Moses started out in a basket floating down the Nile to becoming a prince in Egypt. Here are some ideas to use when teaching about Moses as a baby.

The ideas below may help you teach a lesson on Moses when he was a baby. Feel free to use these ideas to supplement your current curriculum or to make your own lesson.

Story Suggestion

Exodus (2:1-10)

Game Ideas

Hide and Hunt

Preparation: Make a list of six simple items, such as a plastic spoon, stone, wrapped candy, a block, a blue button, and a ball of string. Fasten one of each item on a peg board or tape them to a whiteboard. Before the children arrive, hide the items in the room, one item for each child. For example, if 10 children are coming to class, hide 10 spoons, 10 pieces of candy, etc. All of the spoons should be in the same place, all of the buttons in the same place, etc.

Directions: Each child must try to get one of each item, but must not tell anyone where any of the things are hidden. Give a small prize to those who are successful in finding all six items within a given amount of time, or if you see a child having a particular hard time gathering all the times, you can play "hot/cold" with them until they earn a prize, too.

Obstacle Course

Materials: Pillows, blankets and/or sheets, large cardboard boxes, chairs and tables, anything else good to use for an obstacle course

Directions: Collect several items for students to move over, under, around, and through. Set up the items along a course. Start one student at a time at the beginning of the course, and tell them to try to make it all the way to the end.

Snacks

A good snack for this lesson would be Moses in a Basket. You will need to make this before class.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup nonfat dry milk
• 1 cup honey
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup crushed cornflakes
• Jelly beans
• Wax paper

Directions:

1. Mix together the peanut butter, dry milk, honey and vanilla.
2. Roll the peanut butter mixture into small balls.
3. Roll the balls in the crushed cornflakes, place the balls on wax paper, and shape into baskets.
4. Add a jelly bean in the middle of the basket to be baby Moses.

Strawberry Shortcake

A simpler snack idea is to make strawberry shortcakes using the ready made sponge cakes, drop in some strawberry pie filling in each one, top with a strawberry, and some whipped cream.

Art Center Ideas

Moses in a Basket Craft

Materials:

• Clean small milk carton
• Brown construction paper
• Tape
• Crayons
• Stapler (for adult use)
• Fabric pieces
• Small round clothespins
• Black marker (for adult use)

Directions:

Preparation: Draw the faces on the clothespins before class, so Moses is ready to be placed in the basket.

1. Cut off the top 1/3 of the milk carton.
2. Wrap construction paper around the milk carton to cover it. Tape the paper to hold it in place.
3. Staple a 1" strip of construction paper across the top for a handle.
4. Let children decorate their baskets with crayons.
5. Lay a piece of fabric in the basket.
6. On the clothespin, draw a happy face and place in the basket as Moses.

Weave a Basket Craft

Materials:

• Template of a basket (see picture below)
• Scissors
• Light and dark brown colored paper
• Glue stick

Directions:

1. Print the image of a basket template below.
2. Cut out the template and cut along the dotted lines. This is where the children will weave their put.
3. Cut out 6 strips of light and dark colored paper (use the template below).
4. Have the children weave their basket and glue the strips down to hold in place.
5. Fold the basket along the dotted lines, and use glue stick to hold the basket together.

Suggested Prayer

Thank you God for protecting me. Keeping me safe and sound. Help me now to go tell others of Your precious love I found. Amen.

Here are some other great Sunday School Lesson ideas:

God Made Families

God Made Me

Jesus Loves the Little Children