Genesis 42-45
Since the scripture reference is so long, I'm going to leave it off for today. I'm not trying to downplay the significance of the scripture; it's just quite a lot to include here...
Memory Verse
Colossians 3:13
"...Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
Activity
I really had to think and pray about this one...it's hard to find a new and different activity for this story.
It might be fun to have a box of grain for the kids to play in (a small version of a sandbox using grain), but that takes some planning and special supplies for most of us.
I also considered filling a clear container (such as a soda/water bottle) with grain and adding a small "cup"-shape cut out of cardboard. Then the kids could turn the bottle around-and-around and upside-down to find the "cup" in the grain. Again, special planning and supplies would be needed. I considered using some of the leftover corn from our garden, but that isn't Biblically accurate...
The above ideas would be much more interesting, but I decided that since Kiera wanted to do a craft so badly yesterday, we will do a craft-activity. I'm going to cut a 2-sided shape of a grain sack out of brown paper. (I'll be using a brown grocery sack since our brown construction paper is gone.) We'll be drawing in some grain and adding a cut-out "cup" inside the grain-sack. I'm going to have the kids decorate their cups (colored silver) with sequins (jewels) from our craft cabinet. The jewels aren't in the scriptures for today, but I'm imagining that because he was second-only to Pharaoh, Joseph had some very fine things...Use your discretion on this. It would also be cute (though messy) to glue in some "grain".
How It Went
Andrew has loved sparkly things for as long as I can remember. Of course, when you have a big sister who loves everything "girlie", you get exposed to things like that at an early age! I think he even came home from the hospital as an infant with a few sparkles in his hair. Needless to say, he LOVED today's activity! It was also good for his fine motor skills, as well as hand-eye coordination. Kiera thought that the lesson was "okay", but it was a little below her capabilities. I think her enthusiasm was also a little squelched because we had to come in from outside to do our Bible study. She also wanted to leave for church quickly, so she was in a rush. Not a bad activity overall though.
Top: Andrew working with his sparkles; he wanted to put them everywhere! Bottom: Andrew's cup and
grain sack (left) with Kiera's.
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