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God Sends Plagues

Let My People Go!

Day 83of 180
Week 17of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God is powerful and can do amazing things

2

Learn about the first plagues God sent to Egypt

3

Recognize God's love in showing Pharaoh He is the one true God

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 7:14

“Yahweh said to Moses, 'Pharaoh's heart is stubborn. He refuses to let the people go.'”

— Exodus 7:14 (WEB)

Shows God's purpose in sending the plagues to demonstrate His power

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue construction paper
  • Red paint or markers
  • Cotton balls
  • Plastic toy frogs
  • BibleMouse Plague Picture Cards
  • World English Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we'll learn how God showed Pharaoh His amazing power!

💭 Review Question: What did Moses ask Pharaoh to do yesterday?
2Teaching (7 min)

God wanted Pharaoh to let His people go. But Pharaoh kept saying 'No!' So God sent special messages called plagues.

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God turned the Nile River into blood
  • Frogs came everywhere in Egypt
  • God showed He is more powerful than Pharaoh
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think Pharaoh felt when these strange things happened?
  • How do you think the Egyptian people felt?
3Activity: Plague Picture Collage (8 min)
hands-on

Create a colorful picture showing God's power in Egypt

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take blue paper for the Nile River
  2. Use red paint to show the water turning to blood
  3. Add cotton ball 'frogs'
  4. Use BibleMouse Plague Picture Cards for inspiration
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parents help with painting and placing items

Challenge: Children can draw additional plague details

4Closing (3 min)

God is powerful and loves to help His people!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special things did God do in Egypt?
  • Who is more powerful - God or Pharaoh?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for showing Your power and love.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about more amazing plagues!

💎 Memory Verse

Exodus 14:14

“The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.”

— Exodus 14:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Plague Freeze Dance - When music stops, children must 'be still' like the memory verse says

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

The plagues were God's way of showing His power and calling Pharaoh to obey

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use dramatic voices when telling the story
  • Allow children to move and act out parts of the lesson
  • Keep explanations simple and concrete
🤔 Common Struggles:

Young children might find the concept of plagues scary

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's understanding of God's power and love

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • Sing BibleMouse Plague Song from Resource Guide
  • Act out the plagues as a family drama
  • Color additional plague coloring pages from BibleMouse Printables Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

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