It has been fairly crazy at our house lately. With the announcement of another blessing on the way and my husband’s deployment, we have little time or thought for school. Audio books and board games have been a constant staple these past few weeks as we tried to monopolize the time left with daddy. One thing we were able to keep going was our Bible reading at supper-time.
We are reading through the Bible chronologically and studying the customs and civilizations we come across along the way. This summer we were able to study the plagues on Egypt, along with Ancient Egypt and it’s many wonders. As we headed into the dessert with the Iraelites, we are currently exploring the Tabernacle and the movement of the Shekinah glory cloud that appeared above the Ark of the Covenant.
Through all of our studies, we have been adding bits and pieces to make a lapbook. I call it the Exodus lapbook, for that is the book we are reading. It also contains some elements of Genesis and our Egypt study, however, and will probably stretch into the procurement of the land by Joshua and his men.
This is the cover of Raven’s lapbook, depicting two Egyptian citizens.
This will be on the cover of Denna’s lapbook, which we have not assembled yet.
The Ten Plagues page, which opens to show each plague and the Egyptian gods that were being confronted.
Raven’s Ten Commandments page.
Denna cut the “stones” out herself, and asked me how to spell Ten Commandments. She did a great job! She placed 10 circle stickers on her stones to show there were 10 Commandments.
We have several more pages we are working on, including a map of the wilderness wanderings, the Tabernacle, The First Passover, and the Glory Cloud that led the people through the wilderness.
Some other interesting pages to note:
Feasts of the Lord (the feasts of Israel and how they relate to the ministry of Christ)
Materials we have used for our lapbook:
Ancient Civilization printables- this is where we found the Egyptian faces
Hands-on History Activity Pack Old Testament (I got this as a prize!)
Paper Dali – this is where we found Raven’s Egyptian people
Ancient Egypt Lapbook- Jimmie has made a wonderful list of resources on Squidoo
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Hello! I’m in the process of reorganizing my Paper Dali Website, and I would love to borrow (and link to, of course) the picture on this site of my Egyptian couple. The idea is that I’d like to have pictures of my Paper Dalis in use on my site.
Please let me know if that’s all right! Thanks!
~ Veronica, who will launch Paper Dali’s new look in mid-October.
Veronica,
Yes, of course you may use my photo and post! You have made such amazing historic figures, we are sure to use more in the future.