How to Use this With Kids This little tool is useful for many reasons:

(1) It will help you with your Christmas shopping throughout the year Uust pull completed sheets out

if you see something on sale).

(2) It will help you if you constantly forget (which one likes Rocky Road Ice Cream?).

(3) It will help you plan little surprises along the way (which helps your child feel like you are

thinking of him or her-because you are!).

(4) It will help you get to know your child better.

Here are some tips for using it/implementing it:

(1) Have a family night in which everybody fills in all or part of it. (Since it is long, you could have

them do the even questions one family night and the odd questions another family night.)

a. Plan some things/foods, etc., that you THINK are kids' faves ... and after they turn in their

sheets, tell them what you made and whose favorite you thought it was. (This is eye opening!)

b. Pass around the papers and have everybody fill them in (or half of them). We liked to do this

type of thing while we listened to audio/radio dramas or fun music. Try to keep the kids from

discussing as they are writing.

c. Have Mom or Dad collect them and read some answers here and there (depending on time

available) and have people guess who wrote that. (This is eye opening too!)

d. Have the snacks you bought or prepared and vote on a family movie or play a family game.

(2) Meet one on one with each child and fill it in with him or her. This helps the ones who can't think

of anything at the time since you are there to prompt them. This is especially good for younger kids

or weak writers.

(3) Make copies! Things get lost easily, and you want your kids to feel like this is important to you.

(4) Be sure you tell them that you want to have this list to surprise them or for gift buying, etc., but

tone it down a little if your kids are extremely thing-driven or have high expectations that you are

ALWAYS bringing them home a Starbucks, etc. (Honestly, this works better with kids who are not

over-indulged already.)

(5) You can always get the lists out and use for dinner time discussions too. For example, "Let's

see if we can guess what Johnny's favorite movie is," etc. Or "I'm going to read the favorite

candies lines, and we will guess whose page we think that is." This is also a good way to help the

kids focus on siblings and not just themselves.

(6) Type this, print it, and keep each one in your purse or billfold (or scan it/take a picture of it, and

store it on your phone). You want to have it at your fingertips.

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

I I I I I I I I I I I

.-. What's Your Fave Worksneet +c

harne: _____ _

1. Favorite homemade sweet treats-------------------

2. Favorite homemade meals-------------------- --

3. Favorite store bought treat or snack ________________ _

4. Favorite drinks---------------------------

5. Favorite school supplies ______________________ _

6. Favorite hobby supplies ______________________ _

7. Favorite books---------------------------

8. Favorite movies---------------------------

9. Favorite colors---------------------------

10. Favorite Bible stories--------------------- - - --

11. Favorite jewelry types/pieces (if applicable) ______________ _

12. Favorite songs ___________________________ _

13. Favorite bands or groups ______________________ _

14. Favorite toiletry items ________________________ _

15. Favorite breakfast cereal-------------------- - --

16. Favorite foods we seldom or never buy ________________ _

17. Favorite gum _____________________________

18. Favorite chocolate candy ______________________ _

19. Favorite hard candy or mint _____________________ _

20. Favorite pens, highlighters, markers, etc. _ _______________ _

21. Favorite card go mes _________________________ _

22. Favorite board go mes ________________________ _

I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

--. What's Your Fave Worksheet +c

23. Favorite outside activity _____________________ _

24. Favorite fast food restaurant------------------ --

25. Favorite sit down restaurant ___________________ _

26. Favorite free activity ______________________ _

27. Favorite activity that costs ____________________ _

28. Favorite gadgets _________________________

29. Favorite scents, nail polish, etc. __________________ _

30. Favorite style of socks _____________________ _

31. Favorite ice cream flavor ____________________ _

32. Favorite ice cream treat-------------------- --

33. Favorite treat or snack place ___________________ _

34. Favorite family day activity ___________________ _

35. Favorite way to order a sandwich _________________ _

36. Favorite sandwich out _____________________ _

37. Favorite sandwich at home------------------ --

38. ------------------------------ --

39. ------------------------------ --

40. ____________________________ _

41.________________________________

42. ------------------------------ --

43. ------------------------------ --

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