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Following the Cloud

Moses Leads God's People

Day 37of 180
Week 8of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand how God personally guided the Israelites

2

Recognize God's care and protection for His people

3

Develop trust in God's leadership

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 13:21-22

“Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.”

— Exodus 13:21-22 (WEB)

Shows God's direct, personal guidance of His people

📦 Materials Needed

  • White paper
  • Blue and orange/red crayons
  • Flashlight
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade 1 Bible
  • Cotton balls
  • Paper plate
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

BibleMouse friends, today we'll discover how God led His people through the desert!

💭 Review Question: What did we learn about Moses yesterday?
2Teaching (8 min)

God knew the Israelites needed special help finding their way. So He gave them a miraculous cloud by day and a fire by night!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God always knows exactly what His children need
  • The cloud showed them where to go during the day
  • The fire of God's presence kept them warm at night
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the people felt seeing the cloud?
  • What makes you feel safe when you're unsure?
3Activity: Cloud and Fire Pillar Craft (10 min)
hands-on

Create a day/night guidance scene showing God's protection

📝 Instructions:
  1. Draw a desert landscape on paper
  2. Use cotton balls to make cloud
  3. Color nighttime section with orange/red to represent fire pillar
  4. Draw tiny people following the cloud/fire
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with drawing

Challenge: Add Bible verse to artwork

4Closing (3 min)

Review key lesson points

📝 Review Questions:
  • How did God help the people find their way?
  • Who always guides us?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always showing us the way, just like You guided the Israelites.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how God made a path through the sea!

💎 Memory Verse

Exodus 20:3

“You shall have no other gods before me.”

— Exodus 20:3 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Cloud Hop Memory Verse Game: Place cloud-shaped paper cutouts on floor with words of verse, child hops from cloud to cloud while reciting

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson emphasizes God's personal care and supernatural guidance

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use gentle, age-appropriate language
  • Encourage child's curiosity about God's miraculous provisions
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find abstract concept of spiritual guidance challenging

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about God's special way of leading people

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Use flashlight to demonstrate cloud/fire pillar effect
  • Act out following the cloud with family members

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