Here you'll find an array of activities for elementary children that can be used in Children's Ministry, after-school programs, in the classroom and by homeschoolers.
We have gone through many of the books of Moses: Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, and Deuteronomy. Our study of the life of Moses is drawing to an end. Moses’ life on earth is drawing to an end. He wants the people to be successful. He wants them to be faithful to God and to remember God’s covenant to them. So, in the book of Deuteronomy, Moses reminds the people of all these things. God has plans to prosper us, to give us hope and a future. This is the intent of His Covenant and Commands.
This passage is especially meaningful to me, because this is the passage that my dad read to all of us as part of his final words before he passed away. God really wants us to be with Him. He has done and is doing all He can to make it possible.
In this lesson, we’ll review the 10 commandments and learn about Moses’ death. Though Moses died and was buried by God Himself, we know that he was resurrected because he appeared to Jesus when He was transfigured (Matthew 17:1-8).
In this lesson the kids have an opportunity to make Moses, get prizes for filling in the blanks of the commandments, and show that they remember the stories of Moses by doing charades.
Moses and the Israelites, after 3 months of travel from Egypt, finally arrive at Mt. Horeb, which we know as Mt Sinai. Along the way, they have seen God’s many wonders demonstrating that He is the One true God, the Sovereign Creator and King over all things. They have experienced His sustaining care and have received water, food from heaven, shade from His cloud during the day, warmth and light from His cloud at night, and a Providential win against their enemies. Now they are ready to join in a kingdom covenant with God.
I wondered, “What is the true meaning of a covenant?” I found it interesting that, unlike an agreement or contract, a covenant is enduring, signed by blood — it’s forever, even if one of the parties neglects to keep their end of the deal. Wow! This is significant because God made the Israelites a special kingdom, a holy nation. However, they did not keep the Commandments given by God as a part of the covenant.
Jesus stepped in to keep the covenant. He perfectly kept the law and all that God wanted Him to do. He showed His love, humbleness, and obedience by dying for us on the cross. His death and resurrection not only fulfilled the old covenant, it opened up a new covenant that is available to all who believe in Jesus as their Savior. We are God’s children and part of His eternal kingdom. We show our love to Him by keeping His commandments with His help.
Interactive PowerPoint Presentation — A Covenant and 10 Commandments
This presentation is dramatic with trumpets and thunder. It includes videos that tell about the covenant and song. I hope you can use it in your children’s ministry.
God promised Abraham that that his family would have the land of Canaan. He accurately predicted that they would spend time in Egypt and that he would bring them out. The book of Exodus tells how this happened. God did bring his chosen people, the Israelite’s, to the land of Canaan, the promised land. Here are some presentations we have done during Zoom Sabbath School from the life of Moses. This part covers the stories of the Israelites on their way to Mt Sinai and while there. God established a covenant with them and made them a nation with a promise of land of their own.
In this presentation, the kids will get to make a craft and act out the story of the dramatic escape through the Red Sea. The Israelite’s were in a pickle; a God-designed pickle. How would they escape the Egyptians when they were stuck between mountains and the gigantic Red Sea? When we are in a pickle, we too can be calm, pray, and know that God will make a way. He will fight for us. He will lead us. He will always be with us!
After 3 days of traveling in the desert. The Isrealites didn’t have any more water! They couldn’t find water for days. When they did find water, it was bitter! While telling the story we make hot chocolate. The bitter baker’s chocolate makes us realize what a bitter surprise that would be. The people cried out to God and He healed the water at Marah. We have bitter times too. It may be someone being mean, a friend leaving us, death, or something else. We too can cry out to God. He will heal our bitterness — despair to delight; sadness to gladness; fear to faith… God healed the water and it was sweet. We add sugar, hot water, and cream to our hot chocolate. God didn’t stop there. He gives us abundant joy! Just like God then led the Israelites to a beautiful oasis of springs and trees, God promises to bring us to a place of peace and joy. Just trust and follow.
Let’s learn about a special day, the Sabbath, that God gives us to worship him. It’s the first holiday! I like to spread out a clean sheet and cover it with something like sweet cornflakes or rice-crispies. Then I give each child a quart jar so that they can gather ‘manna’ cereal while we review the story and talk about our wonderful God. This Sabbath activity teller gives kids and families great ideas to do on Sabbath. Print the pages back to back.
In this presentation we look at the short story found in Exodus 17:1-7. After traveling in the desert, the people were really thirsty! We talk about how we thirst for God. God will satisfy us. At the end, there is a BINGO game that reviews many water Bible stories and verses about how God quenches our thirst for His goodness.
In this short story, the Bible highlights the importance of God’s role in winning the fight against our enemies. While Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning the battle. Hur and Aaron helped keep his hands raised. At the end, Moses stated that the LORD is my banner. They had banners or flags like we do that represent our country, state, club, and ideals. God is who we pledge allegiance to. He is our Sovereign LORD. In this presentation we talk about various flags, what they represent, the meaning of their colors and symbols, and their pledge (if they have one). Two of the slides are shown above. The craft is to make a banner or flag that represents God.
In this interactive presentation, the story starts out with Moses describing how God had freed and cared for the Israelites. As a review of the stories of Moses, the children are encouraged to pick a story picture and either do a charade, pictionary, or 20 questions to help others guess the story. Jethro stays in camp and witnesses Moses sitting down as judge to help the Israelites solve their problems. The children are encouraged to name types of problems they face and put a large stone in a large bucket for each problem. The full and very heavy bucket, later, is used to demonstrate how we need to carry one another’s burdens (Galatians 6:2). Have a very stout long stick on hand so they can all work together to carry the bucket of heavy stones. We finish by making paper bag puppets to practice bearing one another’s burdens by listening, praying, empathizing, encouraging one another, and being a helping hand.
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