Family Game

You know, I just got sick of Cole asking to play with his phone (aka an old iTouch from craigslist) during dinner at restaurants, but it was hard to say 'no' when Michael & I kept checking facebook or texts! 

My cousin in Florida sent us a great game for Christmas, which we exhausted the first time we played.  Some of the questions were a bit above Cole's level, so I created my own version.  Cole calls it "Family Game" and asks to play it all the time - even when we aren't at dinner and company comes over!

Instructions:

1. Think of some good questions that could apply to anyone in your family group.
2. Write them down or type them out on small strips of paper or index cards.  Consider typing them on colored paper or adding clip art to make them appear "game like."  Use words that your child can read so he can participate in the reading too.
3. Fold them up & take them with you to dinner.
4. After you order, place them on the table & have your child pick out questions, one by one, to read.
5. Everyone at the table has to participate.  Consider asking "why?" to create more conversation.

Now for question ideas:

• If you could grow any food in the backyard, what would it be?  (Cole's answer was pizza!)
• Would you rather be a teacher or a farmer?
• Where would you like to go that you've never been?
• If you could invite one person on vacation, who would it be?
• What's your favorite holiday?
• What do you want to be when you grown up (what did you want to be?)?
• Would you rather have a pet elephant or a pet zebra?
• What's your favorite color?
• What's your favorite memory?
• If you could trade places with any family member for one day, who would it be?

Have fun!