January 2021 1 - New Year’s Day 14 - Dress Up Your Pet Day 24 - Compliment Day 3 - Festival of Sleep Day 15 - National Hat Day Global Belly Laugh Day 4 - National Spaghetti Day 16 - Appreciate a Dragon Day 25 - Bubble Wrap 5 - National Bird Day 18 - Martin Luther King Jr. Appreciation Day 6 - Bean Day Birthday Opposite Day 7 - Old Rock Day Winnie the Pooh Day 26 - Australia Day 8 - Bubble Bath Day 19 - Ntl. Popcorn Day 27 - Chocolate Cake Day 10 - Bittersweet Chocolate 20 - Ntl. Cheese Lover Day 28 - Ntl. Kazoo Day Day Penguin Awareness Day 29 - Ntl. Puzzle Day 11 - Learn Your Name in 21 - National Hugging Day 30 - Ntl. Seed Swap Day Morse Code Day Squirrel Appreciation Day 31 - Backward Day 12 -National Hot Tea Day 22 - Ntl. Blonde Brownie Day Inspire Your Heart with 13 - Ntl. Rubber Duckie Day 23 - Ntl. Pie Day Art Day Ntl. Take the Stairs Day

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1 Resilience Skill of the Month: Activating Event, Thought, Consequences (ATC) or Shaking up my Responses

Have you ever reacted to something in a way that wasn’t helpful? Let’s look at how people can have different reactions to the same situation:

What happened: Got a B on a math test.

Positive Pat thinks Critical Chris thinks

“Yes! I did so well!” “No! I did badly. It should have been an A.”

Now think about how these two people will feel and what they will do next. A bit different, huh? Maybe Pat will feel happy and study more to keep the good grades coming. Maybe Chris will feel disappointed and stop trying in math class.

Have you figured out what ATC is?

Activating event = What happened. (In the example above, the activating event is they got a B.)

Thoughts = What you think in the heat of the moment. (In the example above. Pat thinks “I did so well!”)

Consequences = How you feel and what you do. (In the example above, Pat is happy and will keep trying in class.) 2 Now that we understand what ATC is, let’s look at how it can help. ATC is a way that we can CONTROL our thoughts which will help us to feel better emotions and act in a more productive way.

We can’t change what happened, but we CAN change how we think about it.

Sooooo…. When we use ATC, we are mindful of our initial thoughts and know that we can change our thoughts to get a better outcome. For example, Activating Event Sports practice went badly Thoughts It’s my fault. I’m a terrible player. Consequences Emotion: Sad, disappointed Reaction: Quit the team

NEW Thoughts I did my best and practice helps me improve. NEW Consequences Emotion: Optimistic Reaction: Try harder next time

Use the next page to become more aware of how you respond. 3 Are you ready to shake it up? Use this grid to explore how think and react.

4 Create an Obstacle or Ninja Training Course Toss your couch pillows, bed pillows, sheets, mats, hula hoops, jump-ropes, blocks, or whatever else you have in your house into the middle of the room. Add some yarn or crepe paper to Have Outdoor Fun make a make-shift “laser” course -Indoors! to climb through. You can use chairs and small furniture too. You can have a snowball battle Time each other to see who is in the warmth of your house fastest, or try to improve your using rolled up socks! own time.

Create a Scavenger Hunt

Choose who will lead the scavenger hunt. They can have the other family members find a bunch of random things—something red, something small and square, a piece of string, money, and three puzzle pieces. Or, they could hide items and give everyone a list of hints,

(Pro tip: scavenger hunts are more fun in the dark with a flashlight!)

Ideas adapted from https://www.scarymommy.com/winter-boredom-busters/

Write, Choreograph, Tape Games! and Act Out a Play or Got painters’ tape or masking Musical. tape? You are in for a good time! Check out these ideas You can also make costumes, on whatmomslove.com for a apply stage makeup, design huge list of tape games, from your set, and record your creating a race car track on performance! your floor or carpet, to making a spider web across a Have parents or other family doorway and tossing objects members be your live at it to get “caught” in the audience, or video call for a web. larger crowd.. 5 Boredom Develops Problem-Solving Skills

In a world where we are constantly stimulated, it can feel uncomfortable if we don’t have anything to do! But, this encourages Boredom Teaches Grit initiative and problem- Having free time to try things solving, because you have to out without the fear of failure is rely on yourself to tackle the essential to developing grit and ‘problem’ of being bored.’ resilience!

Boredom Encourages Imagination and Creativity Research has found that people who are given a range of boring tasks to complete show more imagination when they’re then asked to take part in a creative thinking activity.

When you are left to your own devices, you're forced to be more creative and imaginative in finding ways to amuse yourself. This builds a sense of discovery and curiosity and helps you explore what brings you joy, It’s a stimulus to imagination and creativity!

