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Finally Free!

The Passover and Red Sea

Day 87of 180
Week 18of 36
20Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God helped Moses free the Israelites from Egypt

2

Recognize God's power to protect His people

3

Develop excitement about God's amazing rescue plan

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 12:31

“He called for Moses and Aaron by night and said, 'Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve Yahweh, as you have said.'”

— Exodus 12:31 (WEB)

Shows the moment of freedom God provided for His people

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue fabric or blue paper
  • White paper
  • Crayons or markers
  • Scissors (parent-supervised)
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade K Bible
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to celebrate how God made the Israelites free!

💭 Review Question: What special thing did God do to help Moses last time?
2Teaching (7 min)

Today we learn about the amazing moment when God helped Moses lead His people out of Egypt!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Pharaoh finally said 'Yes, you can go!'
  • God's people packed quickly and left
  • God was protecting them the whole time
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • How do you think the Israelites felt?
  • What would it be like to leave your home?
3Activity: Freedom Journey Craft (8 min)
celebration

Create a moving picture of the Israelites leaving Egypt

📝 Instructions:
  1. Take blue paper for 'sea'
  2. Draw Israelites walking
  3. Cut out people figures
  4. Glue people moving across the 'sea'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps with cutting

Challenge: Add more details to drawing

4Closing (3 min)

Review what we learned about God's rescue

📝 Review Questions:
  • Who helped the Israelites be free?
  • How did God take care of His people?
🙏 Prayer:

Thank You, God, for always taking care of Your children

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn what Pharaoh does next!

💎 Memory Verse

Exodus 14:14

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

— Exodus 14:14 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Freeze Dance Memory Verse - When music plays, children dance; when it stops, they freeze and say part of the verse

👨‍👩‍👧 For Parents

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson shows God's faithfulness in rescuing His people

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use excited tone when describing God's miracle
  • Encourage child's curiosity
  • Connect lesson to child's understanding of freedom
🤔 Common Struggles:

Understanding the concept of large-scale rescue

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement and wonder about God's power

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse Printables Library: Exodus coloring pages
  • Act out the leaving Egypt story as a family

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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