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1 OT5.1 Baby Moses ©Beverly Wilson 2019 Unit 5: Life of Moses OT5.1 Baby Moses Lesson Scripture: Exodus 1-2:10 Lesson Goal: The Israelites were living in the land of Egypt where they had become slaves. In this lesson we will see how God kept His promise by sending them a deliverer--baby Moses. Introduction: This is the first lesson in Unit 5: Life of Moses. In this lesson we will learn about an Israelite mother named Jochebed who saved her baby from being killed. Her son was Moses who would become a great hero of the Hebrew people. The lesson is found in the second book of the Bible called Exodus. Exodus is in the Old Testament. Exodus is a word that means exit because it tells how Israel left Egypt. Exodus follows the Book of Genesis and is one of the books of Law. The books of the Law are the first five books in the Old Testament. Let's say the books of Law together: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. Attention Getter: “Courage Do you know what the word courage means? To have courage means that a person is very brave when something fearful happens. That means they act very boldly and help save others from danger. Perhaps they would save someone from drowning or help someone escape from a fire. They would be called a hero. In this lesson we will learn about an Israelite mother named Jochebed who saved her baby from being killed. Her son was Moses who would become a great hero of the Hebrew people. This event is told to us in the book of Exodus. Opening Prayer: Lord, You want us to face our fears with courage. Please help us to learn how to think and act in a calm, brave way when we get afraid. Help us to have courage like the midwives did. Help us to face our problems with courage, like Moses’ mother. We always want to remember that You have given us power to overcome our fears. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen. Memory Verse: The memory verse is 2 Timothy 1:7. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/50c5zi3ygBk For 400 years, Joseph's family, the Israelites had lived in Egypt. While the Israelites were living in Egypt their families grew and grew. They lived in the land of Goshen which was very fertile. They raised sheep and cattle. God blessed them greatly. After Joseph died, new Pharaohs took his place. By now they had a new Pharaoh or king. This pharaoh didn’t know Joseph like the old one did. And, he was afraid of the Israelites who were foreigners in his country. The Israelite’s lives were very different than the Egyptians. The Israelites worshiped one God; the Egyptians worshiped many gods. The Hebrews were wanderers they were shepherds and farmers; the Egyptians were builders they built the pyramids. So the larger the population of Hebrews grew the more afraid the Egyptians became.

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    OT5.1 Baby Moses ©Beverly Wilson 2019

    Unit 5: Life of Moses OT5.1 Baby Moses Lesson

    Scripture: Exodus 1-2:10 Lesson Goal: The Israelites were living in the land of Egypt where they had become slaves. In this lesson we will see how God kept His promise by sending them a deliverer--baby Moses.

    Introduction: This is the first lesson in Unit 5: Life of Moses. In this lesson we will learn about an Israelite mother named Jochebed who saved her baby from being killed. Her son was Moses who would become a great hero of the Hebrew people. The lesson is found in the second book of the Bible called Exodus. Exodus is in the Old Testament. Exodus is a word that means exit because it tells how Israel left Egypt. Exodus follows the Book of Genesis and is one of the books of Law. The books of the Law are the first five books in the Old Testament. Let's say the books of Law together: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.

    Attention Getter: “Courage Do you know what the word courage means? To have courage means that a person is very brave when something fearful happens. That means they act very boldly and help save others from danger. Perhaps they would save someone from drowning or help someone escape from a fire. They would be called a hero. In this lesson we will learn about an Israelite mother named Jochebed who saved her baby from being killed. Her son was Moses who would become a great hero of the Hebrew people. This event is told to us in the book of Exodus. Opening Prayer: Lord, You want us to face our fears with courage. Please help us to learn how to think and act in a calm, brave way when we get afraid. Help us to have courage like the midwives did. Help us to face our problems with courage, like Moses’ mother. We always want to remember that You have given us power to overcome our fears. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.

