Morals with Medals02.05.2024

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*Most suitable for grades 4-6 but fine at any age!

Valuing sport and leisure time as a family is a great way to celebrate your abilities, triumphs, and commitment to being at your best in whatever task you set out to accomplish. Make it a regular part of your routine to carry out meaningful tasks, activities, and exercises to foster a greater sense of confidence, and responsibility. Here is a great sporting and leisure activity to involve the family in performing.

Part 1 — Creativity Time!

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Coloured strips of ribbon

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Cardboard (cereal boxes or any other packaging box will do)

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Glue

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Silver foil

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Scissors

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A jar lid or something round you can trace around

Instructions to Create medals:

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Bring your family around the table to create the medals

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Using the jar lid as a template, draw a circle on the cardboard to represent an achievement medal

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Carefully use the scissors to cut out the circle

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Apply the glue to one side of the circle

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Cover it with a small sheet of silver foil

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Apply glue to the back of the circle, and carefully fold over the silver foil ultil the medal is formed

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Measure the ribbon to check how long it should be to hang the medals around the neck

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Cut the ribbon and carefully glue the ends to the back of the medal

Part 2 — Activity Time!

Help each member of your family come up with five challenging but doable tasksFor example: Write and recite a poem, do 35 jumping jacks, make your bed, tidy up your room, help prepare breakfast, help set up the dinner table, etc

Write each task down on a piece of paper and place in a jar

Have each member of your family pull out 1-2 tasks each day to completeRemember to set a deadline (before lunch, after dinner, by the end of the day, etc.)

When each person completes all 5 of their tasks to a suitable level of excellence, they are presented with a medal!

 

 

The activity can be carried out over multiple consecutive days until all the tasks are completed. Remember to take a family photo when all members have received their medals! Share your photo with us on Instagram (@uaemoraleducation) or Twitter (@UAEMoralEdu) and tag us for a chance to be featured on our Social Media.