Just the other day I was silently conversing with myself about how healthy we’ve stayed this winter compared to the previous winters when Ryan was in school and brought home sick germs as often as homework. But maybe those Egyptian gods* we’ve been reading about heard my congratulatory pride because as quickly as I said it, someone started feeling feverish and in domino-tumbling fashion, they all went down–including me. And so what’s a sick mom to do when no one wants to leave the comfort of their bean-bag bed and another week off from school is crossed off the calendar?
Mostly, I didn’t stress about it. But there were moments where I took advantage of their lying-still state to do some reading and call it “school.”
Among the readings was a chapter book I randomly found last summer in the corner of a used book store. Moses in Egypt is a novel based on the movie, The Prince of Egypt (not the other way around, which is kind of unusual). And so knowing that, I probably wouldn’t have given it a second look, except that it was written by the same author of The Indian in the Cupboard series–which I loved as a kid. I judged the book by it’s author, sprung the $2, and filed it away as a literature option during our ancient Egyptian history studies.
Fast forwarding to now–we’ve hit the story of Moses in our ancient history timeline, so it was a great book to pull out in between the movies and moaning. Since we’ve already seen The Prince of Egypt several times we were familiar with the story, but I was tickled with the historical fiction novel. Of course it takes a lot of creative liberty on the Bible story, but it’s well written, brings the Bible history to life, and kept us on the edge–wanting more, even hoping for a sequel.
During the kids’ downtime, to go with the theme, I was also able to finish up a new scripture felt story set for Moses. This printable felt set begins as baby Moses was placed in a basket on the Nile River, and continues through the burning bush, the 10 plagues of Egypt, the parting of the Red Sea, and the stone tablets.
Since my kids are used to seeing me create with felt they don’t get usually super impressed over anything I make (grass is always greener, it’s true), but Ryan was really excited about the representations of the 10 plagues of Egypt and the ability to retell the account using the felt story images. This 7-year-old is definitely all about “gross” things right now.
If you’re new to felt story sets, there are some free ones you can try. After downloading, you can (to name a few):
- Print on t-shirt transfer paper, iron onto sheets of felt, cut out, and use on a flannel board. (TUTORIAL)
- Print on cardstock, laminate, cut out, and place a magnet on the back. Use on the fridge, magnet board, or metal cookie sheet. (TUTORIAL)
- Print on cardstock, laminate, and glue to popsicle sticks for stick puppets.
- Print on cardstock, laminate, place a piece of rough velcro on the back. Stick to a flannel board.
- Make a file folder game.
Hoping those healthy gods* are smiling on you!
(*Yes, we’re having fun with this Egypt theme, and no, we don’t really worship Egyptian gods.)
Hi,
Your bible story printables are my favorite and I have a lot of printables, they are adorable! Thank you.
Did you have a Noah’s ark printable? I printed all of the bible stories off about six months ago or more and I think I am missing a few pieces to it but I can’t find it on your website anywhere. Please help, thank you so much!
Nikorah
Thanks for your kind comment!
The Noah’s Ark set is here: http://keepinglifecreative.com/keeping-life-creative/the-lord-told-noah-to-build-him-an-ark-y-ark-y/
Thanks!
I love this and would be so happy to get it….You are one talented lady!
Love this set! Used it today in Sunday School with 4, 5 and 6 year olds. We had each child add one of the plagues onto the magnet board. After class even the 8 year old older siblings wanted to play with the set too. Thank you for sharing this. I’m probably going to buy your larger set because I like them so much.
Thank you so much for sharing this resource! Downloaded the set on Teachers Pay Teachers and left feedback.
Hi Pam,
Just wanted to say thank you for your generosity in sharing these beautiful creations! It has definitely helped me in teaching Sunday School. God bless your heart and your hands!
I’m so glad you’ve been able to use them! Thanks for letting me know :).
I can’t seem to find the link for the Moses story downloadable printables. Under the page, it links back to the blog date, not a PDF set? It would be a great help if I could use them in VBS this year for my 4yr old class! Which would be on Tuesday 😉 Let me know where I’m missing something.
Thank you so much for sharing these at no cost. I’d looked earlier today when you posted the newest story and loved it, but wasn’t sure I’d be able to afford to buy all the scripture stories (as much as I’d like to). Thank you for blessing my family and me.
You’re very welcome. I’m so glad they can be of use to you. 🙂
Ooooohhhh!!!! I am soooo excited, as will my 7 year old. We just read the story of Moses the other night. She picked up real quick that Pharoah wouldn’t let the Israelites go ever! Thank you for making the scripture stories free. We love your graphics. I love them so much, I just purchased the $7 Polar Bears packet. (I already downloaded the graphics for that one.)
You are so kind to offer these for free – thanks! I’m a huge fan of all your talented work with felt. Hope everyone gets healthy soon!!
Thanks, we’re feeling better now.
I’m so glad you’re enjoying the sets!
Free? WOW! I love these and print them on felt for my kids to play with at church (they stick on the back of the benches really well). Thanks for sharing your incredible talent!
What a fun idea!! I can definitely see them sticking well on the back of the bench! I may have to do the same.
We were sick last week at my house, and my son missed the entire week of school as well. I got a letter saying there would be a report filed with the probation office if he misses any more this semester, since parent excuses aren’t excused at all. It is so frustrating that the public school system seems to demand that you take your children to the doctor for everything, including a virus which they can do nothing about. I hope you are all on the mend, and I’m sure they will bounce right back. 🙂
The same thing happened to us when Ryan was still in school, and I also found it frustrating because I felt like as the parent I should have more say and should definitely not be penalized for keeping my sick child home! School was the place he was getting all the sick germs from though. 🙁
We’re feeling better now. Thank you!
I can’t get it to download am I doing something wrong.
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Pam
@pameladonnis, I love all your scripture sets and use them in my prekindergarten classroom. These have been very helpful during our Jesus time. I haven’t been able to get the download for the Moses set either. I’ve entered my email a few times in the past few weeks, but have never gotten an email. I keep checking my spam, too.
I’m not sure why you aren’t receiving the e-mails, but I’ve uploaded the Moses set to Teachers Pay Teachers as well, so maybe you can download from there while I try to sort out the problem. http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Moses-Felt-Story-Set-899136
So glad you’re enjoying the sets!
Pam