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Today’s podcast guest gives us TONS of simple ways to have fun with our families everyday. She gives different categories for us to focus on when we are playing games with our families such as: strengthening connection, family history, service, learning and growth, building memories and so much more. So many of these ideas are also games you can play while social distancing.

Meet Brittany Beattie creator and blogger @Familyfed. She is an amazing aunt that has created these games to foster her relationship with her nephews. Even though she may not have her own children, she mothers in her own way everyday with her extended family. She provides the framework for connecting experiences for families so we don’t have to worry about the planning, we just have to show up and enjoy the fun!

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Show Notes:

Link from intro: Survivor Family Edition Printables

The Mom Break Experience Ticket Link!

What is Famiy Fed?

Just like busy parents use meal planners to help make healthy dinner a success, Family F.E.D. gives you daily “recipe” plans for fun that make quality family time easy. While physical meals help you feed the individuals in your family, Family F.E.D. helps you create the #FunMeal that feeds your FAMILY UNIT as a whole. It’s a simple, new approach that revolutionizes how easy it is to create QUALITY FAMILY TIME each day.

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Here are the categories Brittany covers with her family fun:

Connection:

Strengthening
- what are you goals?
- do a balance activity -like juggling -then talk to them about what is hard about balancing. Then you relate it to real life, with just a minute or two to tie it together. Simple is best. Go in with a purpose
- She also gives conversation starters for the end of the game
Family History
- study family stories
- record family stories
- frozen charades
- what memories are standing out the most
Service
- less about the activity and more about focusing out
- Service Ideas for Lifting Cheer during the Coronavirus
- Send a Digital Floral Bouquet: Simple Service Idea

Fostering Growth

Learning new skills
- home carpentry skills
- arts and crafts: paintings, pictionary, photography, different art techniques, using nature in your art (like Patty Rokus: Helping of Happiness Podcast with Patti Rokus), sewing (Helping of Happiness: How to make reusable cloth napkins), candy art
- when you are doing your art or project, don’t worry about the end result. Instead think: How does it make me feel? Did I enjoy the process of creating?
Emoji Emotions game
- the goal on this game is giving kids a safe place to talk about things
- learn about them on a deeper level- WHY are they feeling that feeling
- power in naming our emotions
Making Lasting Memories
- Traditional Memories: things that are happening regularly like her front porch games with her nephews, dance parties- letting the silliness go, sharing successes at dinner
- Unusual Memories: what would you not normally do? Tweak it in a simple way. Ideas: eating dinner without utensils, having dinner as a picnic, playing Taco Cat Goat Cheese Pizza