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Moses Raises His Staff

Walking Through the Sea

Day 117of 180
Week 24of 36
15Minutes
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🎯 What You'll Learn

Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God gives special instructions to His helpers

2

Learn that Moses obeyed God's command

3

Begin to recognize God's power to do amazing things

📖 Scripture Connection

Exodus 14:16

“Lift up your staff, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it. The children of Israel shall go into the middle of the sea on dry ground.”

— Exodus 14:16 (WEB)

Shows God's direct instruction to Moses and His plan to help His people

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue fabric or blue blanket
  • Wooden stick or ruler
  • Toy people or paper dolls
  • Small fan
📚 Step-by-Step

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to learn about a special moment when God told Moses to do something amazing!

💭 Review Question: Remember how God gave Moses a big job yesterday?
2Teaching (5 min)

God's people were scared. They were trapped between the sea and a big army! But God had a plan!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • Moses was God's special helper
  • God told Moses to raise his staff
  • God was going to do something wonderful!
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • Can you pretend to be Moses and raise a stick?
  • Do you think God can do big, amazing things?
3Activity: Sea Splitting Demonstration (6 min)
hands-on

Use blue fabric to show how God might split the sea

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread blue fabric on floor
  2. Have child hold a stick (staff)
  3. Demonstrate 'raising the staff'
  4. Use fan to part the fabric
  5. Let child walk toy people through the 'parted sea'
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Just play with blue fabric and toy people

Challenge: Encourage child to tell the story while playing

4Closing (3 min)

God is so powerful! He can do anything!

📝 Review Questions:
  • What did Moses do?
  • Who was helping Moses?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You that You are our helper!

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll see what happens when Moses raises his staff!

💎 Memory Verse

Psalm 46:1

“God is our helper!”

— Psalm 46:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Jumping Helper Game: Every time you say 'God', child jumps. Every time you say 'helper', child puts hands up high!

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Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson introduces the concept of God's miraculous intervention

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use animated, excited voice
  • Encourage physical movement
  • Keep explanations very simple
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining attention and understanding abstract concepts

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's engagement, attempts to retell story, excitement about God's power

🚀 Want More?

Extension Activities

  • BibleMouse Printables: Sea Splitting Coloring Page
  • Sing 'God is My Helper' from BibleMouse Song Collection

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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