April 2024

Welcome to the April 2024 Sibshop!

Trickle In: Expand-A-Picture

As we gathered today, we flexed both our creative & artistic muscles. In Expand-A-Picture, one or two small prompts are given and it is up to artist to envision and fill in the rest of the picture.  As always, our Sibshoppers are incredibly creative and surprise us with their amazing ideas and talents every time!

Following our traditional Welcome/Introductions and review of Expecations & Consequences, we went out to enjoy the wonderful sunshine and play some ridiculously fun pool noodle games.

Standing Pool Noodle Game: 

The objective is to keep all pool noodles standing as you run in a circle and grab the pool noodle belonging to your next door neighbor.

Here's our winner with the last pool noodle standing!

Body Part Relay:

The objective is to keep your pool noodle balanced with your partner and get across the finish line as quickly as possible. The trick is you must balance the pool noodle only using one specific body part. Possibilities include belly to belly, head to head, shoulder to shoulder. 

Frisbee Relay:

The objective is to balance the frisbee on top of a pool noodle and win the relay 

with your teammates by crossing the finish line first.

Last Noodle Standing:

Again, the objective is to win this relay as a team by crossing the finish line first. First, you grab one pool noodle, run it to your teammate who grabs in and then runs to grab the second noodle and hands off both noodles to the next teammate. This continues till the final teammate crosses the finish line with all 6 pool noodles in tow.  

Boom Clap Snatch makes everyone giggle!

Our Sibshoppers grabbed partners for a fun Dice Rolling Discussion Activity.

They learned a lot about one another and their siblings as they shared their likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, challenges and unique experiences as siblings.

We had some yummy homemade lunchables for lunch which we followed 

with a dance-off and then an active game of

Tic Tac Toe Relay

We sure enjoyed April's workshop and look forward to seeing you in May!

March 2024

 Welcome to our March 2024 Sibshops! 

We started our workshop by creating some clever "Cursive Name Characters."  

Following our trickle in activity, we gathered together to get to know one another better. We reviewed our "Rules & Expectations" and then did introductions and shared a little bit about our families. Then it was time to get hearts pumping with a crazy fast game of "Tic Tac Toe" racing style.

Being a sibling of a brother or sister with special needs can bring up a lot of different emotions. Today we took the time to share our experiences while playing "Wheel of Feelings". We are grateful our Sibshoppers were willing to share and connect with one another as they told of their experiences with pride, anger, fear, happiness, sadness.

Balloon Foot Volleyball was up next! Looks easy but it sure gets the muscles working and the heart pumping. 

Multiple balloons made the game even more frantic--but fun.

We worked up quite the appetite during the volleyball game and everyone enjoyed our pizza and fruit lunch. We followed that with a silly game of "Don't Eat Pete!" that satisfied everyone's sweet tooth.

Our Sibshoppers wrote "Kindness Cards" to their siblings and other important people in their lives. It is always a rewarding exercise for the kids to look for the good and express it.  

We finished out our March Sibshop with a spring themed tasty (very, very tasty) dessert.

See you in April!