June 19–25

Exodus 7–15

“Let My People Go”

Start by reading Exodus 7–15. Come, Follow Me for individuals and families can help you understand these chapters, and this outline can give you teaching ideas.

Record Your Impressions

Improving Our Teaching

Help the children visualize the story. Find ways to help children visualize the story by using such things as pictures, drawings, videos, puppets, or skits.

Invite Sharing

Invite the children to sit in a circle and share something they learned about the gospel this week, either at home or at church. Then they could pick the next person to share by rolling a ball to another child in the circle or pointing at a child.

Teach the Doctrine

Younger Children

Exodus 7–12; 14

God has power over all things.

The Israelites were in bondage and could not free themselves, but God showed His power and delivered them. How can you use this story to help the children learn that God is all-powerful?

Possible Activities

• Invite the children to draw or color pictures that portray the ten plagues (see this week’s activity page). As you read about the plagues in selected verses from Exodus 7–12, have the children hold up the matching picture or even act out the plagues.

• Watch the videos “Chapter 16: The Prophet Moses” and “Chapter 17: The Passover” (LDS.org) or read aloud these chapters from Old Testament Stories with the children. Invite them to hold up their fingers to count the plagues as they are mentioned in the videos.

• Display the picture Moses Parting the Red Sea (in this week’s study outline in Come, Follow Me for individuals and families) while you read Exodus 14:16, 21–22. Have the children listen for how the Lord showed His power to help the Israelites.

• Invite the children to gather in the center of the room. As you read Exodus 14:13–16, 21–22, invite them to “part” to two sides like the Red Sea.

Exodus 12:1–13

The sacrament can help me remember Jesus.

The Passover taught the Israelites about the Savior. Today, we take the sacrament to remember Jesus’s sacrifice for us.

Possible Activities

• Tell the children the story of the first Passover. Chapter 17, “The Passover,” in Old Testament Stories (69–72) can help. Show the picture Jesus Carrying a Lost Lamb (Gospel Art Book, no. 64), and explain how the sacrificial Passover lamb represented Christ, the Lamb of God.

• Visit the sacrament table with the children, and invite a priesthood holder to explain simply how the sacrament helps us remember Christ (see also the Children’s Bible Video “Sacrament” on LDS.org).

• Give the children pieces of paper with “I can remember Jesus Christ during the sacrament by …” written at the top. Invite them to draw pictures of ways they can remember Jesus.

Teach the Doctrine

Older Children

Exodus 7–12, 14

God has power over all things.

Children face challenges in which they need God’s help. How can the story of the ten plagues help them understand that God has the power to help them like He helped the children of Israel go free from Egypt?

Possible Activities

• Give each child a list of the ten plagues found in Exodus 7–12 as well as other made-up plagues that aren’t in these chapters. Invite the children to circle the correct ones as they read chapter 16, “The Prophet Moses,” in Old Testament Stories (64–68) or watch the related video on LDS.org.

• Invite the children to draw pictures of the plagues on a paper divided into ten sections and then to share their completed pictures with the class. They could also color this week’s activity page. What do the plagues teach us about God’s power?

• Come up with several scenarios in which the children would need God’s help. How could God help them in these situations? When have they seen or felt the power of God in their lives?

Exodus 12:1–13

The Passover was symbolic of the atoning power of Jesus Christ.

Just as the sacrament helps us remember the Atonement of Jesus Christ, the symbols of the Passover remind us of the Savior’s power to save us.

Possible Activities

• Share the story of Passover using Exodus 12:1–13; chapter 17, “The Passover,” in Old Testament Stories (69–72); or chapter 49, “The First Sacrament,” in New Testament Stories (124–26).

• Show pictures of several symbols of the Passover, such as a doorpost, bitter herbs, and a lamb. Help the children match the symbols with their meanings (see this week’s study outline in Come, Follow Me for individuals and families).

  

• Read the sacrament prayers together (D&C 20:77, 79). How is the sacrament similar to the Passover? What can the children do to think about Jesus during the sacrament?

Exodus 14:13–22

I can learn to always follow the Spirit.

Moses knew by revelation how to lead the Israelites across the Red Sea (see D&C 8:2–3). How can this story help the children you teach learn to recognize and act on personal revelation that comes from the Holy Ghost?

Possible Activities

• After telling the account of Moses from Exodus 14:13–22, invite the children to tell what Doctrine and Covenants 8:2–3 adds to our understanding of the story. When have the children followed a spiritual prompting?

• Help the children write a new verse to “Nephi’s Courage” (Children’s Songbook, 120) about how the Lord provided a way for Moses when he showed courage and followed inspiration from the Spirit.

• Ask one child to whisper instructions to help a blindfolded child complete a maze or draw a picture on the board. Explain that even though we can’t see the Holy Ghost, He will guide us if we listen.

Encourage Learning at Home

Invite the children to share with their families their testimonies of God’s power by sharing the pictures they drew or by reading Exodus 14:21–31.

Sharing Time

Singing Time (25 minutes)

Select a variety of songs (music.lds.org) that reinforce the doctrine the children are learning. For example:

• “Redeemer of Israel,” Hymns, no. 6

• “The Holy Ghost,” Children’s Songbook, 105

It might be fun for the children to try singing “The Holy Ghost” several times, using quieter voices each time. This could also help them understand what the phrase “still small voice” means.

Sharing by Children (10 minutes)

Create opportunities for children to share how they are learning and living the gospel.

Younger Children

• Ask the children to share ways they can remember Christ at home and at church.

• Invite a member of the ward to dress up like Moses and tell the story of how Moses led the children of Israel through the Red Sea. The children might enjoy following Moses through a cleared path along the middle of the Primary room.

Older Children

• Assign each class one of the ten plagues. Invite a child from each class to draw their class’s assigned plague on the board, and have the rest of the Primary guess which one it is.

• Invite several children ahead of time to share experiences when the Spirit led or comforted them.