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Sites to See
We've searched the Web for some of the best related sites and
interactive tools.
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Play Time
If you want to have fun with your grandkids, iGrandparents.com is the place to play. It's got quizzes, riddles, contests, games, and scavenger hunts. If you live far away, the site shows how to send them online postcards or printable games, bookmarks, certificates, and coloring pages. Bonus: a family-history starter kit and a section devoted to first-time grandparents.
Hone Your Crafts
Do your grandchildren like to work with their hands? Then Family.com is a craftsman's paradise. Its Craft Finder lists hundreds of project ideas, weekly activities, and hot topics (ultimate kid's room, twilight games, backyard camp crafts). Sections are devoted to seasonal crafts, cutting and pasting, drawing and painting, sewing and fabric, and building and modeling. There are Chat Room, Activities Solutions, and Ask the Expert departments, a crafts supplies list, and even an article library with thousands of ideas and activities.
We've Got Ideas
Running out of ways to amuse the grandkids? Browse through more than 850 activities at Rosecrafts.com's grandparent's page in its Activity Idea Place. The site also links to stories, children's games, card and magic tricks, best sites for children, children fun stuff, super sites for kids, and Yahooligans! games.
Become a Cybergran
You'll find several interesting ideas at CyberGran. Especially convenient is its "Fun with Grandchildren" section, which divides activities according to the child's age (3-5, 5-8, 8-12, 12-15, and 15 and up).
Under One Roof
Open this extensive site, and you wonder where to go first. The more than 35 links and articles at GrandparentPlace.com include "Activities To Do With Grandchildren" (which comprises 13 other sites devoted to camping, cooking, entertaining, and vacations). Other subject areas cover baby boomer grandparenting, foster grandparenting, step-grandparenting, grandparents raising grandchildren, grandparents and young adult grandchildren, and grandparent visits.
Book 'em, Grandpa
OurGrandchild.com recommends some of the best grandparent/grandchild books available. Grandloving offers hundreds of long-distance communication ideas and do-together activities. Grandparent Power! gives advice on how to bond with your grandchildren in these difficult times. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Grandparenting is a quick "baby basics" refresher course for new grandparents. But our favorite title is The Nanas and the Papas: A Boomer's Guide to Grandparenting.
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