Using humour can help everybody to get through the day. There are so many ways to encourage more joke-telling at home. You could: Challenge your kids to put together a one, three or five minute stand-up routine. At the end of the day, all sit together to watch. Come up with a theme in the …
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Opportunities for family talk during arts and crafts activities Sometimes as parents we settle our children down with paints, play dough or colouring books in hope of twenty minutes of peace to get on with our jobs, but at other times it is a joy to sit down and be creative alongside our little ones. …
What’s wrong with the pictures below? Spot the deliberate mistakes! There are so many odd things going on in these seemingly normal every day scenes! How many things can your kids spot? Some great stimulus for discussion! #KeepKidsTalking Talk about what’s wrong, and how they’d do it differently.
These classic board games can be purchased at Amazon at the links below. However, don’t worry if you aren’t able to get the games because they can easily be replicated at home with a little preparation. Articulate / Taboo (2+ players) Skills: vocabulary development, fast thinking, communication, team-work Articulate Taboo DIY Instructions: First, devise a …
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Reading in your head can be a very solitary activity. Sure, it can be very companionable if you all snuggle up in bed together with your own books, but ultimately it transports you all to your own separate worlds away from each other. Reading together is a different matter altogether. Sharing a book is a …
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Build speaking skills and critical thinking skills with these fun, play anywhere games. An engaging way to spend some family time together at home. Or why not try them on your daily walk? Defend the indefensible This is a popular, fun game that will help children develop their persuasive speaking skills and their confidence in speaking on …
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A new game to try this afternoon… Build your children’s understanding of and skills in non-verbal communication and have lots of laughs along the way! Here’s a fun, short game to play with children of any age, that helps build up a sense of how we communicate with our tone of voice, facial expressions and …
Fancy being someone else for a change? Speaking games can allow everyone to escape their own lives for a short time… Run out of things to talk about at dinner? Why not “invite” some interesting figures along to mix things up a bit…Try these fun games over dinner, on your daily walk or as a morning …
Follow these tips to become a more persuasive speaker Quite a few of the activities we are sharing to keep kids talking involve them need to persuade others of a particular point of view. Here are some tips to help your children become persuasive speakers: Top ten style tips for persuasive speaking Make eye contact …
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The idea behind balloon debates is that a hot air balloon is sinking and the only way to save the riders is to throw one out. If a figure is thrown out their role in and contribution to the world disappears as though they had never existed. Here’s a way you could play this at …
