Celebrate Your Mealtime Commitment
You did it! Five days of family mealtime! We hope you and family had fun this week, learned a little more about each other, and found the true value in family mealtime. Tonight, let’s have some fun and celebrate. Try these easy, family-friendly games to create a shared experience:
If your children are still young, then a game of
What’s Missing? may be in order. Have all but one person close their eyes. The person whose eyes are open should remove one to four items from the table. When everyone else opens their eyes, the first person to identify all the missing items wins. Then, it’s the winner’s turn to remove items and everyone else will guess what’s missing.
Classic games like
True or False and
Would You Rather are great ice breakers for school-aged children. Both games encourage creative thinking, and chances are, laughter will ensue.
For
True or False, go around the table and let each person share three things about themselves. Two are true, and one is false. Let the guessing begin.
Would You Rather is a lighthearted game that tends to slide toward gross quickly. You might start with something like, “Would you rather go to recess or science class?” But before you know it someone is asking, “Would you rather eat a cricket or a grasshopper?”
Games can be fun and educational. Challenge everyone’s vocabulary with the
Forbidden Letter Game and the
Alphabet Game.
The
Forbidden Letter Game is a fun way to share the details of your day. The person to your left selects a letter from the alphabet that is forbidden, so you can tell everyone about your day, but you can’t use any words that begin with the forbidden letter.
For the
Alphabet Game, your family selects a category—fruits, vegetables, sports teams, flowers, or cars, for example. The first person lists as many items within that category that begin with the letter A. The next person takes over with the letter B, and so on. You earn a point for each correct word. The person with the most points wins a night off from after-dinner cleanup duty. You can award double points for letters like X, Y, and Z. Have fun!
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