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9.5 Increase the fun of family meetings

For many families, the weekly family meeting is a tradition, which provides children with a sense of happiness, self-confidence, self-worth and belonging.

Family meetings can also provide family entertainment, mutual respect, problem-solving experience and happy memories.

First, family precepts

Discussing family proverbs can make family members have fun and bring them closer to each other.

Example:

1 One for everyone and one for me.

2 Love and help each other.

The value of action lies in the happiness in achievement.

Even if you can only help one person, it's worth a try.

Making mistakes is a good opportunity to learn.

We are good at discovering.

We are good at solving problems.

Try not to blame.

We have a grateful heart.

Every day deserves to be blessed.

Motto activities in family meetings.

1 Let the whole family choose a motto for this month.

Week 1: Everyone gives a blank sheet of paper. Let's think about the meaning of this month's motto this week and write down what it means to you.

Week 2: Let everyone share what they have written and put it in the family meeting book. Then give a blank piece of paper and let everyone find some time to draw a picture of the meaning of the motto for themselves.

Week 3: Let everyone introduce their paintings and paste them in the refrigerator or other places for everyone to enjoy, and at the same time let everyone pay attention to how they put their motto into action next week.

Week 4: Everyone tells an example of putting their motto into action, and then makes everyone think about next month's motto.

The first week of next month: draw the motto of last month, put it in the family meeting book, choose another motto, and then repeat the above process.

Second, thank you paper.

Gratitude will not come naturally, but we need to learn regular practice and sharing sessions to help the whole family cultivate a grateful attitude.

Thanksgiving activities in family meetings.

1 At the end of each family meeting, give everyone a blank thank-you note and encourage family members to put these notes where they can easily get them and write down what they are grateful for.

Set aside time for family meetings or dinners so that everyone can talk about what they think they are grateful for.

After the meeting, collect these words of gratitude and put them in the family meeting book.

Third, thank-you notes.

When everyone learns to look for each other's benefits and express them in words, a positive atmosphere will be created at home.

Don't expect perfection. It's normal for children to quarrel with each other.

When children or parents learn to thank and accept thanks, negative emotions will be greatly reduced. Of course, the positive family atmosphere will increase even more in families that hold family meetings regularly to solve problems.

Thank you activities in family meetings.

1 Stick a blank thank-you note in the refrigerator or other places so that everyone can write down their thanks to others every day.

When you see someone to thank, write it down, or ask a child who has witnessed it: Would you like to write it down on these papers?

Once children get into the habit of thanking others, they don't need your reminder anymore.

At the beginning of each family meeting, family members can read and thank them.

4. Is there an unwritten verbal thank you?

Make sure everyone gets at least one thank you.

Put the thank-you note in the family meeting book, stick a blank thank-you note on the refrigerator or let everyone fill it out this week.

Fourth, the family entertainment dining table

Many families don't spend enough time on family entertainment. We often have good intentions, but we don't take the time to plan and arrange specific time.

On family entertainment in family meetings.

1 At the family meeting, the whole family brainstormed and discussed the family activities column in the family entertainment table to see how many group activities the whole family could participate in. Including free activities and paid activities.

Give you a list so that you can continue to list your activities this week, not only family activities, but also personal activities.

If there are many magazines at home, you can ask everyone to cut some pictures from the magazines and post them on their desks.

In the next few family meetings, come up with everyone's list and let everyone choose activities. After selection, we will discuss: what activities will be arranged this week or this month, when can we arrange free activities, when can we arrange activities that require fees, and how much budget can we give?

Carry out various activities according to the calendar.

In family meetings: I learn from my mistakes.

To teach children to make mistakes as a good opportunity to learn, send a sentence "What have I learned from my mistakes"

Be sure to put all these used forms in the family meeting record book. You can imagine how happy children are when they grow up and look at these forms.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) Family dinner plan.

Family dinner provides an excellent opportunity to teach children to cooperate and contribute. Even children can take turns to make simple things, such as soup, grilled sandwiches, vegetables, lettuce, salad and jelly.

Dinner plans in family meetings.

1 Bring some magazines with recipes to the family meeting and let the children choose the recipes they want to try.

Make family recipes with cards, and write all the materials you need to buy from the store on the back of the card.

Use a family dinner schedule at the family meeting, let everyone plan this week's recipes together, and fill in the name of the person in charge of cooking every day under the column of chef, who is responsible for deciding the contents of the main course, vegetables, salad and dessert. Of course, this representation can be modified according to the characteristics of each family.

On the day of shopping, the whole family went to the store together. Children old enough can use their own shopping baskets to collect all the ingredients according to the contents on the back of the menu card. Younger children can help their brothers and sisters, or their parents find ingredients.