Welcome to our August 2023 Sibshop!
For our trickle in activity, we enjoyed making some home made Kool Aid Playdough.
It's a messy process with lots of sticky fingerfuls of dough when you first start, but with a fair amount of elbow grease and lots of kneading, you end up with some spectacularly smooth playdough.
After our traditional Welcome & Introductions we got busy moving by playing a fun, active game called "Triangle Tag." Three players create a triangle with one target who is identified by a red bandana. Then a fourth player is it and has to tag the target. The triangle continues to hold hands and moves to protect the target. Triangle Tag gets the heart beating and laughter ensues!
We tried a new discussion activity today called "Emotion Uno." It's a traditional game of Uno but when colors are changed you share something with the group. If you change the color to Red you share a time when you felt upset or mad about your sibling with special needs. With Blue you share about a time of sadness, yellow is happiness, green is jealousy and wild lets you choose.
After more than a year, we brought back a Sibshop classic with our Laser Maze activity. We don't have the budget for real lasers but crepe paper does the trick. Our Sibshoppers are flexible, athletic and well coordinated!
Lunch was up next and we chatted about all our favorite music. I am looking forward to updating our playlist with some fun, uplifting music our Sibshoppers recommended.
Our last activity for the day was "Popcorn and a Movie". We made a delicious popcorn mix with chocolate, pretzels and more and then settled in to watch a great video about siblings. The video spurred lots of conversation with our expert siblings.
You can check out the video by clicking the link below!
We are looking forward to seeing you all in September.
