Five hundred
school children were asked the question:
“What makes a happy family?” The most frequent answer was “Doing things
together”. Someone has said: “Playing
together breaks down the walls that keep people apart.”
Fill the match box: Take a match box each or one of for the whole family. The idea is to fill the match-box e.g. with objects that are mentioned in the Bible, each beginning with a different letter of the alphabet.
On a
car trip: Each member of the family chooses a
different colour of car and each time someone spots a car of that colour, he
gains a point. The first one to have 25
points wins.
What
about your day? Let each family member, in turn, say
another’s name and a time during the day, for example, “Jane-10h30 a.m.” The person must then respond by telling in
detail what he or she was doing at that hour.
Give everyone an opportunity to take part.
Careers: One member of the family acts
out a profession. The others try to
guess what it is.
Good
memory: One
member of the family prepares a tray with 20 different objects on it. He shows it to the others for 20 – 30 seconds. Afterwards each one tries to write from
memory the names of the 20 objects.
Participating
in children’s activities: Instead of organizing things for the children
to do together with you, why not take opportunities to join them in what they’re
doing – colouring pictures, playing with cars or dolls, making a stamp album,
building lego, etc.
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