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Grandparents Day Activities – 8 Ways Kids Can Make Them Feel Special
Grandparents don’t require a special day to be remembered – every day with their wisdom and warmth is worth celebrating! National Grandparents Day is celebrated in several countries across the world, India excluded – but there’s no reason why it shouldn’t become a regular occurrence here as well!
Grandparents Day is the day to make one’s grandma and grandpa feel extra special. The guidance, knowledge and strength children derive from their grandparents is unmatchable. Grandparents and grandchildren often enjoy spending time together, so why not make a day of it? The activities can be a day-long affair, or it can just be a series of short and simple activities.
8 Fun Grandparents Day Activity Ideas for Children
Love and appreciation can be shown to grandparents by doing fun activities and spending quality time together. Here are a few activity ideas to choose from in order to honour the elderly members in the family. It’s important to teach little children about their grandparents’ lives – that’s how they will understand them and appreciate them more.
1. My Grandparents and Me – A Project
This is a grandparents’ day activity for pre-school. The kids should be motivated to read books like ‘Just Grandma and Me’ and ‘Just Grandpa and Me’.
Then the child will speak, and an adult will write it down accordingly.
Next, they will have to draw pictures of themselves in the company of grandparents.
They should be taught how to draw stick figures.
Exclude the head and have the body, arms and legs.
When they complete making the headless stick figures, they should draw pictures with the grandparents holding their hands.
Photos of their faces should be cut out properly and stuck to the stick figures.
The pre-schoolers can then add flowers or trees in the background.
The completed picture can be presented to their grandparents.
2. Grow Your Own Family Tree
This is an activity that the kids and grandparents can do together.
The kids should be given a large sheet of paper with a tree drawn on it.
The tree should have many branches.
A circle should be drawn for a girl or a square for a boy.
The one doing the activity should write his/ her name on it and stick it on the trunk of the tree.
The shapes of all the present family members –grandparents, mother, father, cousins, aunts and uncles are to be stuck on the branches.
Neighbours and pets names can also be included if desired. The names of ancestors can also be added.
This sheet can be put into a memory notebook.
Let your grandparents tell you the most interesting anecdote related to the members of the family, which can be noted in the memory book.
The parents can also recount what they remember specifically about their grandparents. Thus, this can be one of the best kindergarten grandparents’ day ideas.
3. National Grandparents Day Activity
On such an auspicious day, children should be spoken to about their grandparents. At home or in school, grandparents’ day events should be organised to honour them. Children can discuss:
What makes them special?
What do they call them?
Can they draw a picture of their grandparents?
Give them an idea to make cards for them and some extra cards too for older adults living in assisted-living facilities.
Can they make a small token gift for them?
Can they make a collage out of pictures of older adults cut out from newspapers or magazines?
4. My Special Grandparents
An interesting activity is to record an interview with the grandparents. A questionnaire for it can be prepared in advance, and then the interview can be recorded at a favourite place of their choice.
Is there something about my mom/dad that makes you really proud?
At what age did you get married?
Did you like going to school?
What were your favourite subjects?
What were your favourite games/activities?
What is your advice for me?
5. Cook Together and Gift a Keepsake
It can be really fun if grandchild and grandparent can cook a dessert, meal or snack together. The interesting activity can end with a delicious treat. Grandmothers love to cook what their little grandchildren love and enjoy. The recipe can be written and stuck on a plate to treasure as a keepsake. A warm thank you card can be given to them as a gift for their love and adoration.
6. Handprint Gift Activity with Grandparents
This is another activity that children can do with their grandparents.
You will require a stretched canvas, paintbrush, paint and stencils.
The child’s palm of the left hand is to be painted and pressed near the left corner of the stretched canvas.
Since this is one of the activities for grandparents and toddlers, the paint may be spread on a paper plate, and the child’s hand may be pressed onto it.
The adult’s hand too, should be painted and pressed near the top left-hand side of the canvas.
When the handprints dry, a lovely and memorable message can be written wishing them health and happiness.
The grandparents would love to treasure such beautiful thoughts of their grandchildren.
7. Sing Along with Grandparents
This is a fun activity that is wonderful for those who enjoy music and singing.
There are special songs written only for grandparents.
Singing the songs is great fun, and it also is full of sentiments and touches their heart.
When kids express such sentimental thought in the form of a song, they are filled with tears of joy.
Even better would be to sing along with them rather than dedicating the song to them.
The musical notes work wonders and strengthen the feelings of love for each other, and that is how they can be made to feel special on Grandparents Day.
