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Safe on the Other Side

Red Sea Crossing

Day 85of 180
Week 17of 36
15Minutes
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Learning Objectives

1

Understand that God protected His people

2

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

3

Feel God's love and care for His children

Exodus 14:29-30

But the children of Israel walked on dry ground through the middle of the sea, and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. So Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians.

Exodus 14:29-30 (WEB)

Demonstrates God's miraculous protection and provision

📦 Materials Needed

  • Blue fabric or paper
  • Toy people figures
  • Fan
  • Fish stickers
  • BibleMouse Resource Guide: Grade PK4 Bible

Lesson Plan

1Opening (3 min)

In today's BibleMouse lesson, we're going to celebrate how God kept His people safe! Remember yesterday when Moses held up his staff and God made the water split apart?

💭 Review Question: Can you show me how Moses held up his staff?
2Teaching (5 min)

God did something amazing! He made a dry path right through the middle of the sea. The water was like two big walls on the sides, and God's people walked right through on dry ground!

📌 Key Talking Points:
  • God always takes care of His people
  • God can do impossible things
  • We can trust God to help us
💬 Discussion Questions:
  • What do you think it felt like to walk between the water walls?
  • How do you think the people felt when they saw God's miracle?
3Activity: Red Sea Crossing Adventure (6 min)
celebration

Use the blue fabric to create the 'sea'. Use the fan to part the fabric. Let children walk through the 'sea' with toy people, adding fish stickers as a fun touch.

📝 Instructions:
  1. Spread out blue fabric on the floor
  2. Use the fan to 'part' the sea
  3. Walk toy people through the dry path
  4. Add fish stickers around the edges
🔄 Variations:

Simpler: Parent helps move the fabric and people

Challenge: Child creates the sea crossing story with minimal help

4Closing (3 min)

God is so amazing! He always takes care of us, just like He took care of His people at the Red Sea.

📝 Review Questions:
  • What special thing did God do today?
  • How did God help His people?
🙏 Prayer:

Dear God, thank You for always taking care of us. Help us to trust You like the people trusted You at the Red Sea.

Coming up: Tomorrow we'll learn about how God's people got hungry in the desert!

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a helper who is always found.

Psalm 46:1 (WEB)

🎯 Activity: Red Sea Wave Memorization: Create a 'sea' with blue fabric. As you say each word of the verse, have the child make 'waves' with the fabric, helping them physically engage with the memory verse

Teaching Notes

📚 Background:

This lesson focuses on God's miraculous protection and provision

💡 Teaching Tips:
  • Use enthusiastic motions to keep child engaged
  • Allow child to explore the activity hands-on
  • Repeat key phrases to help retention
🤔 Common Struggles:

Maintaining focus during storytelling, understanding abstract concepts of God's protection

👀 Signs of Understanding:

Child's excitement about the miracle, ability to retell simple parts of the story

Extension Activities

  • Create a Red Sea crossing craft using blue paper and cotton balls
  • Sing a BibleMouse song about God's protection
  • Draw a picture of the miracle in the BibleMouse Printables Library

Ready for Tomorrow?

Great job completing today's lesson!

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