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Is Electronic Media Making Smarter Babies? Editor’s Note: If you keep up with technology, you’ve probably heard about BabyFirst, a new TV program for infants. If you haven’t you can check out the following article from the public relations firm representing BabyFirst. Our grandparent readers put safety first when it comes to their grand [...]
By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L
Girls just wanna to have fun, bellowed 1980s pop music icon Cyndi Lauper. Eternally young, this baby boomer was actually born in the early 1950s and is the same age as many of today’s grandparents. Lauper, probably no pauper, might have encouraged not [...]
It’s the perfect time to exercise your grandkids’ minds
By Brenda Zofrea
Don’t let summer fun mean “summer slide” for your grandkids. Summer slide is the term that refers to the learning gains that children lose when they’re not reading and involved in educational activities over the summer. So why is preventing summer slide [...]
By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L
Searching for some new ideas of activities to try with your grandchildren? Kids of all ages love to tell, write, and illustrate short and not-so-shortstories. Whatever the season, wherever you are, you and your grandchildren can write stories together. Out [...]
In Grandparentland the streets are paved with unconditional love, and grandchildren always seem to have the right of way. It’s as if these little guys and gals were putting up kid-friendly road signs that compel you to do their bidding.
STOP for Häagen-Dazs when grandchildren are present
GO directly to [...]
By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L
You have fond memories of the alone time you spent with your grandparents. Now that you are a grandparent, you know that one of life’s greatest joys is to have to the little ones or not-so-little ones at [...]
The month of June is full of fun ideas for activities for you and your grandchildren of all ages! Here are some different celebrations you may never have heard of, yet they offer lots of fun for a summer day, creating wonderful childhood memories.
June 1st : Flip a Coin Day
A day [...]
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