Tonight we played a really fun game that I found on the Fishful Thinking website. We played Emotion Charades (go ahead, check it out) it was REALLY interesting to watch Jordan "act out" different emotions and to have her "guess" as Big Daddy and I acted out the emotions. She loved it...I mean LOVED it. We laughed until our faces hurt. It really was so. much. fun.
We filled the bowl with emotions
worried
surprised
scared 
angry
excited
curious (kitten...so cute)
look at this face, she was having a great time!!
angry
excited
curious (kitten...so cute)
look at this face, she was having a great time!!
We ended up filling the bowl a few more times and played well into the evening. Try it with your family, let me know how it goes! And seriously check out the site, you are going to L-O-V-E it!
My favorite moment of the evening came from Jordan who was acting out the word "fancy" (one of the awesome words she contributed). We shouted out several guesses and when I said, "beautiful" she said, "No, BUT still true". We rolled laughing, but I also had that little moment when I thought...OK good the kid knows she is beautiful, awesome.
The Fishful Thinking site is filled with awesome information and tools for parents. Fishful Thinking's concepts about Emotional Awareness, Hope, Self Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism and more can be put into action with every type of kid.
OH and check out this Quiz and see how resilient your child is. Super cool!!
OH and check out this Quiz and see how resilient your child is. Super cool!!
*Emotional awareness is the ability to identify and describe what you are feeling and to know what others are feeling.
39 comments:
Abby would love that game! Brittany, on the other hand, is far too cool for that...she is 17, you know? LOL! You and Jordan share the same kind of closeness that I share with my own girls. They can talk to me about ANYTHING...we're very open with one another and I am so thankful!
LOL...that was too funny... the game seems fun, and I really loved that you included the pics.. :-)
I am so jealous...not because I already have great communication with my kids...but because I don't, and I don't know why..and would have loved to be with you all!! I'll be checking them out, and your future posts as well...
How fun! I love the curious kitten!
This looks like fun! It's great that your family can turn off the tv and computers to get together for some good fun just enjoying eachother.
Your angry face is awesome. I laughed out loud.
Looks like fun. I know my daughter would go for it, but I wonder if I could talk my son into it also??
My kids LOVE that game - even as young as they are! I have never thought of "curious kitten" though - what else did you put in the bowl?
Thanks for sharing - the pics were great!!
Looks like you had a great time with this game!
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I love your angry face. It's got me shakin' in my boots! ;)
i did the quiz after roll call and i thought it was fun...but since i have 4 kiddos, i would be there all day, so i just did one. it was pretty dead on...i love it!!!
and jordan really is so pretty
you mean FAAANNNNCCY! right? you. are. welcome!
sounds like an awesome evening. we'll have to try that.
How fun! We have been working on learning about emotions and how to appropriately express them with our son...this would be a great game to play with him. Thanks for the tip!
Awesome family activity! So often we assume that kids are aware of emotions and wonder why they aren't picking up on our cues and the social cues of their friends. Making them aware and teaching about emotions can really be helpful!
How fun! We played emotion charades in my high school drama class; it was super fun!
Jordan's always a hoot to read about ;)
Oh, all those faces just make me smile all over myself. I think we might be playing this for FHE this week!!! :)
How CUTE is your family?
Love this and can't wait to try out some of these exercises in my Trenches!
I think I remember that angry face from when you were about two years old. You still got it girl:) The game looks like fun family stuff.
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How cool! What a great way to spend time with family. The pic's are great!! Thanks for sharing!
Take care!! ;0)
Gonna totally try this game with my kids tomorrow! Love it! Heading to check out more! Thanks
Hey!! Great post! Love, love, love the pictures. My kids are going to love doing this!! (me too!!)
I have got to do this with my family. I had totally forgotten about it. I love the pics. I'll be sure to take them at my activity as well and let you see :).
I spent some time on the fishful thinking sight a few days ago and it's full of great ideas. I think we will have to try this one too - love the pics!
I love this times 100! Such a great idea!! Thanks so much for sharing!! I think I may implement it into my lesson tomorrow! YAY!
I love that J knows she's beautiful b/c she is!!!
Wow! That is so cool. My daughter is four and I pray...PRAY that we continue to have a good relationship throughout the teen years.
SO sweet and inspiring. Thanks for posting.
That sounds awesome! You guys are such a great family. I will try the emotion game. I am pretty sure even my little ones could do that.
This looks like so much fun. I would love to do this with my 12 year old niece. This age the emotions are running wild.
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I hope you come by and visit and do the same!
Jill
LOL! Looks like a blast! Again, thanks for coming by my blog and leaving a warm welcome!
And don't forget about all the giveaways that I always have going on!(Most may be for toddlers and babies but I've had some fantastic ones for mommies and daddies too!)
Looks like y'all had a lot of fun with that game...thanks for stopping by and leaving the nice warm fuzzies at my blog :)
What a great idea for family fun nights! This is something my whole family can do from young to old. And the pictures rock!
Thanks so much for sharing an awesome game. It looks like a lot of fun. I will be sure to share it with my friends who have older children. Thanks for linking at Show off your blog Saturday! Hope to see you next week
Thanks for visiting my blog! :)
I'm going to look into this game. I think my daughter would get a kick out it!! Thanks!
This is really agreat exercise for kids. I'm going to try it with my 6yo boy.
I get the Fishful Thinking newsletter (my toddler loves the goldfish) and they always have good advice.
sounds like a fun game...i'm checking the emotional awareness at fishful. i clicked the fish :)
Boy, I take one day off and get totally bumped off the super comenter list :(
Okay, so I am totally hooked on the fish...(HA! I just made a punny!) I clicked on your little guy again this morning and found our FHE activity for tonight...we are going to do the gratitude poster and I am SO excited to post pics about it on my blog. I hope it gets more activity to this awesome site because my theory is that the more families who are doing it the better off all the kids in the world would be which means less drama for me to have to deal with later on!
What a fun game! Just stopped by to see whats up and to click the fish.
looks like a bunches and bunches of fun you guys have a great family bond!
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