    Memory Verse: The memory verse is 2 Timothy 1:7. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind."

    Lesson Video: https://youtu.be/50c5zi3ygBk For 400 years, Joseph's family, the Israelites had lived in Egypt. While the Israelites were living in Egypt their families grew and grew. They lived in the land of Goshen which was very fertile. They raised sheep and cattle. God blessed them greatly. After Joseph died, new Pharaohs took his place. By now they had a new Pharaoh or king. This pharaoh didn’t know Joseph like the old one did. And, he was afraid of the Israelites who were foreigners in his country. The Israelite’s lives were very different than the Egyptians. The Israelites worshiped one God; the Egyptians worshiped many gods. The Hebrews were wanderers — they were shepherds and farmers; the Egyptians were builders — they built the pyramids. So the larger the population of Hebrews grew the more afraid the Egyptians became.

    https://youtu.be/50c5zi3ygBk

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    When Pharaoh realized that there were more Hebrews than Egyptians in the country, he didn't like it. The Pharaoh said, "These Hebrews are becoming dangerous to us. There are too many of them. If war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us." Pharaoh sent armed Egyptians to Goshen to threaten the Hebrews and force them to work as slaves. The Israelite slaves worked in the hot sun all day. They made bricks, mixed mortar, built walls, dug ditches, and laid pipes. If they did not work hard, the Egyptians beat them with whips. The tough slave masters made them build the supply cities of Pithom and Raamses. How much God's people suffered under the cruelties of slavery. Their life was miserable. The Hebrews were often sad and discouraged, but hope never left their hearts. They remembered God's promise to lead them out of Egypt in 400 years. So they prayed to God, stayed close together and did all they could to help each other in their difficulties. The more the Pharaoh tried to mistreat them, the more the children of Israel multiplied and grew! They had many children! The two midwives who helped the Hebrew women deliver their babies were called Shipharah and Puah. A midwife is a woman who helps a mother give birth. Well, all these children made the Egyptians even more afraid. They forced the Hebrews to carry heavy loads of mortar and brick and to work even longer and harder! Others were forced to become carpenters, jewelers and other craftsmen...but all were slaves! But the Pharaoh was still worried that there were too many Israelites. "Listen! I've got an idea about a way to solve this problem." The pharaoh then called the two midwives Shipharah and Puah to come to his throne. He ordered the Hebrew nurses to kill all Hebrew boy babies as soon as they were born! Only the baby girls could live! He wanted to make sure that no Hebrew boys grew up to be soldiers to fight the Egyptians. As the Hebrew fathers and mothers heard the dreadful news, they could hardly believe it. Surely no ruler could be so cruel as to command that all baby boys should be murdered like this! But thankfully the nurses obeyed God and let the babies live! When the Pharaoh heard about this, he called the midwives to ask why the baby boys were not killed. The excuse they gave was that the Hebrew women were giving birth to baby boys before they had time to get to them. In this situation disobeying the authority was the right thing to do. God does not expect us to obey leaders who disobey Him! But Pharaoh was determined to have his way. He gave orders to his soldiers that every baby boy born to a Hebrew woman must be thrown into the river Nile. Terror filled the hearts of the people as soldiers took babies away from their mothers and threw them into the Nile River to drown! One day God sent a baby boy to the home of a Hebrew couple named Amram and Jochebed. These godly Hebrews already had a girl called Miriam, who was thirteen years old, and a little three-year-old boy named Aaron. The new little baby was born after the king had sent out his message that all the baby boys were to be thrown into the Nile River. This little baby was strong, healthy, and an unusually beautiful child. How much his mother loved him! She made up her mind that the soldiers wouldn't get her baby, not if she could help it. The family decided that they would hide him—maybe in a closet or under a basket. Perhaps when Moses started to cry, they would have Aaron make loud noises to try to cover up the sound. Somehow, they managed to keep him hidden for three months, but it's pretty hard to hide a three-month-old baby anywhere! He just cries too loudly when he gets hungry or tired. Finally Jochebed and Amram knew they couldn't keep their secret any longer, they asked God for wisdom and thought of a plan.

