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My all-time favorite movie as a child was the Wizard of Oz. Well, as I made my last post, I embodied almost all of the characters from the movie.

My husband and I are in the process of ripping out some shrubs so that we can put in paving stones and ground cover. It was hard digging — because of our rocky soil and because of the temperature. My hair looked as lovely as the hair of the wicked witch from the west. My eyes were as baggy as the lion’s eyes. I smelled as lovely as the witch’s winged monkeys. Afterwards, I was agile as the tin-man pre-oil treatment. And, I was as mentally acute as the scarecrow.

I’ve since had one or two hours of sleep since the other post, what little brain I have is working slightly better. Slightly. I have now realized that I should have referred you, my Dear Readers, to some of the previous postings and to some of the videos of activities you can do with your grandchildren during the summer.

Here are the directions to the candy bar game, a variation of the candy bar game, monkey ball, going on a lion hunt, secret codes, Zilch dice game, Panic card game, I’m Bored Jar, build and float a boat, rhythm cup game.

If you have successful activities that you have done with your grandchildren, please post a comment and share them with the other readers.

Enjoy!
Digi-Gram

Boy howdy it’s hot! It was only 97 degrees today. But, as we were doing yard work, it felt like 117 degrees!!

Some of my readers are very interested in doing activities with their grandchildren now that school is out. I’ve got several ideas up my sleeves. I need to finish writing up one activity. But, in the mean time, here are a couple of activities that you can do in the cool of your home.

A Wee Bit O’ Fun is a math activity. It is a square with blank boxes where you can put in numbers. However, there are math functions like add, subtract, or multiply between these boxes. The answer is given at the end of the row. You have to fill in the correct numbers to come up with the given answer. This activity is good for older grade school aged children to high schoolers. (It might be rather easy for grandchildren who are in high school.) Give it a try! It’s a wee bit o’ fun!

Baby animals is a very simple cross word puzzle where you have to figure out the names of different types of baby animals. This is fun for early elementary aged grandchildren to do. Grandma might have to help with the spelling — or even writing in the words.

Goin’ Crazy Maze is definitely a challenge for someone who likes to do mazes. This is more for older elementary aged grandchildren up to high school aged ones. This will keep a grandchild busy for quite some time!

These three documents are in PDF format which means that you can download them and then print them up for your use. You can make as many copies as you would like.

Will you be having a family reunion sometime this summer? I’m in the process of getting things set up so that you can get personalized puzzles and games that you could use at your reunion. If all goes well, things should be up and running by the end of this week (before I leave for OUR reunion!).

I hope you enjoy these three little activities.
Digi-Gram