How to Play Conversation Jenga and Quick Tips for Families in Friday’s Fast Five 26th Edition
Building a stronger, happier family is at the top of most parents’ list. However, we are busy! These weekly Fast Five ideas and tips are a quick way to brainstorm, check-in, and create the family relationships you really want. This week’s Fast Five includes how to play Conversation Jenga, a little lesson about self-worth, a simple service idea, and more. Happy Friday!
* These ideas are NOT meant to be a checklist or guilt trip of things we “should do.” Rather, they are intended to inspire you to find what works for YOUR family to learn, laugh, and love together. Remember to stick to the Simple Side of Parenting.
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What is Friday’s Fast Five?
Each Friday, we share five quick and simple ideas for families under the following categories:
- Something fun
- A Little Lesson
- A Service Idea
- Something Random
- A Quick Tip
As I try to simplify my own parenting journey and help others do the same, these help us think about what I feel is a simple version of good parenting…learn, laugh, love.
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With that, here is the twenty-sixth edition of Friday’s Fast Five. (You can find other editions HERE.)
1. Something Fun: How to Play Conversation Jenga
Jenga is always fun. Add this activity and make it an even better fun, bonding activity.
Jenga is a classic tower game. The game starts with all the blocks stacked in a tower. Then players take turns pulling one block from the middle of the stack and placing it on top. The player who makes the stack tumble loses.
How to Play Conversation Jenga
Conversation Jenga adds another level of bonding to this fun game. Simply write a conversation prompt on several of the blocks. (It keeps the game moving if there’s not a prompt on every block.)
Play as normal, but if a player pulls a block with a prompt, they share.
Ideas for Prompts to Write on the Blocks for Conversation Jenga
- Favorite memory
- Something hard you’ve done
- An embarrassing moment
- Something you want to do in the next five years
- Your dream job
- Somewhere you want to travel
- A mistake you learned from
- Your perfect day
- One of your talents
- Something you’ve learned recently
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2. A Little Lesson: Self-Worth
This simple object lesson reminds us that we all have worth no matter what we look like, say, or do.
I saw this bill when I was working at the school book fair one night, but old, ripped, or “ruined” bills are not hard to find. Show such a bill and share how just like this bill is still worth the full dollar, we always have the same great worth no matter what we look like, what happens to us, or what we do.
Wondering how to fit Little Lessons into your busy family schedule?
The two main ways to fit important lessons into your busy family schedule are to find spontaneous teaching moments throughout the day and to schedule family learning time each week. These two posts go into detail about these two ways and tips for making it happen with your family.
How Busy Parents Can Teach Important Life Lessons
6 Tips for Family Time that Teaches Life’s Most Important Lessons
3. A Service Idea: Language
We all appreciate a friendly word.
Learn a greeting or phrase in the home language of a non-native friend or neighbor. Extend your friendly greeting the next time you see that person.
Service is a great way to build a stronger, happier family. If you want more service ideas, request Raising Compassionate Children in a Conceited World, which includes 101 Service Ideas for Families.
4. Something Random: Quokkas and Good Moms
In case you need a little boost…
This made me laugh, but then me being me, of course I had to look up if it was true. According to World Atlas, quokkas don’t actually throw their babies at predators. However, quokkas are marsupials and keep their babies in their pouches. If the baby falls out while the mom is running away from predators, the parents do leave the baby in favor of their own survival. And some think they let the baby fall out on purpose.
Still warrants the meme I think.
5. A Quick Tip: Connection
So true, but not always easy…
Whether it’s because of challenging behavior or personality that’s different than ours, some kids are harder for us to connect with than others. However, these kids need us to be especially intentional about how we parent.
Here are some helpful ideas for the child that’s not so easy: 10 Ways to Connect with a Difficult Child.
And that is Friday’s Fast Five!
You can also see Friday’s Fast Five on Instagram or other editions HERE.
Building a Stronger, Happier Family
It takes time and intention to build a stronger, happier family. I hope Friday’s Fast Five helps you find the ways that work for YOUR family to learn, laugh, and love together.
We will never regret the time we devote to our families and relationships with our kids.
Have a great weekend with your family, know that you’re loved, and keep on lovin’!
Do you have a great idea for a future Friday’s Fast Five? Have a question or parenting struggle you want help with? Share in the comments, shoot me an Email, or schedule a call.
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