Come follow me- For Primary, Free LDS primary lesson helps, March 28-April 3. Exodus 7-13
- redwallace
- Feb 28
- 3 min read
The Lord has power over all things.
The plagues described in Exodus 7–11 showed the Egyptians and the Israelites that the Lord has great power. The Lord will help your children throughout their lives when they have faith in His power.
Starting off strong with an object lesson for the very littles:
You will need:
Flashlight
Blanket
Put the blanket on the table and turn out the lights. If it's a small table, have the students take turns going under it and experiencing how dark it is. If it is a large enough table, let all the students sit under the table as you tell this narrative:
Say: “Let’s pretend we are in Egypt during one of the plagues.”
Ask:
“Can you see anything?”
“How would you feel if it stayed dark for days?”
Read: Exodus 10:21–23
“There was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt…
But all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings.”
OR Paraphrase: “The Lord told Moses to stretch out his hand, and everything became very dark in Egypt.”
“But something amazing happened…”
Turn on the flashlight
Shine the light and say: “The Israelites had light in their homes!”
“Who made it dark?”
“Who brought the light back?”
“Just like He gave light to the Israelites, Jesus can bring light into our lives.”
The Lord has power over all things.
To help them learn from this story, you could give each child a paper divided into 10 sections, and invite them to draw pictures of the plagues described in these verses: Exodus 7:17–18; 8:1–4; 8:16–17; 8:20–22; 9:1–6; 9:8–9; 9:22–23; 10:4–5; 10:21–22; 11:4–7 (see also “The Plagues of Egypt” in Old Testament Stories, 67–69). Read together Exodus 7:5 and 9:14 to explain why the Lord sent the plagues.
Share with your children how the Lord has shown you “that there is none like [Him] in all the earth” (Exodus 9:14). Let them share how they know that the Lord is powerful.
This week, my store is featuring a 10-piece floor puzzle for all 10 plagues.
The Lord can help me have a soft heart.
To help your children visualize what it means to have a soft heart, it might be fun to show them an object that is hard, such as a rock, and another that is soft and absorbent, such as a sponge. You could also pour water over these objects to demonstrate how easily a soft heart receives the word of the Lord. You could then read together a few verses describing how Pharaoh responded to the plagues sent by the Lord (see Exodus 8:28–32; 9:7). Which of the objects best represents Pharaoh’s heart or attitude? What does it mean to have a soft heart? (see Mosiah 3:19). Elder Christopher H. Kim’s message “Harden Not Your Heart” could also help your children understand the difference between a hard heart and a soft one (Liahona, May 2025, 118–20, especially the fifth paragraph).
You and your children could make a list of some actions that might show when we have a hard heart (for example, using unkind words or being unwilling to share). How can we show the Lord we want to have soft hearts?
The sacrament can help me remember Jesus.
The Passover taught the Israelites to look forward to the Savior and His sacrifice for us. As you explore Exodus 12:1–13 together, help your children see connections between the details of the Passover and Jesus Christ’s Atonement (see also “The Passover” in Old Testament Stories, 70–74). For example, how is Jesus like the lamb described in verse 5?
Today, we take the sacrament to remember Jesus’s sacrifice. You could show your children a picture of the sacrament and talk about how this ordinance helps us remember Jesus Christ. You might help your children find the word “remember” in the sacrament prayers (see Moroni 4–5). Or sing together a favorite hymn about the sacrament, and help your children notice the peaceful feeling they have when they think about the Savior. How can we seek that feeling when we take the sacrament?