FALL 2016
1:1 Curriculum & Sibling Curriculum
1:1 Curriculum The 1:1 Curriculum includes the following components for each month:
LARGE GROUP CRAFTS ADAPTIVE IDEAS SENSORY AREA PRINTABLES MOVIES PINTEREST IDEAS ABOVE & BEYOND
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Sibling Curriculum The Sibling Curriculum includes the following components for each month:
ICE BREAKERS MINUTE-TO-WIN-IT POWS AND WOWS HIGH ENERGY GAME INTENTIONAL SIBLING ACTIVITY LOW ENERGY GAME MOVIES
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
AS YOU GO
20-45 Min Ice Breakers 30 Min Minute-To-Win-It 20 Min Pows and Wows 15-20 Min High Energy Game 20-30 Min Intentional Sib Activity 15-20 Min Low Energy Game 90 Min Movie 2
Volunteers can use the "As You Go" questions throughout the night as additional ways to interact with sibs.
1:1 Curriculum SEPTEMBER THEME :: CARNIVAL
LARGE GROUP Large rEcess :: Feed the Lion Materials: Sheet or Butcher Paper, Scissors, Markers or Paint, Crumpled Paper Balls Instructions: 1. Draw or create a large lion face on a sheet or large piece of butcher paper before rEcess night. 2. Cut a large slit in place of the lion’s roaring mouth. 3. At rEcess, have the large group leader play the role of “Larry the Lion Tamer” following the script below: - “ My lion, Leo, sure is hungry! Can you help me? Let’s feed him quick before he lets out an earth shattering roar!" 4. Set a timer for 30 seconds. 5. Have kids throw paper balls from their spot in the room and see how many items they can feed the lion in 30 seconds. 6. Repeat 3 times and try to have the kids feed the lion more and more! Environment: Play Carnival Music & find sound-effect clips of roaring lions to enhance the atmosphere!
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Materials: 14 Paper Plates, 6 Paper Towel Rolls, Large Sheet or Butcher Paper, Painters Tape, Paper, Tape, Markers, 5 Buckets or Large Bowls, 5 Tennis Balls (or similar kind), Face Paint
September
Small rEcess :: Carnival Night!
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Station Suggestions: 1. Ring Toss: Use 6 paper plates cut to rings & 6 paper towel rolls. Have kids stand behind the line and toss rings to see how many they can ring around the roll. 2. Tic Tac Toe: Use painters tape to create a Tic Tac Toe board on a large sheet or piece of butcher paper. Draw 4 Xs and 4 Os on paper plates and use as the board pieces. Have kids play a giant game of tic-tac-toe! 3. Ball Toss: Tape or draw numbers 10-50 on 5 different buckets or large bowls. Line them up starting with the smallest number closest to you. Each player gets 5 balls to toss to try and get their highest score! 4. Face Paint: Set up a face painting station and have a leadership team member paint faces during large group!
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CRAFTS 1 :: Clown Masks Supplies: Paper Plate, Pom Poms, Red Pipe Cleaners, Construction paper, Googly Eyes, scissors, glue, markers Instructions: 1. Start with a plain paper plate 2. Make rainbow clown hair out of pom poms by gluing them around the top edge of the plate. 3. Next, glue on google eyes. 4. Glue on a red pom pom for a nose. 5. Use the pipe cleaner to make a big red clown mouth, then stick it on with glue. 6. Last, cut a large triangle out of construction paper create a party hat. 7. Decorate the party hat with polka dots, stripes, or other designs. 8. Tape the edge of hat to the top back edge of paper plate to stick out over pompom hair.
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Supplies: Construction Paper, Red & White Strips of Construction Paper, Cotton Balls, Glue, Yellow Markers
September
2 :: Cotton Ball Popcorn Buckets
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Instructions: 1. Begin with a piece of construction paper and 3 red and 3 white strips. 2. Glue the red and white strips onto your construction paper to look like a popcorn bucket. 3. Glue cotton balls to look as if they are coming out of the bucket. 4. Using markers, Color on the cotton balls with yellow marker to resemble butter. 5. Have kids add any details they want to include!
