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Fun Activities
to Do With Your Grandkids
There are many fun
activities to do with your grandkids. Grandparents often have an
opportunity to spend special time with their grandchildren that
parents may not get in the hustle and bustle of their work week.
When your grandchildren come to visit you, it can help to have
some fun activities pre-planned to keep them entertained.
Try a few of these
fun activities the next time you have little visitors:
Show Home Movies
and Photos: Show your grandchildren home movies or pictures
from when their parents were small. They’ll enjoy hearing funny
stories about what your children were like when they were small.
It’s fun to imagine what their parents were like as children.
Take time to share these stories with your grandchildren.
Record Bedtime
Stories: If your grandchildren are staying overnight, have
them bring their favorite bedtime stories along with them. Read
them to the children out loud, and set up a tape recorder in the
room. You’ll be able to send them home with a memory – their own
personalized book on tape! Years from now they’ll be able to
treasure their own tape of grandma or grandpa reading their
favorite story to them
Teach Them a
Skill: Do you know how to cook, sew, or work with wood?
Take the time to teach your grandchildren how to make a simple
recipe or project. Parents are often busy and may not have the
time to teach their children simple life skills. These skills,
if not taught by the schools, may end up neglected. Take time to
teach your grandchildren these money-saving hobbies – when
they’re adults, they’ll be very glad you did!
Play Games:
Spend time playing card games, board games, or string games with
your grandchildren. In this modern age of video and computer
games, simple games are often neglected and forgotten. These
games are enjoyable and fun – be sure to teach your
grandchildren how to have fun simply.
When your
grandchildren come to visit, be sure to have a few activities
planned to entertain them. Show them pictures or home movies,
enjoy a bedtime story, or cook a favorite recipe. You could even
take time to teach them a game that you enjoyed when you were a
child. Children need attention and affection to thrive, and as a
grandparent, you’ve got time to provide plenty of both. Take
time to enjoy your grandchildren – that’s what they’re for! Marcia Chumbley is a
work
at home mom and grandmother in Minnesota. She
is the owner of a
Christian Work From Home Moms
website
at
Faithful Grannies
http://www.faithfulgrannies.com
bringing generations of
Christian Work From Home Moms,
Grandmothers, Parents, Boomers and Families together
while providing resources, inspiration and affordable
advertising while balancing the work at home experience. She
holds a degree in Business and is a CMOM.
Article Source
CWAHGrandparents.com
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