The Red Sea continued (day 16)

We reviewed the story of the God parting the Red Sea in the bathtub. What a fun way to make bathtime even better. The kids seem to listen with "new ears" because it is a different setting. To act out the story we used a bubble bath to be the sea. The kids "parted" the bubbles and let the Isrealites across. then, the bubbles came back together to cover the "mean guys." FYI, I actually tried it first with shaving cream, which worked well for my four year old. However, since I was actually trying to bathe Knox (the 14 month old) at the same time I got worried he would put it in his eyes. Tear free shampoo makes great bubble bathes.

the point? GOD CAN DO ANYTHING!

Bible in the Bath

I recently heard an idea that sounded fun. Why not teach the kids Bible truths while taking a bath? Bathtime is already regularly scheduled, what a great idea to use that time as an informal teaching time. I like scheduling a formal "Bible Time" but also having a chance to talk about the Lord throughout our day. I tried it the other day. I just started off by telling Alyse, "did you know the earth used to be all covered in water like this tub?" She looked up at me with surprise (even though she has heard the story of creation.) Because it was such a part of our normal conversation, I think it had a different affect. I was surprised how many illustrations we found while taking a bath. Talking about breathing under water before God created the air, trying to swim everywhere before God created land, etc. Of course the natural flow of conversation shows how smart God was to create the air and the land before he created the animals and people. Very cool.