ADAPTIVE IDEAS For Large Group, be cognizant to gross motor abilities of all children. Kids can kick or roll the balls, or stand/sit as close to the lion’s mouth, ball toss and ring toss carnival games as they need. Provide hand-over hand support to help with these gross motor movements when necessary. 6
SENSORY AREA Carnival Sensory Bin Supplies: Large Plastic Bin, Popcorn Kernels, Plastic Scoops, Animal Figures, Red & White Striped Straws, Empty Soda Bottles Instructions: 1. Fill a large plastic bin with popcorn kernels. 2. Add plastic scoops, circus animal figures, and cut up pieces of red and white striped straws. 3. Add empty soda bottles and another other small dumping & scooping materials to finish off the bin!
PRINTABLES All Printables are available on the rEcess Facebook Group. We will also include them in our monthly communication to rEcess Leadership Teams.
Circus Bingo Includes Bingo Chips that can be printed out, as well as 5 different BINGO cards.
Circus Coloring Pages Includes 3 different circus coloring pages. 7
September
Dumbo, A Bug’s Life, Madagascar 3
1:1
MOVIES
www.pinterest.com/99balloonsorg/recess-theme-carnival
ABOVE & BEYOND Invite a professional juggler to rEcess! (or have someone with the talent on your leadership team play the part.) Have them travel around rEcess for the night teaching kids to juggle, or set up a juggling station for kids to check out during the evening.
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Sibling Curriculum SEPTEMBER Supplies Needed:
Tennis Racket, Gumball, Paper, Pens, Butcher Paper
ICEBREAKERS Name Grid (similar to Boggle) Divide sibs into groups of four to six. Each group needs paper and pens. Ask them to draw a grid on which they write their First Names. (Extra Spaces can be filled with vowels or appropriate consonants.) For example: S I M O N , W E N D Y, J O H N, A N N E, GARY, (Extra letters: MA)
Give each team three minutes to write down as many words (three letters or more) that they can make only using the letters in their names. 9
For the second round, use last names. An optional third round can be nicknames.
Secret Handshake
September
3 or 4 letter words = 1 point 5 letter word = 2 points 6 letter word = 3 points 7 letter word or greater = 5 points
Siblings
Letters must adjoin each other in the grid, but do not have to be in a straight line. When the time is up each team adds up their score.
Each person in the group has five minutes to make a secret handshake with every person in the room. At the end of creating the handshakes, take a few minutes to display some of the best handshakes that were created. Utilize the different styles and techniques to create a unified group handshake. You can then utilize this handshake as a form of bonding with the group throughout the year.
MINUTE TO WIN IT Tennis Gumball Challenge Using a tennis racquet placed underneath the armpit, the player must maneuver a gumball from one end of the racquet to the direct opposite end of the racquet and make it come to a complete stop.
POWS AND WOWS Faves While sitting in a circle have each person describe their favorite and least favorite thing about this week. 10
HIGH ENERGY GAME Which Direction? Have siblings all start in the middle of the room. This area will be called Central. Designate your North, South, East, and West. These will be the directions that students must run to. As a group the Sibs will shout, “Which Direction?� Sibs must wait to hear the call of the leader for the instructions and then run the route that he shouts out accordingly. All directions must be physically touched to be completed. And participants must go the correct route in order to win. For example - North, South, Central, and back to North, must be completed in that specific order. At the beginning, you can do two or three practice rounds. After these practice rounds, the player who makes it last to the final destination on the route(s) will be out. They will return to Central to be a part of the distraction committee. As the distraction committee, you are allowed to throw soft objects at the remaining participants to take them off course and bring more fun to the game.
AS YOU GO What is the best trip you have went on with family? With your siblings? 11
September
INTENTIONAL SIBLING ACTIVITY PART 1: INTRODUCING US This Activity is meant to establish an introduction and description of the relationship of a Sib, their brother or sister with a disability, other siblings in the home, and the unique relationship that they possess within their family. It is a simple way to begin processing the life of being a Sib in their respective family.
