We got our silly on to start our September Sibshop! Our Sibshoppers used some crazy cartoon templates to create some crazy-riffic cartoon characters.
We love our fun group of Sishoppers! We are always surrounded by great kids and are happy to be constantly making new friends.
Triangle Tag is one of our favorite classic Sibshop games! A group of three, the triangle, tries to protect one of their one who is marked with a red bandana from getting tagged by a person outside their triangle who is "It!"
The hard part is that the triangle must always hold hands and are not allowed to break their hold. If they do, they lose just like that!
The hard part for whoever is "It" is that they are not allowed to reach through, under or over the triangle. They must get a clean tag on their opponent from the outside of the circle.
We spent some time talking about ourselves and our siblings through the use of a Venn Diagram. The kids were encouraged to think of things specific to them as individuals, things specific to their sibling with special needs, and then things where they may overlap! Sure seems like almost everyone likes pizza regardless!
After a yummy lunch we were back at it! This time we got the kids moving with some Balloon Tennis and Around the World. These games often prove to be a little more challenging than our Sibshoppers might think at first sight!
Our Sibshoppers needed a little bit of a break from the exercise and we sat down to do a little bibliotherapy. We broke into groups and read some books together that specifically address families with children with special needs. We are just hoping that our kids will make connections, share experiences, and learn they are not alone.
Our final activity of the day was "Scrabble Scramble." This is another Sibshop Classic that we accidentaly locked up in the vault! How we let so much time go by without playing this one I will never figure out! There are two teams with a limited number of alphabet letters they can work with to respond quickly and efficiently and effectively with to win points.
Happy September to all our Sibshop Family and Friends! You are the relatives we enjoy getting together with! 😉