Adapted from: https://www.theschoolrun.com/benefits-of-boredom-for-kids

Boredom Can Improve Boredom Creates a Mental Health Sense of Belonging We are often so busy that Unstructured downtime can there’s little time to be still provide a greater sense of and let your mind wander. community. If you are always Having time to just “be” gives busy with some focused you the opportunity to think activity, you can take your your own thoughts and get to surroundings for granted. know yourself better. Research has shown that allowing the It’s important that you have mind time to wander, rather the chance to engage with your than being focused on environment so you feel a activities all the time, is very sense of belonging to where important for mental health. you live. 6 Shaking Up the New Year

W I T H H E A L T H Y S H A K E S ! !

G R A B A N A D U L T T O H E L P O R S U P E R V I S E ! G E T Y O U R B L E N D E R O R M I X E R A N D S H A K E I T U P W I T H T H E S E D E L I C I O U S R E C I P E S . I F Y O U H A V E F O O D A L L E R G I E S O R S E N S I T I V I T I E S , Y O U C A N S U B S T I T U T E A N Y I N G R E D I E N T S F O R Y O U R O W N A W E S O M E S H A K E !

M A N G O P E A C H S H A K E 1 ½ C U P S A L M O N D M I L K 1 C U P D I C E D P E A C H E S , F R E S H O R F R O Z E N 1 C U P C H O P P E D M A N G O , F R E S H O R F R O Z E N ½ T E A S P O O N V A N I L L A E X T R A C T 1 C U P I C E

C I N N A M O N R O L L S H A K E 1 C U P U N S W E E T E N E D A L M O N D M I L K 1 ½ F R O Z E N B A N A N A S , C U T I N T O C H U N K S ¼ T E A S P O O N C I N N A M O N , P L U S M O R E F O R D U S T I N G ½ T E A S P O O N V A N I L L A , O P T I O N A L 1 T E A S P O O N B R O W N S U G A R , O P T I O N A L ⅓ C U P O L D - F A S H I O N E D O A T S 1 C U P I C E

C H O C O L A T E P E A N U T B U T T E R B A N A N A S H A K E 1 B A N A N A , F R O Z E N 1 C U P M I L K O F C H O I C E ¼ C U P O L D - F A S H I O N E D R O L L E D O A T S 3 T A B L E S P O O N S N A T U R A L P E A N U T B U T T E R ( O R A L T E R N A T I V E F O R A L L E R G Y C O N S I D E R A T I O N S ) 1 T A B L E S P O O N C O C O A P O W D E R C H O C O L A T E C H I P S , F O R S E R V I N G ( O P T I O N A L )

P E A C H C O B B L E R S H A K E 1 ½ C U P S U N S W E E T E N E D V A N I L L A A L M O N D M I L K ½ C U P Q U A K E R O L D F A S H I O N E D O A T S 1 T E A S P O O N C I N N A M O N ¾ C U P F R O Z E N P E A C H E S 3 I C E C U B E S S O U R C E : M O M A B L E S . C O M 7 Mad Libs is a great and fun way to learn about the different parts of speech: nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. and practice using them with lots of laughs. Give it a try! You could even make your own! NOUN: person, place or thing (lightbulb, shoe, mother) ADJECTIVE: describes a noun (young, blue, smart) VERB: expresses action (jump/ing, give, search) EXCLAMATION: a sudden remark (yikes, wow, hey) 8 / Creating a Vision Board Let’s take a moment to SHAKE OFF 2020 and start anew in 2021. What would you like to accomplish? A fun way to lay out your goals for 2021 is through a vision board. A vision board is a visual representation of the things you want to accomplish or acquire. Having a vision board helps to keep you motivated and focused to work toward your goals! So, how do you make a vision board? Start with thinking about what goals you’d like to accomplish in 2021. Use the attached Goal setting worksheet to work through the goals. But, what if you don’t know what goals you have? Or you’re unsure where to start, that’s ok! Below are some questions that can help spark some ideas: • What are some of your favorite things? • What are your favorite activities or hobbies? • What makes you happy? • If you could choose a topic or subject to study, what would that be? • What kind of school experience would you like to have? • If you could choose what kind of school (college or university) you could go to, where would you like to go? • What would you like to do when you grow up? 9 • If you could create your own business, what would that be? • If you could design your dream life/house/car/ spaceship, what would it look like? • How much money would you like to earn? • Do you have a dream vacation? Where would that be? • What kind of friends would you like to surround yourself with? • Do you want to learn a new skill? What would that be? • What kind of sports would you like to do? • If you could have a special skill to help people, what would that be? • Who do you admire that you would like to meet in person? • What kind of difference do you want to make in this world? Once you have finished this worksheet and identified your goals, start gathering visual items that go along with your goals. What you will need: • Poster Board (any size) • Magazines and pictures that represent your goals • Scissors • Crayons, markers, or colored pencils • Glue, glue sticks or tape • Poster board letters (optional) Once you have all your supplies, let your creativity run wild! Paste the pictures that go along with your goals, write words of inspiration and encouragement to achieve your goals. Once you are done, hang it up where you can see it each day and visualize accomplishing those goals! 10 How to host a Dance Party! Step 1: Choose your Space: Pick the largest space in your house. Have an adult help you move furniture around to create a dance floor.

