Some simple hand action can go a long way to help your kids feel loved! I struggle sometimes with lumping my kids all together in our experiences. It can be hard to maintain those important individual relationships with lots of kids! When I saw this video of Barry White, Jr. welcoming his students to class with an individualized handshake, I knew I had to try … Continue reading Individual Handshakes
My husband is masterful at inventing creative dates. Before we were married, he once told me to be dressed all in black when he picked me up. We went to his apartment, made cookies, donned black knit caps, and went out on “capers” as he called them. In the cover of the dark night, we found our professor’s houses. We rang the doorbell, left cookies, … Continue reading Spy Cookie Capers
I love Playdough Pictionary! Use regular Pictionary cards or simply write 5 words on scrap paper. Divide family into teams. Pick a card, show to one person on the other side, then try to sculpt out your word for your team to guess before the other team. (If you write your own words, the word-maker may need to sit out). Have fun! Continue reading Playdough Pictionary
10 minutes/Elementary and up/ This is a family favorite! Pass papers around and watch as a twisted story unfolds. Hand out paper and pens Write down the following parts of the story, folding the paper over the previous line, so that no one sees what has already been written. Pass to the next person. A girl’s name (any female, real or fictional, known by everyone … Continue reading Girls Name/Boys Name
Whole Family 10 Minutes or Less Paper and pens/markers This is one of our favorite quick games that all ages can play together. As you can tell, any artsy-ness I have is with words and music, NOT with visual arts. Sit in a circle Draw a head on your paper, ending with the neck Fold paper down, showing only the very end of the neck … Continue reading Body Builders
