Virtues Playshop for Children and Parents
Presented
by the Brilliant Star Staff: Hoda Movagh, Senior Editor; C. Aaron
Kreader, Graphic Designer; Susan Engle, Associate Editor; Amy Renshaw,
Activities Editor
Summary: This workshop gave parents
and children the opportunity to deepen parent-child bonds by acknowledging
the virtues practiced in their daily lives. Upon entering the workshop,
families were photographed with a Polaroid camera and invited to use
the photograph to create a poster listing their virtues, such as love,
joyfulness, honesty, and kindness. They were then supplied with a wide
variety of art materials and invited to create gifts for each other
that expressed appreciation for those virtues. Key
Points Presented:
• It is important for parents and
children to express their creativity and play together in a relaxed,
informal manner.
• Acknowledging the virtues practiced
by children and parents can deepen the love and unity within a family.
• Parents and children can lovingly
express their appreciation for each other through simple and thoughtful
homemade gifts.
Art Materials Used: Construction
paper, markers, crayons, colored pencils, glue, stickers, modeling clay,
pipe cleaners, sequins, glitter glue, pom pom balls.
Contact Information: E-mail brilliant@usbnc.org
or call Hoda Movagh at 847-853-2354.
Supplemental Materials: More information
on using the language of virtues in families can be found in The
Family Virtues Guide, by Linda Kavelin Popov, with Dan Popov, Ph.D.,
and John Kavelin, and at www.virtuesproject.com.
