I ran across a book entitled 365 Ways to Help Your Children Grow by Sheila Elison and Barbara Ann Barnett, Ph. D. and thought of ways of creating some for our children here in the Philippines or other cultures may adapt such. The following activities may help hoping that it will not be simply growing but really raising them. As what George Dawson accounted "these days are growing children, not raising them".
MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
Day 1 : Buy a Journal / Notebook
This will be a journal for your child to write 5 things that feel good during the day. In case your child does not know yet how to write, you can help him / her do that. Or perhaps you may make him / her draw the events that make him / her feel good. You do this at night time after dinner. Do your best to be fully engaged with your child (even perhaps when you are too tired to do them heheheh.
(note : you may set up a display board in the house where you could showcase or post his / her work. Perhaps mama/ nanay / mommy and papa / tatay / daddy and all other members of the family may do the same to participate with the child and share each other's output in bed before dozing off to sleep. If you find notebook expensive, try to find an alternative of not buying by creating some old scraps of notebooks or back of used papers. Put together to make it appear like a notebook...Just be creative...:-) hehe lots of work ha).
Day 2 : About Me
Make your child draw himself / herself and lead him / her to telling anything that he / she likes doing. Make him / her tell also what he / she likes about himself / herself.
Each member of the family is asked to really listen. They may ask random questions that relates with the sharing of the child and end it with affirmations.
Day 3 : Tell me about Family Members
Ask your child after dinner or anytime of the day when your child is done with school work such as projects and assignments and make her draw all the members of the family. Make him / her describe each using the following guide:
1. What each one does - occupation, studies of kuya and ate, etc
2. What he / she feels towards each member of the family
(Note : Make him / show her drawing while sharing these information. Everyone is invited to listen and show affirmations and positive comments. End the sharing with a night prayer if it is before bedtime.)
Day 4 : Prayer time (part 1)
Teach your child the prayer "Prayer for the Guardian Angel" (feast day today - October 2) Say the following prayer with her before bedtime and let all members of the family give their "angel's kiss" before he / she dozes off to sleep.
"Angel of God, my guardian dear. To whom God's love commits me here. Ever this day be at my side. To light and guard...to rule and guide. Amen"
Good night God's dear one:-)...
MONTH OF OCTOBER
This month, you are invited to teach your children to pray Rosary and to bring together to pray as a family everyday...
Day 1 : Teach your child the Sign of the Cross
Day 2 : The Act of Faith
Day 3 : Our Father
Day 4 : Hail Mary
Day 5 : Glory Be...
Day 6 : The Joyful Mysteries
Day 7 : The Sorrowful Mysteries
Day 8 : The Glorious Mysteries
Day 9 : The Mysteries of Light
Day 10 : Review days 1 - 5
Day 11 : Review of Day 6
Day 12 : Review of Day 7
Day 13 : Review of Day 8
Day 14 : Review of Day 9
Day 15 : Then you can pray pray the Rosary together as a family with your son / daughter participate in some parts of the Rosary all throughout this month of October.
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