Long Story Short: Moses
I hesitated to even write this post, since we did very little during our study of Moses from birth through the Exodus outside of reading each night from Long Story Short or The Gospel Story Bible by Marty Machowski. This season reinforced how much I appreciate the depth of these resources. Machowski points out both the obvious and more subtle connections of the Old Testament stories to Jesus, and he presents them in such a way that even my boys, only 3 and 5, are able to understand and articulate.
The reason I did decided to go ahead and do a short post about the several weeks we spent on this section of Exodus is that I want to keep a record of the resources I’ve come across. Because we were caught up in the chaos of packing, moving, and settling in, we pretty much just stuck with picture books and videos to supplement our Bible Time reading every night. So here are my lists, plain and simple:
Picture Books
- Moses in the Bulrushes retold by Warwick Hutton
- Moses in the Bulrushes retold by Diana Mayo
- Moses in the Bulrushes (Usborne Bible Tales) retold by Heather Amery (good for early readers)
- Moses: The Long Road to Freedom retold by Ann Keay Beneduce (I bought this one primarily for the illustrations by Gennady Spirin)
- The Real Story of the Exodus by Paul L. Maier
Videos
Wars of Humanity (The DVD includes two short videos animated with LEGO bricks, one on the plagues and one on the time in the wilderness. My boys LOVED both of these and watched them over and over.)- Veggie Tales: Duke and the Great Pie War (tells the story of Moses as a baby)
- Veggie Tales: Moe and the Big Exit
- Animated Stories from the Bible: Moses
- Prince of Egypt
We finally got back to our “Listening Lesson” during Week 33 “God Provides Food and Water for Israel.” Here’s what was on our playlist:
- Ex 16 Food for Every Day from the ESV Audio Drama Children’s Bible from Faith Comes By Hearing
- Exodus 17 from the ESV Audio from Faith Comes By Hearing
- SONG “M” IS FOR MOSES from the ESV Audio Drama Children’s Bible from Faith Comes By Hearing
- “Marah” from Good Advice by Jamie Soles
- Karen & Kids podcast episode “Food From the Bible”