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Connections: Families.
What You Need: Slips of paper; pen/pencil; bowl.
Doing It:
This is another easy game that children, parents, and grandparents can play together. It can evoke a lot of memories and stories.
Each person in the group writes out about five questions (depending on the total number of people playing) about family history. Try to come up with questions that will bring up great family memories. Some examples of questions: Where did we go on vacation three years ago? What is Tom’s favorite expression? What family tradition takes place each year when we put up the Christmas tree? What movie did we all go to see last month? When is Grandma and Grandpa’s wedding anniversary? What was Sarah’s favorite book when she was little? One caution: avoid embarrassing questions or questions that young children or teenagers may be sensitive about.
Write each question on a separate slip of paper. Fold up the slips of paper and put them into a bowl.
Pass around the bowl. One at a time, each person pulls out a question. The person reads it aloud to the group and then tries to answer it. If you answer correctly, you get a point. Then pass the bowl to the next person. If you choose your own question, refold it, put it back in the bowl, and pick another question. If you don’t know the answer to a question, go around the room until someone guesses the answer (that person gets a point).