Civics Education and Community Awareness
Check In (3 min)
Theme of the week—Hygge
Skill Builder—Safe and Secure Interior Design
Recap yesterday’s topics—happiness and hygge-ly bedroom decor
Today we’ll focus on Hygge in the living room
Show & Share (5-10 min)
What is your favorite hot drink. Do you like hot chocolate? Tea? Coffee? Warm milk? A special drink from your culture that is served hot? Do you like special added flavors in it?
Tomorrow‘s Show & Share
Socks and slippers for relaxing Hygge home time.
Covid Mitigation Moment (5-10 min)
Wash hands and sanitize, correct use of gloves
**Reader’s Option-Life Skills Story Quiz (10-15 min)
Answers at the bottom of this page.
PRESENTERS: this activity is optional and intended for those groups that enjoy reading and writing activities. If doing it, substitute it for the Thematic activity 2
Thematic Activity 02 (5-10 min)
Putting hygge in my house – living room.
Your living room is the common area. Make it hyggely to cheer everyone who comes in.
Look at these images and notice color, lighting, objects and decorations that make it feel nice. Discuss which looks make you feel good. Everyone has different taste so share your very favorites to see how your tastes compare.
Skill Builder — Decorating your own living room (15-20 min)
You can add hygge-ly joy to your living room in a lot of easy ways. Choose one or more of these ideas to try.
Seasonal collections look great around your living room and they are inexpensive and easy to put together
- Collections look great inside pitchers and glass jars
- Pine Cones, fruits and other natural objects on trays, baskets, and plates
- Wreaths - use a wire coat hanger to display a collection as a wreath - ball ornaments, ribbons, scraps of fabric, even wrapping paper can be put onto a coat hanger to display a collection
Sweaters on Cushions Besides adding more throw blankets all over your living room, you can make your sofa pillows look super hygge-ly by putting them inside sweaters.
Christmas sweaters are seasonal, but you can use other kinds too. Just tie the arms around the back or front and surprise everyone with your creativity.
If you can sew, you can even make the covers permanent.
Fire Safety Tips (5-10 min)
Red Cross: home fire safety
Story Quiz Answers
1. C, 2. A, 3. B, 4. A, 5. B, 6. C, 7. C, 8. A, 9. A
What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
