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Locusts Eat Everything

The Final Plagues

Day 42of 180
Week 9of 36
25Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand God's power over nature through the plague of locusts

2

Recognize how God protected the Israelites during the plagues

3

Develop compassion and understanding of God's justice

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 10:5

“They shall cover the face of the earth, so that one won't be able to see the earth. They shall eat the residue of what has escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field.”

— Exodus 10:5 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's complete control over creation and judgment

📦 Materials Needed

  • World English Bible
  • Green and brown construction paper
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll explore how God sent a massive swarm of locusts to show Pharaoh His power!

💭 Review Question: What happened in our last lesson about the hailstorm?
2Teaching (8 min)

God told Moses to warn Pharaoh about the coming locust plague. Even Pharaoh's servants were scared!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Locusts would eat everything green that survived the hail
  • This was another demonstration of God's power
  • Pharaoh's heart remained hard against God
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the Egyptians felt seeing all their food disappear?
  • Why do you think God sent so many plagues?
3Activity: Locust Landscape (10 min)
craft

Create a craft showing the locust plague using paper and imagination

📝 Instructions:
  1. Cut green and brown paper to represent crops and land
  2. Create paper locusts to cover the landscape
  3. Glue locusts to show how completely they covered Egypt
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Pre-cut shapes for younger children

Challenge: Add detailed descriptions of the plague on the back of the artwork

4Closing (3 min)

Review the power of God and His protection of His people

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did the locusts do?
  • How did God protect the Israelites?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for showing Your power and protecting Your people

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about the darkness that covered Egypt

💎 Memory Verse

Exodus 12:13

“The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you.”

— Exodus 12:13 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Locust Hop Memory Verse Game: Create paper locusts with verse words. Children hop to the correct word sequence

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

The locust plague was the eighth plague, showing God's complete control over nature

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use the BibleMouse Resource Guide for additional visual aids
  • Encourage children to imagine the scale of the locust swarm
🤔 Common Struggles:

Children may find it hard to understand the concept of a plague this massive

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's ability to describe God's power and protection

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Watch a documentary about locust swarms
  • Research how locusts impact agriculture today
  • Use BibleMouse Printables Library for additional worksheets

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