Siblings
Me, My Sibling(s), and I
ME: The “Me” section intends to establish and honor the Sibling as an individual. It gives them a moment to shine and tell a little about themselves. Siblings often face the possible reality of being overlooked, under-appreciated, and neglected. Although not always the case, and most likely not intentional, it is very important that siblings are given moments of autonomy and dignity- a place and space to be themselves. MY SIBLING: The “My Sibling” section gives Sibs an opportunity to describe their siblings on their own terms. Giving them a moment to honor, confess, enjoy, describe, and highlight the joys and challenges of relating with their sibling with a disability (and other siblings in their family). The goal here is to have Sibs begin to process their relationship with their brother or sister with a disability in a way that gives them shape, context, words, feelings, and intentionality to their sibling connection. I: The “I” section is directed to talk about the shared dynamics of Sibs and their brother or sister with a disability. Specifically, sibs will answer “I statements” to describe their unique relationships with their brother or sister. Such statements are meant to highlight the pros and cons of their relationship, strengthen the bond between siblings, and create an audio-visual narrative for Sibs to understand and process in their own terms.
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Siblings will answer these particular questions this week: ME: 1. In your own words, who are you? (This question is meant to be open ended) 2. Three words that describe you. MY SIBLING: 1. In your own words, who is your brother or sister with a disability? 2.Three words that describe your sibling with a disability. I: 1. I love this about my sibling‌ 2. I sometimes get annoyed by this particular thing with my sibling...
LOW ENERGY GAME Bird, Beast, or Fish You have to think fast for this game. 1. Everyone sits facing the leader. 2. The leader points to one of the players and says either "BIRD," "BEAST," or "FISH." 3. The chosen player must come up with the name of an animal that fits the category before the leader counts to five. 4. No repeating! 5. If the player does not respond in time, he/she is out. 6. The game continues until only one player remains. 7. After a few rounds it can be hard to think of an animal that has not already been mentioned! 8. You can make a new set of categories if you want and continue playing the game. 13
Siblings
CARNIVAL THEME: Secondhand Lions, Inside Out, Open Season Series
September
MOVIE
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1:1 Curriculum OCTOBER THEME :: MONSTER MASH
LARGE GROUP Large rEcess :: Create-a-Monster Materials: Streamers, Boas, Tulle, Toilet Paper, Construction Paper, Scissors, Any other do-it-yourself dress up materials Instructions: 1. Split the group into 5-7 smaller, even groups. 2. Have each group designate one person to dress up like a monster! 3. Buddies and children can dress this person into a Create-AMonster with streamers, boas, tulle, toilet paper, construction paper, or any other materials you can think of! 4. Have the large group winner award each group with a certain category such as Most Creative, Scariest, Most Colorful, etc.
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Small rEcess :: Pin the Eye on the Monster Materials: Poster Boards, Butcher Paper, Construction Paper, Tape, Markers or Paint, Blindfold
1:: Monster Headband Supplies: Construction Paper, Pipe Cleaners, Googly Eyes, Scissors, Markers, Construction Paper Eyeballs, Glue or Tape Instructions: 1. Create a headband by taping two strips of construction paper together and fitting to child’s head. 2. Glue or tape googly eyes and big construction paper eyeballs to headband. 3. Glue or tape pipe cleaners, zig zag folded paper, ribbons to inside of headband coming out of the top of headband. 16
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CRAFTS
October
Instructions: 1. Before rEcess, draw or create one (or 2-3) large monster face on poster board or large piece(s) of butcher paper. 2. Cut large eyeballs out of construction paper or cardstock. 3. Back with tape. 4. At rEcess, blindfold or have their buddy cover their eyes safely as they attempt to pin the eye on the monster. You can also have the child’s buddy blindfolded and the child try to tell or direct their buddy where to pin the eyeball.
2:: Paper Bag Monster Puppets Materials: Paper Lunch Bag, Acrylic Paints, Colored Construction Paper, Scissors, Markers, Construction Paper Eyeballs, Glue Instructions: 1. Paint the front and bottom of your paper bag with the color of your choice. Let it dry completely. 2. Use construction paper, scissors, circle eyes and markers to design a unique monster with spiky teeth, a crazy tongue, ears, stripes, polka dots, etc!
