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.
The Israelites had just seen the power of the LORD in the plagues on Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, their captors demise, God bringing water from a rock, God sending manna each day, and His awesome giving of the 10 Commandments and covenant. They had even committed to keeping the covenant. But they didn’t. Moses was gone for 40 days on the mount. Seventy of the elders were also worshipping on the mount. But the people grew tired or complacent or anxious or…. What did go through their minds?
They asked Aaron to make them a god to lead them. The glory of the God that was leading them was still shining on the mount. Did they really want a lesser god? Aaron told them to bring their gold. They did. He fashioned a calf. The people declared that this was their god who would lead them. Aaron declared a festival to God. Wait a minute. To God?
There were many consequences to this grave sin of the graven image. Many died. Yet others deepened their commitment to the LORD.
The Israelites spent more than a year at Mt. Sinai. God made a covenant with them and gave them the Ten Commandments. He spoke with Moses and gave many other life saving guidelines and the instructions and blueprints for the Tabernacle. They stayed and constructed this beautiful example of God’s plan of salvation.
Starting with this page, instead of having all the program descriptions and downloads on this page, I’m going to have each one as a separate post. Hopefully this will make it easier to find them. This page will function as an informative middle page with all the links for the category of Bible stories, which, in this case are the stories that take place at Mt. Horeb.
So click on the title to go to the page where you can learn more about the PowerPoint, download the PowerPoint and download any craft or activity pages.
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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