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Fun Family Challenges to Try Together

Week-long family challenges that build habits, memories and a bit of friendly momentum — no prizes required.

The Journae Kids Team · 4 min read · Updated 14 August 2026

Challenges work best when everyone takes part, the bar is low, and nobody wins. The point is shared momentum, not competition.

Ten to try, one week each

  • Read on three different days
  • Cook one meal each
  • Photograph something that made you smile every day
  • Learn five words of a new language
  • Walk somewhere you have never been
  • Make something out of the recycling
  • Do one kind thing for someone outside the house
  • Try a food nobody has tried before
  • Screen-free evening twice
  • Record one thing you are proud of each day

Mark the end, not the winner

Finish with a look back at what everyone recorded. Children remember the reviewing as much as the doing.

In short

Run short challenges everyone joins, keep the bar low, and end with a shared look back rather than a winner.

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