Today's lesson is Moses and the Burning Bush. You can see a more condensed version here.
The above link also has the directions for the burning bush visual you see in the next 2 photos below. I set tables up and I am adding a visual for Moses each week. And, if you can find my leprosy visual and take home at Michaels, the kids LOVED it!
Review: Last
week we started our Bible study on Moses. Moses wrote the first 5 books of the Bible,
and we find our lessons in the book of Exodus. Moses’ father was Amram, and his
mother was Jochebed. Moses had a sister Miriam and an older brother named
Aaron.
Pharaoh (king)
of Egypt was worried because there were so many Hebrews! They were very strong!
Pharaoh made them slaves building things for him and Pharaoh wanted the new
baby boys to be killed.
When Moses
was 3 months old, his mother, Jochebed, made a basket from bulrushes, and put
Moses in the basket. She put the basket in the river and the Pharaoh's daughter
found it. Pharaoh's daughter named the baby Moses because "I drew him out
of the water".
When Moses
was older, he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew man, and when no one was looking,
Moses killed the Egyptian and buried him in the sand. The next day, Moses
realized that others knew what he had done, and Moses ran from Egypt.
Lesson found in Exodus 2:15-4: Moses stopped by a well in Midian. The
priest of Midian was Reuel, AKA Jethro and he had 7 daughters. They came to the well to water their
sheep. When they had the water drawn, some shepherds came and drove them away,
but Moses helped the daughters take care of their sheep.
When Jethro asked why
they had returned home so quickly, Zipporah said that an Egyptian helped water
the sheep. Moses was asked to eat with them, and he was satisfied to stay in
Midian.
Jethro gave
Moses Zipporah as a wife. They had a son named Gershom.
Now, the people were crying to God to save them from being slaves. God
heard their cries.
One day, when Moses was moving the sheep, he
came to Horeb, which was the mountain of God.
An
angel appeared in the flame of fire in a bush, except the bush wasn’t burning!
God called from the
bush “Moses, Moses! Take off your shoes because this is
holy ground.” God said He has seen how the Hebrew were being treated and
decided to deliver them from bondage. And you’re the one I want to go before
Pharaoh and lead them out of Egypt. (I kicked off my shoes!)
Moses said “Why me and what am I supposed to
tell them?” God said “I AM WHO I AM. Tell the people
that I AM sent you.”
I use this snake and a really nice tree limb for Moses' rod.
I toss the rod down, and pick up this snake! The kids just love it! I let one of
the boys pick it up by the tail and made his day!
Moses
asked “What if they don’t believe me or they won’t listen to me?” God told Moses
to throw down his rod and it turned into a snake… Moses ran from it! When Moses
picked it up by the tail, it returned to his rod.
This is my husband for the picture, but I had this hand
tucked under my armpit and when I put my hand inside my sweater, I brought this
out! Oh, they loved it! The kids didn't see me hide it under my sweater, and
their eyes just popped! It was so much fun, I showed my
preschool grandkids and they loved it too! I put it back in, and left
it under my armpit again! I have to say that when I did this again the next
week for review, and they saw the hand under my arm, they loved it just as
much!
I purchased these at Michaels in the Halloween dept. I gave
the kids one of the small ones to take home! Again, they loved these!
Moses still isn't convinced, so God tells him to "Put your hand in your bosom." Moses does, and when he pulls out his hand it is leprous! When Moses repeats it, his hand is normal. God tells Moses that He can do anything!
God told Moses that if Pharaoh
didn't believe the first 2 signs, then Moses was to pour water from the
river onto the dry ground and it would turn into blood.
God told
Moses that He knew that Pharaoh wasn't going to let the people leave Egypt. So, God was going to use His power and Pharaoh WOULD let the people go! God told Moses “They will believe.” Moses still isn’t sure about it and replies “But God, I
really don’t talk very well.”
God told Moses to go to Aaron, his
brother, and Aaron will do the talking and you will show the proof of Me.” Moses took his family and returned to Egypt.
We will begin 3 lessons on the 10 plagues next week!
This is the burning bush visual I made for this lesson. I used orange Halloween lights with the flicker. Looks a lot better in person!
I made these Lift-the-Flap question and answer projects for
today's lesson. I printed the top page on cardstock, and the bottom page on
regular paper. I used a craft knife (as seen above) to cut the flaps, leaving
the top attached. I glued the two sheets together, careful not to get glue on
the flaps.
This is what the finished paper looks like. You can print it in color or black & white.
This is today's cut & glue
picture to color. I print the backgrounds on different color cardstock, and the
pictures for the students to cut are on regular paper. You can print it here.
Here is the same picture, but is a
picture to color (no cutting).
You can see all the Moses cut &
glue pictures to color here.
We marked our Moses map for his travels. You can find more information here.
Bible Verse: Exodus 3:14
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
Used by permission.
Your burning bush visual is so cool!! Thanks for sharing.
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