This week, I was getting really tired of Johnny being mean to his brother. I know he's had a rough few weeks with his brother turning one, getting all the attention, getting extra gifts (just as Johnny was figuring out what it meant to get gifts), but still. At some point, we all have to live together and try to be nice.
FHE Lesson: Being Nice/Sharing
Lesson: I gave my husband a pack of M&Ms before the lesson started and then called everyone to the table for family night. I told my husband to start eating the candy, but not share with Johnny. It was very effective! Johnny saw those candies right away and said, "Daddy, can I have some please?" "No, they're mine." He couldn't believe his dad wouldn't share with him. When I sat down, Johnny tried to tell me that Daddy wouldn't give him M&Ms. I asked him how he felt about that and explained that it isn't nice when we don't share with each other. I told him that in our family it's important that we share with each other and take turns. When he asked Daddy again, Daddy was happy to share with him. He was very happy.
Activity: We played Blokus toddler style. Johnny loves that game board and all of its pieces but I will not let him play with it on his own (some times Jason and I like to play that game and it won't work if half of the pieces are under our couch!), so we played it together and practiced taking turns. Jason and I made sure to use the same language. "It's your turn." "It's Johnny's turn." "It's Mommy's turn." Since we took so many turns to fill the board up (we even practiced sorting and colors, too), he got lots of practice and even anticipated whose turn it was next.
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