Enjoying time with your brother or sister

Many siblings enjoy spending time with their brother or sister. The type of things you can do together will depend on how close you live together, how well you get on (as with any sibling relationship), and your brother or sister's ability to participate in the sort of activities that you enjoy. You may have been doing the same things together for years and need a bit of encouragement to try some new activities together.

Some ideas to get you thinking

Visual based activities - going to the cinema, visiting an art gallery or outdoor sculpture park, looking at family photo albums together, bird watching, playing on Wii, going to the theatre, going to a football or cricket match,...

Kinesthetic based activities (being able to touch things or use your body) - riding a bike together on a tandem or chair-bike, abseiling, trampolining, swimming, painting, sledging at a snow-dome, dancing, getting a massage or a beauty treatment, jacuzzi...

Auditory based activities (listening to things) - listening to an audiobook, downloading some music from the internet, singing aloud together, going to a music workshop together (e.g.drumming), karaoke, attending concerts and festivals, identifying birds in the garden by their song, recording a family member reminiscing about the past and listening together later, getting free tickets to sit in on a radio or TV show recording..

Food based activities - going out for a meal, tasting ice-creams, preparing food together, going strawberry picking, cheese and wine tasting, visiting a restuarant with an ethnic food you haven't tried before, making juices and smoothies, buying at a speciality foodshop together...

Smell based activities - visiting a scented garden, buying perfume together, aromatherapy, guided tour of a brewery or chocolate factory, going to the sea,..

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