8. Make it Special with a Forget-Me-Not
A fun-filled activity for grandparents would be to gift a forget-me-not plant. This plant is the official flower of National Grandparents Day. It can be made even more special by painting the child’s hand with washable paint. The handprint made on the pot can make the gift more valuable for them.
Grandparents give their grandkids unconditional love and knowledge. The grandkids, in turn, give purpose to the grandparents’ lives and bring them love, youthfulness, and laughter. So this Grandparents’ Day, help your child celebrate this special bond with one of the activities we have listed!
Also Read:
DIY Father’s Day Card Ideas for Kids
Know The Importance of Grandparents in Your Kid’s Life
Creative Family Tree ideas & Its Benefit for Kids
Best Games To Play On Father’s Day That Kids & Dad Will Enjoy
References:
https://www.brighthubeducation.com
www.childfun.com
https://www.thedatingdivas.com
https://www.educatall.com
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The tiny hands of a preschooler need time and assistance to master scissor skills. Preschooler-friendly scissors are best used for 3-year-old kids, so that by the time they start school, they learn how to use proper scissors. While introducing scissors to your child, begin by showing her how she needs to use her forefinger, middle finger and thumb to hold scissors.
How to Teach a Child to Cut with Scissors
1. Scissor Safety for Preschoolers
Before parents start teaching this development milestone, they must set some safety rules with them. Show your kid how to hold a pair of scissors correctly. Give her scissors with closed metal blades facing you and ask her to put her thumb in one loop, and forefinger and middle finger together in the other. Make it very clear to your kid that she isn't supposed to run with them and that she should always put the tool back in its designated place after closing the blades.
2. Gradual Progress
Once you are sure that your little one is holding her pair of scissors properly, ask her to cut a piece of paper along a thick broad line. After this, you may give shapes for preschoolers to cut out. Give her bigger shapes to cut first and slowly reduce the size of the shapes. See to it that the paper is sturdy enough as preschoolers will find it difficult to cut flimsy papers. When your child begins cutting, notice her hand preference; in case, she has right-hand dominance encourage her to use her left hand to hold the paper.
3. Advanced Techniques
Once your child has fairly developed scissors cutting skills, introduce her to simple hand-over-hand cutting techniques, ways of cutting folded paper, etc. After your child learns to manipulate her hands while cutting, she will no longer try to manoeuvre her scissors upside down. By observing your shuffling motions, she will also learn to control the paper that she needs to cut.
4. Interesting Paper Cutting Activities for Preschoolers
Snake slicing, fringes, and collages will help in retaining your child’s interest in cutting. Kids enjoy cutting play dough too. Make a snake using play dough and let your child have fun slicing it. Give colourful papers to your child and ask her to create fringes. Get some old pictures from newspapers or magazines and cut them out to make a collage. At all times, ensure scissor safety for kids to avoid nips and cuts.
5. Adaptive Scissors
In spite of all your efforts, if your kiddo is still unable to hold or use a pair of scissors properly, give her adaptive scissors. Preschoolers find it easy to control these special scissors while cutting papers. They are much easier to grip, and to open or close. They ensure scissor safety rules for kids as well.
Remember, teaching kids to use scissors takes a lot of practice. Is there any other easy way to develop scissor skills in children? Share your experiences with us. Read more
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One fine day , when everything is going well , you miss your periods, or you just hope that you have missed your period date! So this mood of hopefulness keeps on rising day by day until you finally take a urine pregnancy test!
Describing your thoughts, feelings when you actually take a pregnancy test is beyond all the words! There is hope, there is a surprise, an uncertainty, waiting time of a few seconds that feels like hours! And Yesssss it finally shows as positive!!!!! 2 dark lines in your hands!!
And there it starts. From getting happy, emotional, overwhelmed, teary to what not! It is the time when you expect the unexpected! Life is never gonna be the same again for the would be mommies out there ;)
Rather than a mood swing, I will call all this affair a mood roller coaster in which the entire family sits together.
1 St trimester goes off by just deciding how to tell the near and dear ones, how would they react, Should I eat this, should I exercise and so many things alike. New doctor visits, new uncertainties, plenty of advice , tips, restrictions are mind boggling. To top it off , if you do have morning sickness, then nothing feels more miserable.
Then comes the second trimester which is a joy ride! Morning sickness goes off ( usually) , you are more up and about , happy! Baby bump starts showing this time around so it's all happiness with delicious cravings, baby name finding activity, some rest, travelling (as it's the safest in second trimester), and just relaxing.
As third trimester ticks in , again the discomfort, misfitting clothes, increasing weight, increased bathroom trips, midnight eating, baby n mommy bag packing, anticipation, fear regarding delivery start appearing. The more you try to be calm, the more you become anxious, impatient.
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