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June’s Odd Holidays = School Readiness Fun and More!

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 [...]

Keep ‘Em Moving: Good for You; Good for Your Grands!

Name one thing you can do together that has health benefits – and more – for both you and your grandchildren. Give up? Get moving!

All kinds of movement. From walking and stretching to moving to music and playing physically active games.

Somehow, warmer weather and long, sunny days make us want to be more [...]

Cooking Up Fun

Remy Agee

1 kitchen + 1 grand + 1 grandchild (or more!) = a delicious recipe for learning

Warm weather, longer daylight hours, end of the school year, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day — these are all ingredients for cooking up some great fun with your grandkids. I mean, literally, cooking!

When children cook, they’re [...]

Spontaneous Outdoor Fun: Your Own Obstacle Course!

The days are getting warmer and longer. And the great outdoors is just waiting for you and your grands.

 

Here’s a terrific ‘any time’ activity that can be designed by your grandchildren, by you or a combination. And, there are so many ways to enjoy it. What is ‘it’? Your very own obstacle [...]

What do tennis balls, aluminum foil, paper cups and socks have in common?

These are four of my favorite – yet unexpected – school readiness activities. And, there are almost endless ways to use these common, everyday items to enjoy learning opportunities with your grands. Best of all: These are perfect for indoor activity during the winter months or on rainy days year ’round.

How do I know? [...]

Ohanarama – As grandparents let’s hop aboard this “play” train.

Sharon Couto – Grandmother blogger on momgenerations.com

As grandparents, lets’s hop aboard the technology “play” train with OHANARAMA.

When I was a child in the 50′s, I played with pull toys and chime pull toys (very technologically advanced!), toy soldiers and cowboys (I have 2 brothers) and dolls.

When I was 6 or 7, [...]

Wide-Eyed & Full of Wonder

Remy Agee

It’s almost spring. Soon nature will be alive again! Perfect time to recapture your own child-like sense of wonder and nurture it in your grandchildren! Inspire them to want to know more, explore more, experience more, and be “wowed” by learning through discovery and hands-on activities that abound this time of [...]