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    Jochebed made a basket woven out of bulrushes which were strong reeds that grew along the Nile River. She coated the basket inside and out with black, sticky tar and then fixed a soft little bed inside the basket. Next she tenderly laid the precious little baby in it. Miriam probably asked, "Mamma, what are we going to do with him?" Mother answered, "The tar has sealed the basket so it will not sink; it is like a boat, an ark. We're going to hide the ark among the tall reeds down at the river's edge and trust the Lord to care for our little baby." Early the next morning the two went down to the riverbank and gently placed little baby Moses in the shallow water, among the bulrushes. The baby's big sister, Miriam, stayed and watched from a distance to see what would happen to her little brother. After awhile, Miriam heard someone! Pharaoh’s daughter, the princess and her maidens were coming down to the river to take a bath! Suddenly, the princess spied the little basket floating among the reeds in the river. "Quickly—go get the basket and let's see what's in it," she commanded one of her maids. The maid brought the basket out of the river and carried it to the princess. When she opened the basket, she saw the little baby crying. "He must be one of the Hebrew babies," exclaimed the princess, and she felt sorry for him. Then the princess said, "Don't cry little one! I will take you home with me to be my very own!" Miriam, who had been watching from her hiding place in the bushes, walked bravely up to the princess, and asked her, "Would you like for me to go and find one of the Hebrew women to nurse the baby for you?" Pharaoh's daughter replied, "Yes, do!" So Miriam ran to find her mother. When Miriam returned with her mother, the princess asked, "Will you take this baby and nurse him for me until he is older? If you will care for him, I will pay you good wages!" So Jochebed took the baby in her arms and cuddled him close. Just think! Jochebed would be paid for taking care of her own baby! Jochebed was glad that God had protected her baby. She took good care of her baby and taught him to love God, pray and sing songs of praise. Eventually he grew old enough to live at the palace and she took her son back to the princess. When the princess saw him she named him Moses which is an Egyptian word that means "drawn out." She said, "Because I drew him out of the water". Lots of attention was given to the young Moses, because everyone thought that someday he would be the pharaoh of Egypt. Moses had the best teachers to tutor him in all the wisdom of Egypt. But God had a special plan for Moses' life! It was going to be something much more important than being the prince of Egypt! Moses' mother and his sister Miriam acted wisely to keep Moses safe when he was in danger. Did you know that we too can depend on God to help us act wisely no matter what situation we find ourselves? God love us and cares for us. He promises to always help us! Our memory verse is 2 Timothy 1:7. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." God is promising us to always be with us and help us in difficult situations. He wants to give us the power to think and act boldly for Him. He promises to give us a plan to help us! Let's say our verse again. 2 Timothy 1:7. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind." When you have a fearful problem to face, what should you do? First, we need to think about God's love for us and how He controls everything. Then we should ask God to help us be brave and do what He tells us. We can thank God for His promise to help us all the time.

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    Let's pray. Lord, You want us to face our fears with courage. Please help us to learn how to think and act in a calm, brave way when we get afraid. Help us to have courage like the midwives did. Help us to face our problems with courage, like Moses’ mother. We always want to remember that You have given us power to overcome our fears. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen. Remember God wants us to have courage and trust Him!

    Review Questions: “Penny Toss” Preparation: Assemble Bibles, pennies and a small woven basket. Say: “In this lesson God used a basket as the means of escape for baby Moses. Jochebed wove the basket out of bulrushes and seal it with black tar to make it waterproof. She trusted God to use it protect her baby. We are going to play a game that will remind us of this Ark of protection!” Procedure: Give each student a stack of pennies. At your signal have two or three students toss their pennies toward the basket. You can play this activity at a table and have the students flip their coin toward the basket in the center of the table. The student who gets their penny in the basket may answer one the following questions. Give one point for each correct answer. Continue the game by students tossing their pennies in the basket. Repeat until all questions have been answered.

