May 2019

Welcome to our May 2019 Sibshop!

With Mother's Day literally right around the corner, we decided to celebrate by creating some cards for moms, grandmas, aunts or other women who are important to us. Gratitude-recognizing it and showing it--is an important skill for happiness in life. Maybe some of you received this token of appreciation from your Sibshopper.  The staff of Sibshops of Utah County is grateful for the influence of good women in the lives of the children and families we serve.

Balloon Foot Volleyball is a classic game we like to pull out and dust off every once in a while. The exercise is good for the young and old in our Sibshops family! Crab walking and chasing down balloon volleyballs can really get the heart rate pumping.

Once we exerted the kids to the max, we took some time to sit down and complete a "Strengths and Weaknesess" worksheet.  Completing this worksheet gives each Sibshopper an opportunity to discover their own strengths and weaknesses as well to acknowledge those of their sibling. It is fun to celebrate those attributes and skills and talents we are mastering! It is also helpful to be aware and mindful of the things we are working on improving without judging ourselves or others harshly.

  

This is only the second time in our Sibshop history that we did a Laser Maze and it did not disappoint! The kids love navigating the "lasers" as they move carefully and skillfully from one end of the maze to another. Okay, well, they start with care and skill, then as their confidence quickly soars, they move with a whole lot more abandon! :)

A delicious cheesy quesadilla lunch was followed by an active game of "Color Guard!"  It may be a simple game (just get your colored egg in the basket when your color is called) but our kids play it happily and with big smiles on their faces. They enjoy trying to outsmart and outmaneuver one another!

They worked up an appetite which we filled with M&Ms! To wrap up this session, and because we all enjoy a little candy covered chocolate, we played the M&M Game.  In this game you are given a little cup full of candies which you are permitted to eat only after responding to a colored coded question. Answer the Red question, you may eat all the Red colored candy--pretty simple rules! Questions include:

What is the name of your siblings special need? What does that mean for him/her?

What are you most looking forward to this summer?

Tell us about a time you have been proud of your sibling.

We love the happy faces of our Sibshoppers.  See you again in June.