youthspeakoutint.orgTen Things About…
Knowing information about our family members (such as their experiences, childhood activities, favorite foods, or the most memorable places they’ve visited) can impact what we take interest in as we grow and develop. One of your family members could have been face-to-face with an angry, wild animal and didn’t know what to do! This activity will allow you to gather this interesting information and hold great conversations with your family.
Begin by choosing the appropriate grade level for the child or children in your family:
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
Activity
- Begin conversation by preparing a list of possible interesting questions to ask your family members. For example, “Hey mom, where is the most interesting place you have ever visited? Why did you enjoy it so much?” Another could be, “Hey dad! Have you ever come in contact with a wild animal when you were growing up?? What did you do?”
- Your family member’s response will allow you to ask more questions and easily provide a list of 10 things. Hint: Asking 1 or 2 questions will not get you a complete list of 10 things.
- Conversations should go back and forth while having complete questions and complete responses. This will allow you to smoothly move on to other questions.
- The questions you ask can be random and do not have to relate to each other.
- Once you’ve gathered all of this information and have them written down, read your list to your family members to show you have been actively listening to their responses.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about after you do this activity:
- Did you learn something about your family that you did not expect?
- How did you come up with questions?
- What question do you wish someone would ask you?
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
Activity
- Begin conversation by preparing a list of possible interesting questions to ask your family members. For example, “Hey mom, where is the most interesting place you have ever visited? Why did you enjoy it so much?” Another could be, “Hey dad! Have you ever come in contact with a wild animal when you were growing up?? What did you do?”
- Your family member’s response will allow you to ask more questions and easily provide a list of 10 things. Hint: Asking 1 or 2 questions will not get you a complete list of 10 things.
- Conversations should go back and forth while having complete questions and complete responses. This will allow you to smoothly move on to other questions.
- The questions you ask can be random and do not have to relate to each other.
- Once you’ve gathered all of this information and have them written down, read your list to your family members to show you have been actively listening to their responses.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about after you do this activity :
- Did you learn something about your family that you did not expect?
- How did you come up with questions?
- What question do you wish someone would ask you?
What You Will Need
- Pen or pencil
- Paper
Activity
- Begin conversation by preparing a list of possible interesting questions to ask your family members. For example, “Hey mom, where is the most interesting place you have ever visited? Why did you enjoy it so much?” Another could be, “Hey dad! Have you ever come in contact with a wild animal when you were growing up?? What did you do?”
- Your family member’s response will allow you to ask more questions and easily provide a list of 10 things. Hint: Asking 1 or 2 questions will not get you a complete list of 10 things.
- Conversations should go back and forth while having complete questions and complete responses. This will allow you to smoothly move on to other questions.
- The questions you ask can be random and do not have to relate to each other.
- Once you’ve gathered all of this information and have them written down, read your list to your family members to show you have been actively listening to their responses.
Talk About It
Here are some things your family can talk about after you do this activity:
- Did you learn something about your family that you did not expect?
- How did you come up with questions?
- What question do you wish someone would ask you?
Leave a Reply