Game manual

Target

It’s the intention that the parents have to fulfill the exercises together with their child. They have to fulfill them to get points. When they fulfill an exercise, they get some points. How many points dependent on the difficulty of the exercise. Exercises:

  1. They have to draw an egg and color it in

  2. They have to jump like a rabbit ten times

  3. They have to jump 200 times

  4. They have to wash their hands until there is no soap anymore

  5. They have to give each other 5 compliments

  6. They have to be quiet for 2 minutes

  7. They have to fill a bottle of water with a spoon

  8. They have to make a drawing with chalk outside

  9. They have to do a trail on the playground

  10. They have to build a tower out of 10 floors

When they have collected a lot of points, they have to count them together to see how many they have in total. When they have counted their points, they can go to the “mall” (this isn’t real, the mall is just a table in the CAL center). On the ta ble are a lot of ingredients. Every ingredient has a price. The parents and the toddler needs to decide together what they want to buy and what they want to make with it.

Ingredients:

  1. Things to make a cake

  2. Things to make a fruit salad

  3. Things to make waffles

  4. Things to make pancakes

  5. Things to make a salad

  6. Things to make Kotthu

  7. Things to make Roti

  8. Things to make Dosa

  9. Things to make Hoppers

When they have collected the ingredients, they can go for a cook. They have to make something that they all like to eat. While they are cooking, they have to cooperate and everyone needs to have his own task.

When they have finished their cooking, they get some other stuff to eat and drink, because they did so well. They can take everything outside and they can pick a cute place to picnic. They can enjoy the food and the drinks after a day full of games and work, because after the work they get the relaxation.

 

Position on the wire

This activity can be put on the position of ‘a loop in the wire” because the toddler needs the parents with the cooking part and during the games, but the toddler wants also to get some space to explore and do things on their own. They need the parents on moments of stress to feel that the parents our their for them. They learn some rules during the cooking also. The toddler needs support, but also needs some space to explore and do things by his self.

 

Part of the parent

Part of the toddler

The intention of this activity is the fact that they have to collaborate to earn the ingredients, because after that they have to work on something together. They can cook together and make something great. After that they have cooked, they can enjoy a moment of relaxation and pride, because they have reached something together and they can enjoy it together. It’s the intention that the parents are going to work around the exercises with their children to accomplish it. 

They have to bring the exercises together till a good ending. The parents needs to encourage their toddler to cooperate with the exercises and show their enthusiasm. During the shopping in the mall, the parents needs to support their toddler by counting the points that they have and to think about what they have to buy, but they also have to let their child explore. During the cooking the parents can help the toddler, but the toddler needs to do some things on his own too. During the picnic they need to enjoy together and make a special moment between parents and child of it.

The parents needs to take responsibility for their kids and needs to learn their kids some new things. During the learning, the parents are giving a feeling of involvement and commitment. When they are collaborating with their child and give their toddler some participation, they are going to have a feeling of trust and commitment.

The toddler needs to cooperate with the parents to end the exercises well and to get as much points as possible. The kid needs to accept the helping hand of the parents, but needs to take initiative himself too. During the cooking the kid needs to listen to his parents and do what they are asking for. During the picnic they need to enjoy together and make it a special moment.

When the exercises are going will, this will create a feeling of pride by the toddler. The toddler feels safe and strong in his shoes with his parents by his side. Because of this the kid might want to do a lot more activities with the parents.

 

Necessities

Evaluation

  • Cards with points on

  • Ingrediënts 

  • Kitchen stuff for making some dishes

  • Picniccloth

  • Cups, spoons and jars

  • Paper

  • Pencils

  • Soap

  • Spoon

  • Empty bottle of water

  • Chalk

  • Cubes (or something else to make a tower with)

 

The parents and the toddler needs to choose an ingredient that fits with how they are feeling. When they have chosen an ingredient they have to explain why they choose that one. They can choose something that they really like to eat to show that they liked the activity and that they want to do it again, but they can also choose an ingredient that they doesn’t like to eat because they doesn’t like the activity.

 

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