    1. Why had the children of Israel come to Egypt to live? (A famine caused them to move and God had provided Joseph as the Pharaoh to protect them.)

    2. What book in the Bible is the story of Moses? (This story is found in Exodus the second book of Law in the Old Testament.)

    3. Why was Pharaoh afraid of the Israelites? (They were increasing In numbers and they were foreigners in his country. They were very different culturally because they worshipped one god and were shepherds and farmers. He was afraid that they would organize and threaten his kingdom.)

    4. How did Pharaoh try to kill the Israelite’s spirit and stop their growth? (He forced them to become slaved and made them build cities.)

    5. What is a slave and do they have rights? (A slave is someone who is under the control of someone else and do not have rights.)

    6. What kind of slave masters did Pharaoh have in Egypt? (The slave masters were ruthless. They tried to keep the slaves working as fast as possible.)

    7. What is a midwife? (A woman who helps a mother to give birth to a child.) 8. Why did the Pharaoh ask the Hebrew midwives to kill all the new born baby boys? (He hoped

    to kill off the Hebrew race.) 9. What are some other names that are used for the children of Israel? (The children of Israel

    are called the Israelites, the Jews, or the Hebrew people.) 10. If someone in authority told you to do something that is against God’s law, what would you

    do? What if they threatened to kill you if you didn’t do as they asked? (We should obey God rather than man but we should respect authority and obey them otherwise.)

    11. What did Moses’ mother do when she could no longer hide the baby Moses? (She made a basket out of reeds and coated it with tar so it was leak proof and then put baby Moses in it and floated it down the Nile River.)

    12. Where does courage come from? (Courage comes from knowing God is with you and that He is in control of everything.)

    13. When you have a fearful problem to face what should you do? (We should think about God’s love for us and how He controls everything. Then we should ask God to help us be brave and do what God tells us.)

    14. What happened to Moses after his mother set him to float down the river? (Miriam was hiding in the bulrushes to watch after Moses. The princess came down to bathe at the river and

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    found him. She felt sorry for the crying baby. Then Miriam came and suggested that she go find a Hebrew woman to nurse the baby.)

    15. How did God arrange for Moses’ mother to care for her own son? (Miriam suggested to the princess that she could go get a nurse maid and she went and got her mother. The princess wanted to hire Jochebed to nurse Moses.)

    16. What name did the princess give to the baby she found in the Nile River? (She named him Moses which is an Egyptian word that means "drawn out." She said, "Because I drew him out of the water".)

    17. When Moses grew into a young boy where did he go to live? (Moses’ mother took him back to the palace to live with the princess as her son. He was educated to become the next Pharaoh of Egypt.)

    Bible Memory Verse Activity: “Blindfolded Child” Say: “Our memory verse is 2 Timothy 1:7. "For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” Have students look up the verse in scripture and read it aloud orally several times. Preparation: one blindfold; large classroom area in which children can freely move. Procedure: Say: “What does this verse say that God has not given us? (God has not given us a spirit of fear.) What has He given us instead? (He has given us a spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.) We are going to play a game that will help us remember that verse. “We will choose one person who will wear a blind fold. He will call out “What kind of spirit has God given us?” The rest of us will move around the room. When I say “Freeze” everyone is to stop. Then we will all answer, “A spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.) The blindfolded child will continue to ask the question and everyone will answer until the volunteer locates a child in the class and tags him or her. The tagged person will then become the blindfolded caller and the game will continue.”

