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Review Year One/Week Nine
We had a good and straightforward lesson on the whole. Nothing too exciting. I really wanted dd to understand how God prepared Moses for the task ahead from the time he was born up till that moment in time. She was able to see that. She did comment that she wished we had more hands-on activities like crafts though so I promised her more of that in the weeks to come....
Day One
She read Ex. 2 and I asked her the questions I had prepared. She was able to answer all of them in between my attending to her little brother who seems to be needing more attention these days. At one stage, I just left her to do some puzzles I had printed out. She did so many Moses-related crafts when she was younger I didn't think of asking her to do another Baby Moses craft. Mistake. She would have liked to! But she enjoyed coloring a picture of Baby Moses in his basket.
Day Two
She read Ex. 3 and I asked her the questions I had prepared. She said Moses protested when God asked him to see the Pharaoh mainly because he was scared and he had no trust. She did not do any copy work that day but she had fun making her own burning bush using red tissue paper. Her brother had fun as well. We talked about how God is holy and that was why Moses had to remove his footwear.
She really disliked having to copy Ex. 3:7-8. We settled for just verse 7. By the way, that's all the copy work we do for school. She loves writing when it's free writing and she writes her little stories verses quite often, and always spontaneously. But when it comes to copy work, it's worse than asking her to eat her greens or have her hair washed. She took so long to write out that verse I was thoroughly tested that morning, but in the end, she did a nice job of it; even decorating it.
Day Three
She read Ex. 4: 1-9 and we talked about Moses' excuses and the wonderful signs God gave him. I asked her why God gave him all those signs and she said so that the Egyptians knew that God was powerful. She looked aghast when I asked her to copy Ex.4: 8. She pleaded for another verse. Well, we compromised, and she copied Ex. 4:8a. That was good enough.
I'm going to review my approach to her copy work As it is she does very little of it (formally that is) but the little battle we have over it is not something I want to deal with on a regular basis. She copies chunks of poems voluntarily when the mood strikes her and she doesn't mind copying out Bible verses in other context. But for some reason, copy work during our JBC time is too much for her. DH tells me to let it go. More important battles to fight.
Day Four
We did this rather late at night. She read Ex.4:10-17 and we discussed the questions. I'm glad she was able to see how weak Moses' excuses were. She thought Moses should really have had more faith in the powerful God.
Day Five We also did this late at night. We are read Ex. 4: 18-30. I skimmed over verse 24-26. I asked her some questions and for her notebook activity, I asked her how God had prepared the people for liberty up to this stage of history. This was a little hard for her and she kept saying, Let me think, let me think. I was happy she said that...that she knew she had to THINK! I want her to grow up to be a thinking person; a thinking person whose mind has been renewed by the Word and who heart has been transformed by the Spirit. Anyway, we came up with the following: God allowed the children of Israel to suffer under the cruel taskmasters so they would turn to the God of their fathers. And they did cry out...Ex. 2:23-25. God prepared for them a deliverer in the man, Moses. God took care of Moses from the time he was born. He was born during the time when all babies like him was slain but God miraculously directed the princess to adopt him! Moses' life reflected all the training he needed up till this point of his life. For 40 years, he was a prince in the courts of Egypt. For the next 40 years, he learned humility as a shepherd in the desert. God appeared to Moses in the form of the burning bush and God equipped him with everything he needed to confront the Pharaoh.
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