Our studies have finally finished Joseph and Genesis and begun Moses and Exodus. A couple of years ago my then preschooler learned a song about Baby Moses.
"Baby in the basket. Float, float, float."
We are deep into studying Egypt. Netflix movies, library books, even my Baby Moses Precious Moments plate have helped to get us into the time and place.
Oh, how we are loving learning with the unit study method! My children are retaining so much! It seemed a bit strange at first to read about mummies with my six year old. There are times I have to edit some of the reading so she isn't exposed overly to pagan gods and beliefs. Obviously Egypt was quite pagan. But I'm finding that we have some interesting discussions about what the Bible says versus how the Egyptians believed.
My older girls are grossed out by the mummification process, and yet intrigued too about this time in history. Even my history hater is getting engrossed in the stories and movies. It's awesome!
Slavery had been a topic we have talked about lately, considering that Joseph was sold as a slave and that the Hebrews were forced into slavery under the Egyptians rule. We've talked a bit about Egyptian slavery and slavery in America and slavery today.
We will take a week or so next week to study shepherding. I'll be hitting the library for books as we study Psalm 23. Moses spent 40 years as an Egyptian prince and then 40 years as shepherd in Midian. What a contrast! It'll be interesting to see what God will reveal to us in our study!
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