Lesson kit: The Ten Plagues
Everything you need to teach this story in Sunday school, kids' church or at home: lesson plan, questions and a printable sheet.
- Passage
- Exodus 7—12
- Ages
- 9 to 12
- Length
- 37 minutes
Lesson aim
God is more powerful than any king and protects those who trust and obey him.
Key verse
“But in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, no hail fell.” Exodus 9:26
Lesson plan
- 1
Welcome · 5 minutes
Greet the children, sing a song they know and say a short prayer.
- 2
The story · 10 minutes
Tell the story with the illustrations on the big screen or by reading it aloud, page by page.
Open on the big screen → - 3
Talk · 10 minutes
Ask the questions below and let the children answer in their own words.
- 4
Activity · 10 minutes
Hand out the printed sheet: each child draws their favourite scene and practises the verse.
- 5
Closing prayer · 2 minutes
Close by thanking God for what you learned today. God is more powerful than any king and protects those who trust and obey him.
Discussion questions
- Why wouldn’t Pharaoh let the people go?
- Which plagues do you remember?
- What did the families of Israel put on their doors, and why?
Summary for the teacher
Moses asked Pharaoh, "Let my people go". Pharaoh hardened his heart, and God sent ten plagues on Egypt: water turned to blood, frogs, gnats, flies, sickness on the animals, boils, hail, locusts, darkness and, finally, the death of the firstborn. The families of Israel, protected by the lamb’s blood on their doors, were set free.
Child's sheet
Name: ______________________________
The Ten Plagues
Exodus 7—12
- Why wouldn’t Pharaoh let the people go?
- Which plagues do you remember?
- What did the families of Israel put on their doors, and why?
✂️ Cut out and take home
“But in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, no hail fell.”
Exodus 9:26