Our children are definitely NOT the sit around quietly and listen to conference type. They need incentives to listen...so Shawnie came up with a great idea to get them listening to General Conference.
She wrote on three sticky notes three lists of words. The rules of the game were if the children heard the speaker say a word on sticky note, they could get 1 piece of snack from bowl.
I wish I'd taken a picture or video of them watching conference. They were glued to the words being said. Megan especially did well. Everytime one of them would hear a word, they'd all pounce on the bowl. Paul and Erica weren't sure about the rules, but they were in there as well following their older siblings.
I even twisted the game a little bit for this morning's session which we watched at the Stake Center. Megan watched the whole session and noted three hundred instances of different words on the lists. Her reward was two extra cookies at lunch. She was elated and so were we. We only had to wrestle with Paul and Erica, instead of all five children!
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