Activity Overview
One evening while having Family Game Night, our family created a secret handshake using suggestive input from all family members. Now, not only do we have a family handshake, but family members now have unique and silly secret handshakes among themselves. It is a great way to practice sequencing, memory and motor skills, but also a fun way of connecting with one another that is unique to that particular relationship. So, if you don't have a secret handshake, make one. Feel free to use any body part or sound in your handshake. You could tap elbows, bump hips, wiggle fingers, make a silly sound while doing a movement.
Materials Needed
none
How to Do It
- It couldn't be easier! Draw numbers or have a parent select the order that the family handshake will be contributed to.
- The first person adds one motion and the second adds one motion, sound etc. Keep going around until everyone has had input.
- Have fun practicing the sequence and enjoy all of the laughter that ensues.
- Continue to practice the family or individual secret "handshake" whenever the moment feels right. It is really so much fun. Before a family game night, perhaps or when you are together at a family event.
- The kids in the family will undoubtedly start creating their own secret handshakes. I personally enjoy having secret handshakes with each of my children. They are much simplified between indivuals usually, but nonetheless just as unique to each connection.
