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Crossing on Dry Ground

Moses Leads God's People

Day 38of 180
Week 8of 36
25Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand how God miraculously helped Moses lead the Israelites to freedom

2

Recognize God's power to make a way where there seems to be no way

3

Develop trust in God's ability to protect and guide His people

Exodus 14:21-22

Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

Exodus 14:21-22 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's miraculous power to protect and deliver His people

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue blanket or sheet
  • Stick or wooden staff
  • Small toy figures or people
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide for visual aids

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

Today's BibleMouse lesson is an exciting adventure of how God made a dry path through the sea!

💭 Review Question: Can you remember how God was guiding the Israelites with a cloud and fire?
2Teaching (8 min)

In our last lesson, we learned how God was leading His people through the desert. Now, they came to a big problem - the Red Sea was in front of them, and Pharaoh's army was behind them!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Moses trusted God to help them
  • God told Moses to stretch out his staff over the sea
  • God made a dry path right through the water!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the people felt?
  • What would you do if you saw the sea split in two?
3Activity: Miracle Path Crossing (10 min)
game

Use a blue blanket as the 'sea' and create a dry path for toy figures to cross

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out blue blanket to represent the sea
  2. Use a stick as Moses' staff
  3. Pretend to 'part' the sea
  4. Help toy people cross the 'dry ground'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps child move figures across

Challenge: Child narrates the story while moving figures

4Closing (3 min)

Review the amazing way God helped His people

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who helped the people cross the sea?
  • What did Moses use to show God's power?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank You, God, for always making a way for Your people

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn how the people praised God for saving them!

Exodus 20:3

You shall have no other gods before me.

Exodus 20:3 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Red Sea Memory Verse Walk: Create a path with paper 'stones', child steps on each stone while saying a word of the memory verse

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This miracle shows God's supernatural power and protection

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use dramatic voice when describing the sea parting
  • Encourage child to imagine being there
  • Connect God's miraculous power to everyday trust
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children might find it hard to understand such a big miracle

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement and engagement with the story

Extension Activities

  • Create a Red Sea diorama using BibleMouse Printables Library
  • Sing a song about God's protection from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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