Building Sibling Relationships ~ Part 6

Activities for Siblings in General

I’ve written and being friends with sisters, brothers, and baby siblings. Now I would like to give you some ideas of things you can do with any of your siblings no matter how old they are or whether they are brothers or sisters.

• Read together ~ whether someone is reading aloud or each has their own book, sit together and read. One day last year, my mom came up to my bedroom to find me sitting on my bed reading my girly Jane Austen book and my brother sitting next to my with his World War 2 book.
  
• Cook together ~ get everybody together in the kitchen to make something together, or work on different dishes.
  
• Clean together ~ my siblings and I had fun cleaning the whole house together one weekend when our parents were out of town. It’s not too hard to find jobs for everyone to do; even a 2-year-old can wipe baseboards.
  
• Art and craft projects ~ gather everyone at the table to color, paint, make cards, etc.
  
• Talk! ~ Siblings need to talk to each other. Good communication is crucial in a family. My brother and I talk about everything from serious topics like life situations to not-so-serious ones like something funny that happened that day.
  
• Just spend time together ~ take the time to spend time with your siblings. Relationships take time and energy. So put some into your siblings.