Today we learned about Joseph, Mary and Baby Jesus’ flight into Egypt and God’s protection from Matthew 2. Help to reinforce the lesson to your child this week by talking to him or her about the lesson and helping him or her learn the memory verse.
Here are a few activity ideas…
Help your child memorize the verse.
Romans 8:31b “If God is for us, who can be against us?”
Help your child make this Mary, Joseph and Baby Jesus escaping to Egypt craft. http://www.christianedwarehouse.com/PDF/Blogs/Jesus%20Had%20a%20Home%20Craft.pdf
Help your child do a decoder puzzle featuring the flight into Egypt. http://www.sermons4kids.com/herod_the_grinch_decoder.htm or this crossword puzzle from sermons4kids. http://www.sermons4kids.com/herod_the_grinch_crossword.htm
Read of listen to the story “Stormy Weather” from Keys for Kids. http://www.cbhministries.org/ForKids/KeysforKids/ReadListen.aspx?ID=1284
Visit the Children’s Church web site to view the lesson. http://childrenschurch.wordpress.com/2011/11/15/escape-to-egypt/