Reeoka LLC
30 N Gould St, Ste N
Sheridan, WY 82801
United States
info@reeoka.com
25 min
Torchlight Story Circle
Lights off, one torch, and a story passed around the circle.
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The Good Thing Jar
One small note a day about something good, folded into a jar.
Two minutes a day, and in three months you have a jar full of a year they would otherwise have forgotten.
What you need
- a jar or box
- small pieces of paper
- a pen
How to do it
- Decorate a jar together and put it somewhere visible.
- Each evening, everyone writes one good thing from that day on a slip of paper.
- It must be specific. Not a nice day, but the bit where the dog fell in the pond.
- Fold it and drop it in without reading it aloud.
- Open the whole jar together on the last day of the month.
Most activity lists ignore the things that actually decide it
Being required to find one specific good detail changes what a child notices during the day, not just what they report at the end of it. Keeping the notes private until the end of the month also stops it becoming a performance for the adult.
Adapting by age
4 to 5 yearsThey draw it, or dictate it to you.
11 to 12 yearsAdd a second jar for things that were hard and what helped.
Keep it safe
None needed.
Cleanup tip
None.
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