Parents' Corner
Parenting can be a difficult job and so we hope our Parents’ Corner will provide you with some useful tips on parenting and on activities to do with your children.
- Parenting Tips
- Tips for bringing your children back to school successfully
- How to talk to your child about their family situation
Fun Activities to Do with Your Child
Research has shown that one of the best ways to engage the mind of a young child is through play, especially ‘messy’ play. Interacting with your child during play not only shows them the joy that comes from playing, but also helps them to develop their social skills. It is also a good idea to have some fun activities to do when your children are BORED!
In One Family we would like to encourage each family to celebrate life as a family in today’s busy world.
One simple way you can do this is to have regular activities which acknowledge how good it is to be part of a family. Here are some things you could do:
Tips:
- Have a family meal together – where everyone helps decide what you will cook and then everyone plays a part in preparing the meal. Even the youngest child can to given a task. You can each bring some special story to the table to tell each other about why you like being part of this family.
- Take out the old photo albums and sit together and look back at things you have all done together as a family. Remember what was good and what was a challenge and look at where you are today. Now take out the camera and take some new photos of each other to put into your album.
- Do something fun together – often we are so caught up in everyday life and what drives us crazy about each other that we forget to notice what we like about each other. So for one day try to notice what you like about family members and tell them. Maybe go to the park and play some football or hide and seek, have a picnic and tell stories.
- Have mums/dads day off if there are older children and ask the children to pamper mum/dad for the day/evening – come with some ideas so everyone can pamper mum or dad.
- Now mum/dad has to pamper the children – think of what each of your children really love to do and try to plan a fun evening of pampering and surprises – such as baking, DVD, play time, art session, dancing, dress up ………… the list is endless – so think of your child and make a plan.
- Spending Quality Time together as a family helps to mend broken bridges and you will find that you can all communicate much better after spending a positive week together where all you energy is focused on what is working. If you can get everyone liking each other then you can sit and talk about the problems and plan together how to solve them.