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ADAPTIVE IDEAS
SENSORY AREA Sensory Googly-Eyed Goo-Bags
October
Have a visual task schedule, or ordered picture cards, laying out each step of the game or craft in order to increase understanding and accessibility.
Supplies: Light Corn Syrup, Food Coloring, Ziplock Bags, Packing Tape
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Instructions: 1. Fill a plastic bag 1/4 full of clear, light corn syrup. 2. Add 1-2 drops of green food coloring and squish together until mixed. 3. Add several large googly eyes 4. Zip the bag closed, and tape shut with packing tape to prevent explosions! 5. Kids can destress & have fun smooshing the eyeballs around in the bags within your sensory area.
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PRINTABLES All Printables are available on the rEcess Facebook Group. We will also include them in our monthly communication to rEcess Leadership Teams.
Monster Play Dough Mats Includes 4 different monster shaped designs to be used as play dough mats.
Coloring Pages Includes 3 different monster coloring pages.
Monster Note Cards Includes 4 different monster note cards per page. 19
October 1:1
MOVIES Monsters Inc, Monsters University
PINTEREST www.pinterest.com/99balloonsorg/recess-theme-monster-mash 20
Sibling Curriculum OCTOBER Supplies Needed:
Soccer Ball, Bouncy Ball, Tape, 8 Tables (or Octaball/Gaga Ball Ring)
ICEBREAKERS The Shoe Grab Society 1. Have everyone form a circle within your group. 2. Have each member take off their right shoe and toss it in the middle of the circle. 3. Once everyone is without a right shoe, have everybody go to the pile and grab a shoe that isn’t his/her’s. 4. Have each person put on that right shoe. 5. Each person must find the owner of the shoe they are wearing. 6. Once the person is found each person must describe to the owner these three things: a. What does it feel like be in the owner’s shoes? b. What is is their favorite shoe to wear? c. If they could design any shoe in the world, what would like?
MINUTE TO WIN IT Soccer Push-ups Sibs must do five push-ups with a soccer ball on their back without the ball falling off. If the ball falls they must start of over. 21
POWS AND WOWS Emoticons
Sibilngs
October
While sitting in a circle have every person draw and describe something that made them laugh, smile, or happy this week? And what was something that made them sad, mad, or cry?
AS YOU GO What’s it like to be in your shoes? Do you think people understand what is like having a sibling with a disability? Do you like or dislike having a brother or sister with a disability? 22
HIGH ENERGY GAME Octaball 1. The object of the game is to be the last player in the arena. Google Octaball to watch video overviews if you are not familiar. 2. All players start in the arena. A designated person throws the ball off an inside wall and yells “OCTA!” This is called the serve and this starts the game! (Note: No player can get out on the serve). 3. The ball should now be in constant motion. It cannot be caught, grabbed, stepped on or any other creative thing people can come up with to stop the ball. 4. All that needs to happen for a player to be out is for the ball to hit them from the waist down. This can be caused by other players inside the arena hitting the ball with their hands (not kicking it otherwise they would be out) to project it towards other players; or for “out” players along the outside of the arena to reach in and hit the ball to project it at an “in” player. If an “out” player successfully hits an “in” player, the “out” player can come back into the arena while the player, who was in, goes out. 5. The ball can be blocked by a player's hands; but a player can only touch the ball once before they have to let it bounce off the wall or let another player hit it. 6. The ball is always live inside the arena. The ball only becomes dead when projected over the walls. However, the last person to have touched the ball before it went outside the arena is out themselves. To reinitiate play a player throws the ball off the wall and yells “OCTA!” just as in the beginning. As in the beginning no player can get out on the “serve”. 7. The game ends when there is only one player left.
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October Sibilngs
INTENTIONAL SIBLING ACTIVITY Cross the Line SIBLINGS VERSION Using tape, set up two lines on opposite sides of the room.