    Group Learning Activity: “How to Care for a Baby” (Grades K-3) Preparation: Bring a little baby doll and a blanket; diaper (disposable); baby spoon or bottle; small basket or infant seat. Procedure: Show the children how to care for a baby. Talk about how to feed and bathe a little child. Show them how to wrap a blanket around a baby too. Demonstrate how to change a diaper or feed the child a bottle. Show children how to put baby brothers or sisters into an infant seat. Emphasize that sometimes their parents might want them to help care for a younger brother or sister and that they need to take very careful care. Be sure to include safety precautions about not dropping a younger child or baby and providing support for the back of a young child when you pick them up to carry them. Say: “In our lesson Moses’ mother and sister took good care of baby Moses. They had to feed and protect him from danger. Taking care of a younger brother or sister that is a baby is a big job. It means that we must be careful to do the right thing and treat them gently. Did you know that we are God’s child? He loves us and protects us just like a family must love and protect a young child or baby! We can depend on God to always love and care for us.”

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    Group Learning Activity: “Woven Words” Discussion (Grades 3-5) Preparation: Assemble Bibles, 22 1/2” X 36” sheet of butcher paper, 4” X 22 ½” construction paper strips (at least one for each student); markers, measuring stick, scissors, and tape. Fold the butcher paper in half. Measure and cut slits in the butcher paper from the folded edge toward the outside edge leaving a 4” margin. See drawing. Prepare one sheet of butcher paper for each group of five to seven students. Procedure: Give each student a construction paper strip. Ask each student to write on the strip a description of a situation in which kids need courage because of feeling afraid or worried. Students may write on more than one strip. To help students think of situations, ask, “What might happen during recess to make a kid your age feel worried? Why might someone be afraid on the way to and from school? While a kid is playing on a basketball team, when might he or she need courage? When you see someone doing something wrong, what do you need courage to do? Who used something woven in our story? What fearful situation was she in?” Invite students to answer. One at a time have students read their situations aloud and weave strips through the butcher paper slits. See second drawing. Discuss the situations written on strips by asking, “Have you ever been in a situation like this? What happened? How might God help someone in this situation? How might someone your age show courage in a similar situation?” Tape each strip in place. When all strips have been woven into the slits, ask students to take turns writing the memory verse on the butcher paper one word at a time. Say: “How does this verse describe God? How can this verse help us when we’re worried or afraid? Teaching Tip: Limit the amount of “teacher talk” in this activity. Allow students to answer freely sharing experiences that are personal. This activity is designed to encourage pupil participation!

    Group Learning Activity: “Courage” (Grades 3-5) Purpose: To help students learn how God promises to protect us. Preparation: You will need Bibles, spiritual journal page, pencils or pens. Say: “In this lesson we learned that Jochebed and Miriam had great courage in protecting baby Moses. They acted in faith that God would deliver baby Moses from death. We are going to read some verses from the Bible that tells us how God can protect us.” Read the following verses about God’s protection aloud. Lead children in discussion of each way God brings courage and protection.

    • Psalm 32:8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.” In this verse God promises to give us direction when we ask Him. His counsel and wisdom is far greater than anyone else because He knows the beginning and the end of all things. His desire is only the best for us so we can depend on His guidance as being the best plan for us to pursue.

    • Psalm 40:11 “Do not withhold your mercy from me, Lord; may your love and faithfulness always protect me.” God protects us through his love and faithfulness. God’s love is absolute and his promise is irrevocable. He loves us in spite of our failures and he keeps all the promises He has

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    made to us even when we break our promises to Him. That is how He gives us mercy or unmerited favor.

    • John 17:11 “I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.” When Jesus was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane just before He was to be betrayed and die on the cross, He prayed for us! He asked God to protect us by the power of His name. Jesus knew that we were weak and would often be tempted to be fearful and lack strength. He wanted us to have God’s protection. This protection gives us courage to stand against wrong.

    • Psalm 34:4-7 “I sought the Lord, and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant; their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called, and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles. The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.” God promises great blessings to His people but many of these blessings require our participation. He will deliver us from fear; He will save us out of our troubles; He guards and delivers us from difficult situations. But we must do our part. We must seek the Lord and look to Him for deliverance. He will give us courage to face our difficulties. God even sends His angels to protect us.

