Thursday, January 15, 2009

Show and Tell ~ Parting the Rea Sea

The children had a great time reenacting the parting of the Red Sea. Little Tom Sawyer was Moses and the girls were escaping slaves. The Big Teen volunteered to be an Egyptian soldier swallowed by the sea. We set up chairs with blue sheets and blankets. The kids then colored in fish and put them on the blankets. For my kids, the most impressive part of the movie, Prince of Egypt, is the scene where the sea is parted and the fish are swimming in the walls of water. While they were coming up with their play, they wanted me to rewind that part repeatedly. 





Our little Moses


Walking through the parted sea


The sea closes and the soldiers are stopped!

The girls have also been putting "baby Moses" into a plastic tub and pushing it up and down the "Nile River" during bath time. Don't you just love it when "school" overflows into playtime?

Blessings, Dawn
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8 comments:

  1. solidrockJanuary 15, 2009 at 11:04 PM

    What a great way to remember this awesome story!

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  2. ritzema5January 16, 2009 at 12:26 AM

    What a lot of fun. It sure makes the stories more memorable to have fun with them

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  3. CanadagirlJanuary 16, 2009 at 1:57 AM

    Yeah !!! I love how learning spills into play and life. [0= It means that it is sinking in and becoming part of them. I loved seeing your parting of the Red Sea and Moses,and the covering of the soliders. And for the girls to play the scene of finding Moses in the bullrushes. NEAT.


    God is good all the time. All the time God is GOOD.


    Blessings and ((HUGS)) in Him<><

    -Mary

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  4. tiredmomJanuary 16, 2009 at 5:34 AM

    I'll bet the littles had a great time wrapping up the teen!

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  5. bubbebobbieJanuary 16, 2009 at 7:41 AM

    Someone told be the other day she didn't do Bible Study with her kids because they get BORED!!!

    I tried to explain THIS concept to her! You did it so well! Standing Ovation Here!!!!

    Because of Jesus, Bobbie

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  6. HaflingerhorsesJanuary 17, 2009 at 5:35 AM

    Precious! What a great way to teach the Bible stories, by reinactment.

    Antoinette

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 17, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    What a great activity. We are starting up Mystery of History next week. I will have to remember this one!

    Toni

    http://thehappyhousewife.com

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  8. sahmto4orMoreJanuary 21, 2009 at 3:06 AM

    Oooh, y'all have done a lot of fun stuff in history lately.

    I love all the ideas in your last few posts.

    Too bad we're already to the Dark Ages.

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