Step 2: Create a guestlist and invitations Chances are you have been home with the same people for a while. That's okay, make the party better with personalized invitations. Step 3:Make your Play List Remember that the playlist should match your theme, but you also want variety. Hosting a throwback to the 90's? Be sure to include some songs everyone invited will enjoy.

11 Step 4: Create the mood with decorations

How you decorate can change the mood and feel of the room. Choose colors and decor that matches your theme. Have fun and spend a little time being creative with this! Go as in-depth or simple as you'd like. Step 5: Make the menu You can make family favorites or choose new foods to try. Are there foods you can pair to your theme? This can be a fun event to take on as a quarantine team. You can even include family and friends from different homes using video calling. Step 6: PARTY!!!!

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Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service

Shake it up January. Volunteer. Serve.

Here’s an idea everyone can get behind. Shake off the old year and start the new year with the purpose of helping others. It won’t take long to realize that our communities need us. There are shelters which need help building furniture, there are elders who need assistance picking up groceries, and there are parks that need cleaning. So this year, let’s gather our family together, roll up our sleeves, and help make our community better.

There’s actually a day for serving. Martin Luther King Day of Service. This year, the federal holiday celebrating Dr. King’s birthday will be on Monday, 18 January 2021. It marks the 26th anniversary of the official holiday, signed into law in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan. It also marks the 51st anniversary of the first observance honoring Dr King’s birthday, held in 1969 in Atlanta.

The Martin Luther King Day of Service is the only federal holiday observed as a national day of service. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act which calls for “all Americans, from all walks of life, to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems. The intent of the Day is to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers, create solutions to social problems, and move us closer to Dr King’s vision of a “Beloved Community.” Instead of a day off from work or school, Congress asks all Americans to celebrate Dr King’s legacy by turning community needs into citizen action.”

Over the decades, participation has steadily grown. Hundreds of thousands of Americans each year engage in projects that include tutoring and mentoring children, painting schools and senior centers, delivering meals, building homes, and finding other ways to improve their communities. What will you do this year?

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our challenge is clear for 2021. Make this the year of service. Serve others. Find what needs to be done for a neighbor, what needs to be done for the homeless, what needs to be done for co-workers, friends, and family. And, do it. Serve.

Need help getting started? AmeriCorp offers a volunteer search option which helps you find opportunities in your community. Or, you have a volunteer project you need help with?You can register it with AmeriCorp and they’ll get the word out. Check out their Serve Your Community, Martin Luther King Day Service website here: https://www.nationalservice.gov/serve-your-community/mlk-day-service

Other ideas here: https://www.jugglingfamilylife.com/consider-martin-luther-king-jr-day-service- ideas/?fbclid=IwAR02fTc3xlGPM4YcsvRMdPP3ZlacmxYv95635QtHQE0tyrImmV-Gcsd3LLU

Learn more about AmeriCorp and discover the Power of Service, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSJcEMweAP0

Would you like to learn more about the legacy of Martin Luther King Day of Service? Hear more in Dr King’s own words, and from others. Presented by the Corporation for National & Community Service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUdPxEn4vnM&feature=emb_rel_end

Dr Martin Luther King Jr lived a life of service. He was a prominent leader in the Civil Rights Movement, advocating use of nonviolent means to end racial segregation in The United States. He was instrumental in the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Which Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations, facilities, and employment. He was Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. You can learn more about his life and how he served his community here: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1964/king/biographical/ The Stone of Hope, Martin Luther King Jr 13 Memorial, National Mall, Washington DC Check off all the items you have completed in this packet to Shake Up The New Year! c Celebrated a fun calendar day c Played Tape Games c Shaken up Your Responses c Made and Enjoyed a Shake with Resilience c Created and Read Mr. c Created and Completed A Snowman MAD Libs Ninja Training Course c Created a Vision Board c Created and Completed a c Hosted a Dance Party either Scavenger Hunt Virtual or in person c Written and Acted Out a Play c Honored Martin Luther King Jr. or Musical by learning about his legacy What would you like to accomplish in 2021?

How will your vision board help you get there?

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was a minister, civil rights leader, and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. King believed in equal rights and worked very hard for the benefit of African Americans. He said that all people should be treated equally and with respect. Nine years after his death, the United State honored him with the Congressional Medal of Freedom and declared his birthday a national holiday.