Quizz time!
The Winter holidays are here! You have some ideal opportunities to play and connect with the children in your life. Enjoy!!
The Winter holidays are upon us – happy holidays all!! I like to share some connection ideas for all ages for these times as a way to inspire and encourage family connection, play and fun!
Recently, in another bout of evening load shedding, while we were sitting around our fireplace and roasting giant marshmallows (courtesy of my older sister who likes to keep things moderate and normal size in every way – hmmmm… cough cough.)
Anyway… we happened upon the idea of doing a ‘pub quizz’ and that led to several evenings of searching for general knowledge quizzes online and asking and answering questions.
Wait, it’s a lot more fun than I’ve just made it sound! The cool thing about this is you can search for questions related to whatever topic takes your children’s fancy. We have had several rounds of football-related quizzes, music, sports and fantasy characters. There are also questions geared to different ages so you will find something suitable for your kiddos no matter their age.
Adults, put your inner competitor aside and let the children take the lead. Give them time to think and remember answers. It’s ok to get answers wrong, even ‘simple’ ones we ‘should’ know. No shaming and blaming, just enjoyment! For some children if you say “Oh, you should get this one easily!” it can put them under a lot of pressure to perform and they could end up getting it wrong out of panic!
This is a great activity for tweens and up, but also any child who enjoys knowing stuff about the world and learning more.
Firelight and giant marshmallows are not mandatory, but add a touch of atmosphere as well as warmth and light during load shedding!