    Say: “Jochebed and Miriam had great courage because they trusted in the Lord. Our faith and trust in God comes when we read the Bible and pray to the Lord. The Bible gives us guidelines for living but we have to learn those guidelines by spending time with God. God protected Jochebed, Miriam, and baby Moses in the most difficult of circumstances and God will protect us if we trust in Him.” Review memory verse 2 Timothy 1:7. and record biblical principles that students have learned in their journals.

    Group Learning Activity: “Sock Talk” (Grades 2-5) Preparation: Bibles, sock, large playing area

    Procedure: Play a game similar to “Steal the Bacon.’ Divide the class into two equal teams. Each team stands in a straight horizontal line facing the other team, leaving about 10 feet between the teams. One team numbers off from end of the line, while the other team numbers off from the opposite end. Place a sock or other object in the center of the playing area. Call out a number. Students on both teams with that number run to grab the sock. The student who does not get the sock tells a specific location (neighborhood, park, school, library, friend’s house, etc.) Student who does get the sock tells a specific situation in which kids in that location might need courage because of feeling afraid or worried. (Ex. Neighborhood—kids making fun of them; school bus—not being able to sit with their friends. Say: “How might someone in this situation show courage? What might someone in this situation say to God? Is it ever good to feel afraid? How can fear help us? Repeat verse. This verse does not say that God’s followers will never be afraid but it does remind us that anytime we are afraid we can ask God for a spirit of love, power, and sound mind! We can depend on God’s power and His willingness to help us!” Table Alternative: Play the game at a table. Students sit in chairs on opposite sides of the table with hands behind their backs. Students number off as above. Place sock in the center of the table. When you call a number, students with that number attempt to grab the sock.

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    Craft Learning Activity: “Basket Weaving” Say: “In our lesson Moses’ mother wove a basket and waterproofed it with tar. She placed baby Moses in the ark and floated it down the Nile River. She trusted God to care for her son. Today we are going to weave a cup that will remind us of the basket she made.” Preparation: Assemble 9 oz paper cups (not plastic or Styrofoam—Plastic cups make sharp jagged edges that can cut the yarn or fingers. Styrofoam cups make spokes that are warped and snap off too easily in the weaving process.); assorted color pieces of yarn); scissors for each student. Make a template circle that is larger than the rim of the paper cup. Divide the circle into 9 evenly divided pie sections and mark the point on the circumference of the circle. This template will be used by the children to mark the triangular points on the rim of their paper cup at the points they are to use in cutting the cup into warp strips for weaving. Procedure: Have students write their name on the bottom of their cup with a sharpie. Then they are to place their upside-down cup onto the template circle that was created by the teacher. Students are to make a tick mark on the rim of the cup everywhere where they saw a triangle poking out. This gives them evenly spaced points to cut from. When cutting out the spokes/warp strips, it is extremely important to remember to cut out an odd number of strips so that when you are weaving your AB pattern, the pattern alternates each consecutive time around. With 9oz cups the perfect number of spokes to cut is 9 strips. Once the strips are cut, the students are to double-knot a piece of yarn to one of the strips. Then they may begin weaving! Weave the yarn back and forth around the cup.

    Craft Learning Activity: “Moses in the Bulrushes Glove Puppet” (Grades 2-5) Purpose: Say: “The Pharaoh of Egypt ordered all the Jewish baby boys killed. So Moses’ mother hid her baby in the bulrushes along the bank of the Nile River in order to save his life. Today we are going to make a glove puppet to help us retell the story.” Preparation: Assemble the following: scissors, cardboard egg carton, yellow poster paint, paint brush, felt in blue, white, brown and skin color; black yarn, white glue, two small wiggle eyes, old knit glove, and newspaper to cover table. Procedure: 1. Cut one egg cup from the egg carton. Cut a hole through one side of the

    bottom of the cup large enough to put your finger through. Paint the cup yellow and let it dry. This will be the basket for baby Moses.

