Thursday

FAMILY FUN FRIDAY-Survivor!

This week's game is one that every family should play. It will teach you a lot about yourselves. It will help you family build their communication skills and learn to cooperate. It will also help to illustrate family roles, leadership skills, and teamwork.

After all, our families should be a team, right?

Materials
 Newspaper

Masking Tape

Rules

Explain to your family that they are stuck in the desert, or on a deserted island. In order to protect you from the elements, you will need to build a shelter big enough to house the entire family. The structure must be free standing and be built with only the newspaper and tape provided.

Your family will have 3 minutes to plan how they are going to build the structure. Immediately when the time is up, they have 10 minutes to build the group shelter. When the 10 minutes expires, all family members need to be in/under the shelter.

HERE IS THE CATCH: 
During the building phase...NO TALKING IS ALLOWED

Yep...no talking. 

Now, when the 10 minutes is up, take a few minutes to "debrief". Fancy word for "talk about it".

How did you communicate when you couldn't talk?
What was hard?
What was easy?
What worked?
What didn't work?
Was your family able to cooperate?
Did anyone ever disagree with another family member's approach? 
What roles did each person play? Did someone take charge? Did someone stand back? Are these the same roles family members play in your everyday family life?
How does this apply to everyday family life?
What would you do differently, given another chance?

***A fun twist...A STORM IS COMING...will your family survive in your shelter?.... Test the structural integrity. Put everyone in the shelter (minus the one who will squirt the water). Use a fan and squirt bottle to create wind and rain.*** 

There is no right or wrong way, but here are some visuals to get you thinking.


Do you think your family could do this?
I miss summer. Anyone else?

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