Tuesday, December 29, 2015



Family Fun Activities for New Year's Eve
 
New Year Day is the first day of the calendar year. It is celebrated as a holiday in almost every country in the world. It is a time of fun and sharing with friends.
 
For each letter of the following words (for example, "New Year,") find words and phrases that are related to or remind you of the New Year. Think of as many as you can.
  1. New Year
  2. New Year's Day
  3. Resolutions
  4. Winter Sledding
  5. Snowman
How many words can you make using the letters from "New Year's Day"? Examples: aye, nay, weary, yawn.
      1.      How many 3-letter words?
      2.      How many 4-letter words?
      3.      How many 5-letter words? 

For each letter of the word "New Year," write as many words as you can that is related to “New Year”. See below for examples.
N         Noisemaker                                                                                                                            
E          Extravaganza                                                                                                                         
W        Wristwatch                                                                                                                             
Y         Year                                                                                                                                       
E          Eve                                                                                                                                         
A         Auld Lang Syne                                                                                                                     
R
         Resolution                                                                                                                              


Create your own family "time capsule". Each member of the family gets to put one item into the "capsule". Then put the capsule away and pull it out on New Year's Day 2017. 

 
Make your own New Year's Eve hats with paper plates, streamers, markers, etc. and wear them on New Year's Eve .

Have a family photo album evening .

Write two family resolutions for 2016.


Discussion
First give a definition for the expression “New Year’s Resolution”.  A new year’s resolution is…
In your opinion, why do people make New Year’s Resolutions?
Do you think it is important and/or useful to make resolutions for the new year?

 

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