Ask everyone to gather on one side of the room/line and face towards its center. A facilitator will call out specific categories/labels/descriptions, and ask that all of those to whom this applies to walk to the other side of the room/line. For example, a facilitator might request that anyone with glasses please cross the room. If an individual feels comfortable acknowledging it, they cross the line to the other side of the room/line. 24
Once the individuals have crossed the line they will be asked to turn and face the crowd they just left. Let them get in touch with their feelings and think about those people on both sides, then return to the side they started from. After a few seconds, continue with a new question. Remind people that there is no pressure to cross the room/line if one does not feel comfortable doing so. They will need to make that decision. At the conclusion of the activity, discuss what was felt and what was learned. Engage students to understand the similarities and differences of their sibling experience, disability experience, and human experience. Ex: Cross the line if‌ Your favorite color is blue You think that summer is the best season You have been picked on or bullied at school You failed a test in school You go to this school ______ You have been angry at your parents You are the youngest person in your family You are the oldest child You like to play sports You love eating cheese You have been embarrassed by your friends You love your life most days You dislike your life sometimes You have lots of friends You have very few friends You wish your parents spent more time with you You think your parent spends more time with your sibling with a disability You wish people understood you more You are shy You are outgoing You are funny You sometimes feel ________
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LOW ENERGY GAME Grandma's Underpants
October
Have the group sit in a circle. One person is "it" and stands in the middle of the circle. The people on the outside of the circle ask the "it" questions. The only thing the "it" can say is "My grandma's under pants." The object is to try to make the "it" laugh. When someone makes the "it" laugh, they become "it".
MOVIE
Sibilngs
CARNIVAL THEME: Secondhand Lions, Inside Out, Open Season Series
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1:1 Curriculum NOVEMBER THEME :: THANKSGIVING
LARGE GROUP Large rEcess :: Turkey Hunt! Materials: Farmer Costume, Turkey Costumes, Paper or Craft Feathers, Small Prizes Instructions: 1. Select 4-6 people to be Turkeys and dress in costume as well as the Large group leader to dress as “Old MacDonald” following the script below: - Old MacDonald: “My turkeys are on the loose! (Turkeys scatter throughout building to hide) Can you help me bring them home!? Thanksgiving just won’t be the same without them!” 2. Send the kids on a mission to find the lost birds and let the race begin! When the kids find a turkey, the Turkey will give them a feather. 3. Have small prizes that they can trade in their feathers for when they return back to the Farmer. 4. Make it a race by having a timer and seeing if they can find all the turkeys before the time runs out! Environment: Play upbeat, instrumental country music as the kids race to find the lost turkeys! 27
Small rEcess :: Turkey Bowling Materials: Large Brown Plastic Cups, Construction Paper “Feathers� and Beaks, Googly Eyes, Glue, Tape, Tennis Balls, Whiffle Balls or Pumpkins for Bowling.
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1:1
November
Instructions: 1. Begin by decorating your brown cups to look like turkeys. 2. Flip upside down, glue an orange triangle for the beak, google eyes, and a construction paper feather out the top. 3. Set up turkeys in a pyramid shape like bowling pins. 4. Set up several lanes, or just one depending on the size of your rEcess. 5. Have kids take turns bowling with pumpkins or balls!
CRAFTS 1 :: Toilet Paper Turkey Rolls Supplies: Toilet Paper Roll, Tissue Paper of Various Colors, Paper Plates, Googly Eyes, Orange Construction Paper, Glue, Scissors Instructions: 1. Cut the paper plate in 1/2. 2. Either cut or tear tissue paper into small pieces and using a glue stick glue onto the plate. 3. Glue toilet paper roll to the center of the paper plate. I used a glue gun for this step. 4. Glue wiggly eyes to the toilet paper. 5. Fold orange paper in 1/2 and cut a small triangle to make the beak. Glue to the toilet paper roll. 6. Cut or tear a small piece of red tissue paper and glue next to the beak for the gobbler.
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2 :: Leaf Rubbing Book Supplies: Printer Paper, Construction Paper, Yarn, Hole Punch, Assorted Dried Leaves, Crayons Instructions: Be sure to collect assorted dried leaves before your rEcess night! (You can also use fake leaves from the craft store if easier.)
