Today’s Parenting Tip:

DECIDE:   Creativity is fun.

PRACTICE:    Today, make up a new Food Game like Mr. Steig’s Pizza Game. Use the original game for inspiration (Summer Fun).

You can make your game new and special for you and your family by selecting a different food to prepare – something your family loves to eat or something that is just silly and not even a real food – like Worm Pudding.

• What will be the ingredients? What real or constructed things will you use for playing the game?
• What will you have to do to the ingredients (stir, knead, toss, pat, etc.)?
• How does this food cook? In the stove, in a skillet, on the grill, etc.?
• How is it presented to the diners? On a plate with other things, in a sandwich, on a stick, etc.?

When you play this new game, don’t forget to let your child have a turn being the “cook.”

Our readers would love to hear about your Food Game. Use our comment section to share.

Today’s Decide and Practice daily parenting tip was inspired by our featured picture book, PETE’S A PIZZA.  Read the book to a child in your life each day as a reminder of what you are deciding and practicing that day.

Come back each day for another good parenting decision and how to practice it. (Each day’s activity will also be posted on the Daily Parenting Tips page for easy access.)

Read the whole story at Summer Fun.