The first paragraph in the June Visiting Teaching message reads:
"...We become self-reliant as we learn to love work, as we seek inspiration to find the best ways to provide for ourselves, and as we work with family members to meet basic needs."
This week's challenge is to come up with a project around the house, possibly emergency prep. or home/food storage related, and work together as a family to complete it. Remeber to be creative and find something for every family member to do, no matter their age. Be sure to encourage a happy attitude as your work together and teach your family to love work, a very basic and important first step in becoming self-reliant.
Please leave a comment on the blog to share your experiences.
Summer is crazy and I've found that every day I do my thing, the kids do theirs, we end up driving each other nuts, and the house is a wreck.
ReplyDeleteToday I decided to do everything with the kids. I decided to help make work enjoyable for them.
So we took turns choosing one chore and one game. We would all do the chore together and then all play the game together. It is only 11:00 am and the whole house is clean, including the dishes, bathrooms, and floors swept. We've played a lot of Wii bowling and board games and everyone in my house is happy! It is like a miracle.
This has proved to be a great way to teach the kids to make work enjoyable. Aurora just asked if we could do this everyday, all summer. :)
Kammi, I shared this on the Neighborhood Activities Facebook page.
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