Games are a really great way to have fun and bond with your kids. I’d like to share a game called: “Who Am I?” It is a game you can play one-on-one with your child or as a group with anyone that would like to join. In “Who Am I,” you are gathering information about yourself and sharing it with others. Through sharing, you are promoting self-awareness and positive feelings towards yourself and each other.
Materials:
Sheet of paper with t-shirt outline: Two for each person
Markers
Other decorative supplies
Directions: Give each person two sheets of paper with t-shirt outline – one for the front of the shirt and one for the back. On the front of the shirt, write what people know about you – things that on the surface are obvious (Girl, brown hair, green eyes, 3rd grade, etc.). On the back of the shirt, you are going to write things that are deeper than the surface, or not known to the general public (Afraid of the dark, doesn’t like broccoli, gets upset when people interrupt them).
Discussion: After you do this, have each person share with the group or the other person what they put on each side of the shirt and why. Then, have a discussion about what similarities and what differences we might have with each other and how we respect each other with this knowledge. It might also be important to impart to your child that we won’t always know each person we encounter as well as the people in the group, but that everyone has their own unique perspective on the world just like we do. This game is a great way that we can teach respect for ourselves, and others.
Submitted By: Grace Jackson, Social Worker Intern
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