10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids: 52 Fun & Simple Games & Activities to Teach Kids

Jamie C. Miller

Harper Collins, Aug 31, 2010 - Psychology - 240 pages

52 playful and easy to understand activites to hhelp parents teach children moral lessons that they won't forget

A child says, "I hear and I forget, I see and I remember, I do and I understand." 10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids is a book about seeing and doing--a book that gives parents the ability to teach the powerful principles of honesty, trust, generosity, love, and other values. Children will discover the objectives themselves as they actively participate in fun games and activities.

The games can be done in any order, with very little planning and with very few supplies--just common objects most people have around the house like toothpicks, string, pennies, or an apple. Some can be done while riding in the car, and others can be expanded to fill a whole evening with family fun. The activities in 10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids will not only create cozy and enjoyable moments of family togetherness, they will have a lasting impact on your growing child.

Contents

• Priorities and the Things We Value: 23
• 3: 34
• Potential and SelfWorth: 43
• Attitude: 63
• Sink or Swim: 67
• Rocks in Your Socks: 69
• The Heat Is On: 71
• In and Out of Focus: 74
• Honesty and Integrity: 77
• All Tied Up: 81
• The Tower of Flour: 83
• Now You See It Now You Dont: 86
• Shape Up: 90
• Love and Kindness: 93
• Light My Fire: 97
• A Spoonful of Sugar: 101
• The Love Eggsperiment: 103
• Spin the Bottle: 105
• Developing Habits: 107
• Hanging by a Thread: 110
• May the Force Be with You: 113
• All Change Hands: 115
• The No Game: 117
• Goal Setting: 121
• Goalies: 124
• Domino Dash: 127
• Its in the Mail: 130
• Knockout: 132
• Unity and Cooperation: 135
• 35: 147
• The Happiness Test: 158
• 39: 166
• 41: 176
• Respect and Manners: 185
• 46: 195
• Trust and Faith: 201
• Rising to the Top: 210
• Selected Bibliography: 223

About the author

Jamie Miller created these games for her five children and has also used them successfully in many church and schoolroom settings. As a member of the singing King Family, Jamie was featured on their weekly television show in the 1960s and 70s and toured the United States and Canada performing during those years. A book editor and the coauthor of Christmas Miracles, she has a degree in education and lives in California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: 10-Minute Life Lessons for Kids: 52 Fun & Simple Games & Activities to Teach Kids
• Author: Jamie C. Miller
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2010
• ISBN: 006204284X, 9780062042842
• Length: 240 pages
• Subjects: Family & Relationships / Life Stages / Infants & Toddlers; Family & Relationships / Parenting / General; Family & Relationships / Parenting / Parent & Adult Child; Psychology / Developmental / Child