    2. From the blue felt, cut a pool of water that is wider than the glove. Cut a slit across the middle of the pool and slide it over the fingers and thumb of the glove so that the water surrounds them.

    3. Slide the basket down over one of the middle fingers of the glove. Cut a 1-inch (2.5cm) circle of the skin-color felt for the head of the baby and glue it to the tip of the finger in the basket. Glue the yarn bits to the top of the head for hair. Glue two wiggle eyes below the hair.

    4. Cut a square of white felt for a blanket. Glue the blanket in the egg cup so that only the baby's eyes are peeking out.

    5. Cut about seven long leaf shapes from the brown felt for the bulrushes that grew in the river. Glue them on the fingers and in the water so that the basket looks like it is floating among them. To use the glove puppet put your hand in and wiggle your fingers to bob baby Moses up and down in the water among the bulrushes.

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    Craft Learning Activity: “Pennants” (Grades K-5) Preparation: Assemble the following: Bibles, 9 X 12 inch sheets of construction paper; scissors, glue, decorating materials such as glitter, stickers, ribbon, etc.) Optional: tape or straws or ¼” dowel rods. Cut large triangles from the construction paper, one for each child. Cut a variety of geometric shapes from the remaining construction paper. Procedure: Say: “What does our memory verse say? (Recite 2 Timothy 1:7.) What does this verse say that God gives to us? (He has given us a spirit of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.) We are going to make a pennant that will help us remember that verse and show us how glad we are to be on God’s team.) Give each child a large triangle shape, a straw or small dowel rod, and tape or glue. Say: “What kind of design can we make to put on our pennant to show we are on God’s team? (Have students glue geometric shapes to create designs of their own choice. Children can copy the verse onto the pennants and decorate the pennants with the other materials. Have children attach their pennant to the straw or dowel rod with tape or glue. Say: “How did God show that He was “for” Moses’ family? (God protected Moses and helped his mother and sister Miriam make wise actions.) “What did Moses’ family do to act wisely? (They trusted God and made the waterproof ark for baby Moses to be put into the Nile River.) What are some times that kids your age might need God’s help. What can he or she do to act wisely? (Pray before acting. Obey God’s commands. Read the Bible for words of help,) Invite the children to wave the pennants as they recite the memory verse 2 Timothy 1:7.

    Craft Learning Activity: “Baby Moses” Paper Plate (Grades K-3) Preparation: Assemble the following items: two paper plates for each student, scissors, glue stick, markers (brown and green), blue crayons, stapler, and brown construction paper. Procedure: Draw a basket similar to the one in the picture on a piece of brown construction paper. Cut out the shape. Draw lines on the basket as if it is weaved. Draw waves on one paper plate across the middle and cut out. Color the water blue. Draw plants onto the other paper plate as shown. Staple the water to the paper plate with the plants on it. Glue the basket onto the paper plate with the plants as shown.

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    Life Application Challenge: “Poster” Preparation: Print copies of the poster template below on cardstock—one for each child. You will need crayons or colored markers. Say: “In our Bible lesson Moses’ mother and sister acted wisely to help keep Moses safe. Who has God given to you to help and care for you? (Parents, grandparents, older brother and sister, cousin, aunt) When are some times you might need to remember that God promises to help you? (When I am angry; when I am afraid; when I have a hard job to do; when my family has trouble, etc.) God promises to always be with us and help us, no matter what. Let’s thank God for His promise to help us all the time.” Let children respond with their specific need. Lead children in praying and thanking God for His help. Procedure: Hand out copies of the poster. Have children decorate it to take home as a reminder of this lesson. Recommend that they children put it in a place that they can read it every day this next week. Suggest that next week they can share how God gave them courage to face a difficult problem in their life.

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