Show your appreciation for your grandparents on Grandparents Day, Christmas, Chanukah, Valentine’s Day, Birthdays, Easter, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Any Day with a special gift! Or, surprise your grandparents with a gift for no reason at all, except that you appreciate all they do for you and want to show that by giving them a gift that represents your love and respect. The following online companies offer a wide variety of gifts for all occasions and styles. I know you’ll be able to find a gift for your grandparents. If …

Summer Poems
On a hot summer day, find a shady spot to have a picnic and some quiet time together to cool off. Bring along some summer poems to read. Take time to discuss the poems with your grandchildren…talk about what they might include in their own poem about summer fun. Write their ideas on paper, then help each other put the ideas together for an original grandparent-grandchild poem. Make copies, frame and hang them where you’ll both be able to enjoy them. You can send them to me for publishing, …

The 4th of July is a day for grandchildren and grandparents together to celebrate our nation’s independence and continued freedom. Take the time to talk about what the 4th of July celebration means to you and your family. Tell your grandchildren how you celebrated the 4th of July when you were their age. What traditions did you enjoy? Start them up with your grandchildren now.
Where there are grandchildren, there are bikes. When I was a young girl in Connecticut, we would decorate our bikes and have a parade through our community’s …

Summer Poem
Summer time should find children actively playing outside, having fun in the sun. Younger children love to learn short poems and songs to recite while they can move around. The following summer poem, Summertime, is an easy poem to teach children. They can move around and play, acting out the lines, as they recite this summer fun poem.
Summertime
See the shining sun.
See us play and run.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
We are having fun.
Watch us as we play.
We play and run all day.
Summertime, oh, summertime,
Please don’t runaway.
~ Author Unknown ~

Summer Poems
The change in seasons and Daylight Savings Time can be a bit confusing to young children as they awake in darkness during winter months and go to bed in what seems to be daylight in the summer when they would rather be playing outside. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) wrote a summer poem, Bed in Summer, expressing this perplexing thought in the mind of a young child.
Bed in Summer
In winter I get up at night
And dress by yellow candle-light.
In summer quite the other way,
I have to go to …

Father’s Day is almost here!  Are you looking for Father’s Day handmade gifts for a special Grandfather? Our friends at ZiggityZoom.com are generously sharing two of their Father’s Day handmade gifts, perfect for every grandfather (and father, too). Look what grandchildren can make from things they can find inside and outside the house. On Father’s Day, make the gifts together and make a memory.
Penny Frame

Twig Pencil Holder

ZiggityZoom.com has also added some printable images to be used on transfer paper for making t-shirts (in Activities section under Printables, T-shirts & ZZ Extras )  They have designs …

The following handprint gifts can be easily made by grandchildren as gifts for Grandfather, Grandad, Grandpa, Poppy or any special person to give on Father’s Day. Add one of the 10 Handprint Poems or other special poems for grandfathers found in Nana’s Corner Poem Directory to complete the gift.
Grandchild’s Salt Dough Hand Print Gift
What You Need:

1/2 cup salt
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1/4 cup water
wax paper
large bowl
rolling pin

Directions:

Mix 1/2 cup salt, 1 tablespoon vegetable oil, and 1/4 cup water in a large bowl.
When mixed, add 1 cup white flour and knead well.
Form …