(in the style of Young Chiluien & Woishipuouly Play)
/0123405', ueseit box tuiquoise blue felt stiip 1S"x8" (oi appiopiiate size to fit acioss youi box) ieeu plants (small aquaiium plants woik well) woouen figuies foi: Amiam, }ochebeu, Aaion, Niiiam, baby Noses, Phaiaoh's uaughtei, 2 female seivants small basket foi baby
Follow the intiouuction in 6$&78 9:45%327 07% ;$3':4< foi using the ueseit box, then continue: Roll out the felt iivei anu lay it acioss the ueseit box.
Smooth youi hanu ovei an aiea of sanu on youi left siue of the iivei. As you speak, auu plants along the bank, leaving a space foi the stoiy on the iight siue.
Stait small anu motion with youi hanus to show giowth in size anu numbei.
Ciicle youi hanus as in gatheiing the people togethei, anu sweep them fiom the siue of the iivei to the iight euge of the ueseit box, like an aimy auvancing.
Pause.
Piesent Amiam, }ochebeu anu place Aaion anu Niiiam togethei with them on youi iight siue of the iivei, closei to you. The people of God, the children of Israel or Hebrews, were living in the land of Egypt.
When they first came to Egypt they were shepherds, and took care of their flocks and herds in a good, green land. But over many years they became the servants of the Egyptians and worked very hard.
They lived in Egypt for many years, and they had many children, who grew up and had children of their own, and those children grew up and had children.
As time passed, there were so many Israelites living in Egypt that the king of Egypt, called a Pharaoh, became worried. He worried that his Hebrew slaves would form and army and turn against him.
Pharaoh thought of a plan to end his worry. He said that no one who was Hebrew, the Israelite people, was allowed to have a baby boy. Only the girl babies could live. Many families were sad.
At this time, there was a Hebrew family who had a baby boy. The father, Amram!
!and the mother, Jochebed!already had two older children, Aaron and Miriam.
When this baby boy was born, they knew it was against the law to have a baby boy, but they were not afraid of the kings law, and they hid him from Pharaohs soldiers for three months.
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I wonuei what it's like to take caie of a baby....
I wonuei how haiu it was to hiue baby Noses foi thiee months....
I wonuei how }ochebeu anu Amiam felt as they kisseu theii little baby boy anu put him in the basket....
I wonuei how Niiiam felt as she hiu anu watcheu hei baby biothei float in the iivei....
I wonuei how Niiiam felt when Phaiaoh's uaughtei founu him....
I wonuei how Phaiaoh's uaughtei ueciueu to keep the baby....
I wonuei how Noses' mothei felt when she was given back hei baby to take caie of again....
I wonuei what pait of this stoiy you like the best.
I wonuei which pait of this stoiy is the most impoitant.
Take the small basket from the tray and place the baby Moses in it by Jochebed. Cover the basket with the lid.
Move Jochebed, Miriam and the baby-filled basket to the rivers edge and nestle it by the plants, totally on the felt.
Move Miriam behind the plants. Place Jochebed back in the tray.
Present Pharaohs daughter and the two servants. Move them from close to the children further up the bank to where the baby is, on the edge of the felt.
Move one of the servants to the basket
!and move them both back.
Open the basket and lay the baby in her arms.
Move Miriam beside Pharaohs daughter.
Move Miriam away, towards you, then take Jochebed from the tray and move them both through the sand to the Egyptian group with baby.
Place baby Moses beside Jochebed. Its very hard to hide a baby that long, because babies cry and are noisy. Someone might come and find out that their crying baby was not a baby girl.
Finally, when they could hide him no longer, Jochebed made a basket and covered it in pitch to make it waterproof, and laid her precious baby boy inside.
Then she took the baby in the basket down to the river and laid it carefully to float among the bulrush reeds by the river bank and rock the baby peacefully. The babys sister, Miriam, stayed to watch over him, hiding behind the reeds.
While the basket was floating there, Pharaohs daughter came down to the river to bathe.
She noticed something among the reeds on the bank and told one of her servants to bring it to her.
The servant found the basket, and brought it to the princess.
When Pharaohs daughter opened the basket and saw the baby, she knew it was one of the Hebrew babies. And even though it was against her fathers law, she wanted to keep the baby.
Miriam left her hiding place and came to Pharaohs daughter and asked Should I go find someone to nurse and care for the baby? Yes, go, said Pharaohs daughter.
Miriam went and got her own mother and brought her to the princess. Take this child and nurse him for me. I will pay you to care for him.
So Jochebed cared for her baby boy and when he grew she took him to Pharaohs daughter, who called his name Moses, because she took him out of the water.