The warrior leader (day 18)

Joshua and the battle of Jericho begins on page 108 of the storybook Bible. It is found in Joshua 3 and 6. After reading the story the kids decorated pieces of paper and rolled them up to be trumpets. They were a bit hyper so I also had them run/walk around the house outside 7 times, followed by trumpet blasting and yelling.

the point? God wins in unusual ways

God makes a way (day 15)

We read the story of Moses and the Red Sea, beginning on page 92 of the storybook Bible. This story is found in Exodus 14-15. After reading it the kids got to choose what they wanted to do. I thought it would be fun to act out the story using play-dough for the sea and toothpicks for the people. However the option of using stamps was too appealing for them. They covered a paper with any stamp they wanted. The goal was for them to be blue to look like the water when they were overlapped. They did not stick to blue so we got pretty rainbow water. After they gathered some sand/dirt outside, they glued it down the middle of the paper to be the ground the Israelites walked on down the middle of the parted sea.

the point? God saves his people, sometimes in unusual ways

The Ten Plagues continued (day 14)

To continue the story of the burning bush and the plagues, which is in Exodus 3-13 by the way, we went outside and had a hail storm by simply throwing ice cubes in the yard. For Von who is older and wanted a bit more challenge, we created a target out of 3 different sizes of bowls. Each bowl was worth different point values. We talked about how the hail killed the plants and probably some animals too. Yet Pharaoh would not let the Israelites go until his own son was killed.

the point? God will rescue his people

God to the rescue! (day 13)

Page 84-91 in The Jesus Storybook Bible is where the story of Moses, the burning bush, and the plagues are told. We pruned a branch off a bush in the flowerbed to be the "bush." Then, we painted it red to represent the fire. If you don't have paint, we have used cornstarch, water, and food coloring to make a paint-able paste. We talked about the fact that the bush did not burn up. When I asked why, Alyse responded, "because God protected himself."

the point: God will get his point accross

Joseph continued (day 12)

We continued with the story of Joseph and his brothers today. We used the dry-erase board to retell the story together, letting the kids take turns drawing stars, stick figures, cows, etc. Then we put "Joseph" in a box and wrapped yarn around the box to create the jail. We talked about the fact that Joseph was in jail for years even though he did nothing wrong. Yet in jail, he still worked faithfully and with a happy heart, wow.

the point? God is with us even in the hard times