Celebrate Past and FutureConnections: Families; Schools (Language Arts).
What You Need: Notebook or scrapbook; pen/pencil; paper bag marked with each person's name and decorated; slips of paper; ribbon.
Doing It:
The first day of the calendar year, New Year's Day, has been celebrated since ancient times. Many different calendars are followed throughout the world. The one we generally use is based on the calendar in which Julius Caesar designated January 1 as the first day of the year. People celebrate with parties, parades, sporting events, family gatherings, a round of "Auld Lang Syne," food, and resolutions. New Year's is a time to remember the old year, and celebrate and make plans for the upcoming year. Janus (from which January comes) is a Roman god portrayed with two faces. One face looks backward at the old year, and the other face looks forward at the New Year.
To remember the old year, start a keepsake notebook or scrapbook that contains annual family highlights. On New Year's Day each year, each member of your family should write down the highlights of the past year for them. Include information like your age, what grade you're in or job you're doing, favorite song, favorite movie, favorite book, favorite TV show, best moment of the year, worst moment of the year, biggest surprise, most important thing learned. Read last year's highlights as you record this year's highlights.
Now think forward to the year ahead. What resolutions would you like to make? Resolutions are decisions to break bad habits or start good ones. Maybe you want to stop biting your fingernails or start reading for 20 minutes every day. Too many big resolutions all at once can be overwhelming. It's not likely you'll stick with them. Instead, try a month-by-month approach. On slips of paper, each person writes out twelve resolutions they would like to implement over the next year. Roll up each slip of paper and secure it with a piece of ribbon. Put the resolutions into a decorated bag with your name on it. Once a month, perhaps during a family meeting, put your hand into your bag to pull out a resolution. Then, for the next month, focus on making that resolution happen.
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