{"id":9663,"date":"2013-06-11T22:05:25","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:05:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T14:05:25","slug":"lessons-from-father-may-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.creativeyouthideas.com\/resources\/creative-teaching-ideas\/lessons-from-father-may-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons from “Father May I?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father May I?<\/p>\n

This is a paternal variation of the classic children\u2019s game: Mother, May I? \u00a0Use it for Father’s Day or simply to talk about our relationship with the Heavenly Father.<\/p>\n

What to do<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have played the classic game you know that everyone starts out across the room, at an equal distance from mother. \u00a0Whoever is mother calls out a person’s name and asks them to take X number of steps forward. If the person steps forward without saying “Mother May I?” he or she is penalised or sent back to the start. However if he or she remembers to say the magic words, mother will reply with directions to take X number of baby steps, ballerina steps, giant steps, scissor steps, spinning steps, crab steps, etc. The first youth to reach mother wins.<\/p>\n

Play a variation of the game, where the children or youth don’t ask mother, but instead ask “Father May I?”<\/p>\n

Discussion<\/strong><\/p>\n