Miriam’s simple acceptance of the situation, her fast feet and logical thinking are really what ties this story together. So often this story becomes all about baskets and babies and the comparative opulence of the palace over the slave-hood of the mother, but Miriam’s simple and straightforward actions are more easily grasped for a child.

To make this craft you will need a pair of scissors, sticky tape, a split pin, glue or a craft stick (optional) and the PDF printout. I’d recommend printing on thin card or backing onto card. For printing in Colour PDF – 1 page For printing everything with No colour PDF – 1 page

Cut out the three pieces – Miriam, the feet, and the handle. Leave the feet as a circle! If you have printed without colour it may be good to add a little colour at this point.

Fold the handle and glue the sides together. Alternatively cut to just the middle rectangle and glue onto a craft stick.

Where the circles indicate make holes through all layers of the handle, the feet wheel and Miriam.

Use either a split pin or a hair slide to join the pieces through the holes. Make sure the handle is the middle layer. Tape the handle to the back of Miriam so it doesn’t rotate.

Hold the handle and walk Miriam along the floor or table top, how fast can you make her run. Talk about how she may have been feeling running along, talk about what makes her a hero in this story (speed, loyalty, obedience, compassion, logic, fast thinking, bravery)

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Gift = CHASING

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This story of Miriam is all bout chasing the basket, keeping up with a moving object and not losing sight of it. That ties nicely into games and activities. If you are working through Moses as a series then I’ve included 2 of the games from the previous lesson on the Egyptian midwifes which would also work well and if enjoyed once could easily be repeated.

Moses baskets – This activity involves a large dish of water. Print out the pdf and fold every tab inwards to represent the basket. Place Moses inside the basket and drop it on the water all folded up. The basket should slowly open each petal to reveal the child inside. Turn this into a game by racing your baskets to see which opens the quickest, or using multiple baskets and having the children guess which one has Moses inside.

Racing along the river – Another water game this time involving making a small stream. Using a roll of metal kitchen foil create a river bed. Directly onto the foil draw using a new white board marker the basket for Moses – make sure it’s laid down thickly. Then, gently pour water over the picture and let the basket rise and float down the stream. You can give the children straws to make it into a race.

Chase it – Using a torch (or if the room is too bright then a low power laser pointer) have the children chase the light. Dependant on your group and room setup you can do this by occasionally covering the light then making it reappear or by having the light lead a child along a specific a pathway.

Where did it go? – if you are looking for a low prep solution try this version of hide the thimble type game. Hide a picture of Miriam, baby Moses or any of the characters you have met this far around the room, alternatively hide small containers to represent the basket or items that may have been on or in the water. Talk about how Miriam must have needed to be observant of where the basket went and good at spotting it from the river bank.

Obstacle course – If you have the space and equipment then go all out and do an obstacle course for the kids. this ties into Miriam running along the river bank nicely.
 

If you are working through Moses as a series then these two previous games for the Midwifes lessons also work well with Miriam.
 

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Protection – This really simple card game is all about matching objects that protect us. Print then cut out the cards (click on picture for pdf) and gather items listed here. Have a child select a card then run to the pile of objects and find the right form of ‘protection’. Once found get the child to model it for the group. Talk abut how things protect us.
Items to gather :Umbrella, Scarf, Sunglasses, Inflatable, Blanket, Padlock, Torch, Fire extinguisher or toy fire engine, Apron, First aid kit, Toothbrush & Safety goggles.

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Race the baby – This game requires a small pebble or object that can represent the baby. The idea of the game is for the loving family and friends to keep moving the baby before the midwife can find it. The midwife must call out a persons name and say the child’s name eg “ Aaron, Aaron, do you have the baby” Aaron then opens his hands palm side up to show if he does or doesn’t have the baby stone. The stone can be passed at any point excluding when the holders name is called. Link into the deception.

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These is a moment of wonder in this story that this really simple little craft encompasses, it’s the moment when, as Miriam watches, the basket is opened and the baby Moses is revealed. This is one of those super quick crafts you could give the children to do themselves or it could easily be used as a game where you set off lots of baskets and get the kids to guess which one holds Moses.

To make this craft you will need a pair of scissors and the PDF printout. To play with it you need water that is flat – a standard dish will suffice – and the process is very much improved by making the water warm! For printing in Colour PDF – 1 page For printing in reduced colour PDF – 1 page For printing everything with No colour PDF – 1 page

Simply cut out the basket and Moses, there are 2 to a page.

Place Moses inside the basket on the white side.

Fold every tab inwards, revealing the basket pattern

once all the tabs are folded in it should look like this.

Gently drop the basket into the water and watch, it may happen quite slowly. Please note : the process will ruin the paper and drying out the paper doesn’t work!

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Here are the images you need for the hero’s attributes linked to Young Miriam – Moses in the basket.
Each hero set contains a high quality graphic of the character, a take home bible card and a colouring page.

The images are displayed small here, click on the image you wish to have, then save the image that loads.
(Please note : these images have no watermark but are not copyright free, they are only intended for classroom use.)

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Extra Graphics

 
If you would like an image of Moses that is correct size compared to the other characters click here.
 

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