telling the Story:
    		God's people are far away from the Promised Land.
    		Have the kids put the Promised Land mat in a far away place in the room.
    Add Egypt mat.
    Joseph's family grew old and died in Egypt.
    Their children and grandchildren lived in Egypt, too.
    		Add some of the play dough people that the children made earlier to Egypt.
    Their children and grandchildren had lots and lots of children.
    		Add rest of play dough people.
    The Pharaoh who had been Joseph's friend grew old and died.   There was a new Pharaoh in the land.
    		Add evil pharaoh figure, (if you made a flip figure, show good pharaoh and flip to evil pharaoh).
    Add some blocks or Lego's for a palace.
    This pharaoh did not like God's people living in the land of Egypt. 
    He complained, "There are too many of these people of Israel!"
    God's people were called the people of Israel.
    So Pharaoh made all of God's people become his slaves.
    He made them make bricks and work very hard.
    But Pharaoh was still unhappy with God's people. 
    He complained even more,
    		Let the children be Pharaoh's voice and say with you,  "There are too many of these people of Israel!"
    Finally Pharaoh made God's people throw all their baby boys into the river so they would drown.
    But one mother hid her baby boy. 
    		Add Fisher Price or similar type figure to be Moses' mother.