“Things I never thought I would enjoy doing with my kids”Â
GRATITUDE IS A MUST
We have the greatest opportunity to spend real quality time with our children and get to know who we’re raising. Working with our children to compile a gratitude list is a great way to encourage them to respect and appreciation what they do have in their lives.
CREATE THE VISION OF YOUR LIFE
This is a really positive, fun activity that we can share with our children that will generate some of the best conversations you’ve ever had.
The whole process is fun and will help your child work to think about their future, what they want for their life, goal setting, creating plans, and setting targets, with travel opportunities, people they may like to meet and the person who they’d like to be when their all gown up. Their conversations will really inspire you. You can even work to create one too.
The whole process will inspire both you and your child, prompting you to think about the future, what they want for their life, goal setting, creating plans, and setting targets, with travel opportunities, people they may like to meet and the person who they’d like to be when their all gown up.
Your child’s conversation will really motivate and inspire you. You can even work to create one too.Â
GET IN TOUCH WITH NATURE AND GROW SOMETHING
How many of us have had this amount of time to invest in getting to know our children their inner thoughts and feelings about life and the world. Have you ever thought about the possibility of working together to plant seeds and watch them grow.
Its a simple idea but a special moment shared with you that they’ll never ever forget and something they may one day do with their own children. How many seeds have you already thrown away recently?
CREATE LIFE SKILLS PROJECT
Can your child cook, I mean really cook not just putting icing on cakes, I mean cook something to feed and nourish themselves? This exercise may actually benefit you too boo.
Helping your child understand how their body works is a great thing and helping them to really understand and appreciate what’s good to eat and what’s not. Don’t just tell them show them, actually turn this into a constructive project that will encourage them to select good food options.
TIP… Children tend to try new foods that they might not like if they’ve prepared them.
Your child to remember about this experience with you and what you taught them.
Share the moment and leave your child feeling satisfied knowing that you taught them how to do it, with a delicious meal to share that you both prepared at the end .
DO KIDS NEED CLEAN CLOTHES
Do not over look the obvious. Does your child know how to use the washing machine, do you know how much kids love to learn if it’s done in a fun way. Get them to create how many steps it will take to wash and dry their own clothes.
Your child will learn how to sort out the colours, put them in the washing machine, add detergent, select the right settings, understand which programme to use and then work out how to dry their clothes. How much fun could you share teaching your child this life skill?
BOB OR BETTY THE BUILDER
What’s broken and is in need of repair around your home and may need a few screws or some glue. Kids love to fix things and are so happy to tell and show the world what they worked to achieve with their little hands.
You could use this as a video or photo library to capture the process that they can share with others.
DO YOU HAVE A CAR
How about having some soapy fun times washing your car and taking photos of each other full of foam, this will raise some laughter.
THE BEAUTY OF THE WORLD
How much does your child really know about the world, how about setting a challenge by working with your child and encouraging them to explore countries that they’ve never been to before.
Share some options and allow them to select the countries that they like most, then encourage them to find 3 – 5 things that they can share with you about each of them.
This will create fun projects that you can do time and time again.
PLAN THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME
Where would you like to go and what would you like to do when you get there?
It doesn’t matter if your not in the financial position to do the trip right now but you’ll be sending the right messages out to the universe and have fun during the process.
Making your trip become a reality will be fun and by working together this will help you dream it, see it and ultimately believe that it’s possible.
Find your dream destination, find images, watch a virtual tour, watch YouTube videos of the location and build a list of fun activities that you can do when you get there.
Consider how you’ll travel, by boat or by plane, which airline, what kind of accommodation will you choose, how will you travel from the airport to your accommodation, what will you eat, what activities will you engage in, how much will it cost, and finally how do you plan to work together to get this money pay for it. Just think what your child is learning through the process?
DO YOU NEED A DAILY PERSONAL TRAINER
Our kids love to be the boss and during this time most of us are thinking of ways to keep fit while at home. How about creating a daily exercise routine that you can do with your child, but with them leading as your personal trainer. Set a timescale and the exercises that you can like most. It may help to watch a few videos to gather ideas first.
LEARN A NEW DANCE
More fun and laughter, did you know that music and dance are (2) amazing ways that can immediately change your state, the way you think and how you feel. YouTube provides some great dance tutorials with fun tunes that will keep you grooving.
WHO’S MY FAMILY
Great times to find all them old photos, dig them up sit on the floor, spread them out, every one of these photos carries a memory with loved ones from past and present times, all with lots of stories to share.
WHERE DO WE COME FROM
What can you teach your child about your family heritage, do you even know?
Spending some quality time discovering your families history, where they originated, their life experience, what did they do for a living, what they believed, family traditions, major achievements, who we’re the entrepreneurs, what we’re the challenges, what did they celebrate.
MISSING FAMILY AND FRIENDS
PLAN A POST LOCK DOWN PARTY
We’re all really missing our family and friends, many of us are thinking what we’re gonna do when the lock down is lifted and how we’ll share more quality time with the people that we love.
How about working together to plan a party. Who will you invite, where will you host it, what decorations will you have, what food and drinks, what music, how much will it cost, how will you pay for it?
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This is Besutiful, interedting and makes you want to try out some of these ideas. Thanks.
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