Have a visual task schedule, or ordered picture cards, laying out each step of the game or craft in order to increase understanding and accessibility. 30
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ADAPTIVE IDEAS
November
1. Have kids create a cover for their book out of construction paper and crayons that says “My Leaf Book”, or “My Fall Leaves” 2. Place leaves under printer paper and rub over the top with the side of a crayon to create a leaf rubbing. 3. Repeat with different leaves and colors. 4. Hole punch the sides of the cover and leaf papers. 5. Tie together with yarn to form a book for kids to take home.
SENSORY AREA “Thanksgiving Soup” Water Play Supplies: Large Plastic Bin, Orange Food Coloring, Thanksgiving Confetti, Fall-colored Beads, Fall Foam Shapes, Whisks, Scoops, Spoons, Cups Instructions: 1. Create Thanksgiving Soup by filling a large bin with water colored with orange food coloring. 2. Sprinkle thanksgiving confetti, fall-colored beads and/or fall foam shapes throughout the bin. 3. Supply whisks, scoops, spoons and cups for kids to play in the soup with.
PRINTABLES All Printables are available on the rEcess Facebook Group. We will also include them in our monthly communication to rEcess Leadership Teams.
Thanksgiving Mad Libs A Thanksgiving-themed Mad Libs story.
Thanksgiving Bingo Includes a sheet of Bingo chips as well as 8 different BINGO cards. 31
MOVIES Chicken Run, Chicken Little, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
PINTEREST www.pinterest.com/99balloonsorg/recess-theme-thanksgiving/
ABOVE & BEYOND
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1:1
November
Create a “Gratitude Tree� out of brown butcher paper or paint one on a large sheet. Cut out construction paper fall leaves to match. Have kids come up with one thing they are grateful for, and have them or their buddy write it on the leaf and stick on the tree. As parents or guardians pick up, they can take their leaf home to remember.
Sibling Curriculum NOVEMBER Supplies Needed:
Large Box, 3 Bags of Candy (i.e. Skittles or M&Ms), Tape, Paper, Scissors, Balloons, Rope or String, Detailed Photograph
ICEBREAKERS Roll the Dice Sitting in a circle, Sibs will take turns rolling a dice (a Large Box) that contains six questions. Whatever question that dice lands on is the question they must answer: 1. If you could travel to any country in the world right now, where would you go and why? 2. Who is your favorite superhero and why? 3. If you were a sandwich, which kind would you be and why? 4. What’s the weirdest thing you have eaten? 5. What is your favorite thing about school? 6. Bonus: You must answer two questions and have the player on your right sing their ABCs in accent. 7. Facilitators can choose to add (tape on) other questions.
MINUTE TO WIN IT Separation Anxiety Wash hands first. Then, using one hand a player must separate an entire bag of candy by individual colors and into individual containers (i.e. Skittles or M&Ms). 33
POWS AND WOWS Good and Bad
What are some of your favorite memories with your family? What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions or activities? What’s the best family event that your family does? 34
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AS YOU GO
November
While sitting in a circle have each person describe one good thing and one bad thing that has happened to them this week.
HIGH ENERGY GAME Capture the Balloon Tag A game of tag where players tie balloons around both of their ankles and try to stomp each others' balloons. Inserted in some of the balloons are pieces of paper that have letters that altogether spell out the word: C-A-P-T-U-R-E. The first team to pop all of the others team’s balloons and spell out the word “CAPTURE” wins!
INTENTIONAL SIBLING ACTIVITY Me, My Sibling(s), and I PART 2: THANKFULNESS ME: 1. What are you most grateful for this year? 2. God has helped me to _____ this year MY SIBLING: 1. What is the thing you are most grateful for about your sibling? 2.What is the funniest thing that your brother or sister has ever done? I:
1. I thank God for this incredible memory with my sibling… 2. I think that one thing that my sibling and I love about our parents is ….
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LOW ENERGY GAME Photographic Memory Find a very detailed photograph. Have everyone look at the same photograph for 30 seconds. Remove the photo and have everyone write down as much as they can remember about it. The person with the longest list of items that are really in the photo wins!
MOVIE
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1:1
November
THANKSGIVING THEME: Freebird, The Peanuts Movie, The Muppets