Category — Reading Activities

Download Directions for House All you need is a rectangle shape piece of paper and a pencil. You can make your house as large or as small as you like depending on the size of paper. Have your child fold the paper into a house. They may need your help. Read a story about families or traditions and inside the house, have your child write or draw pictures about a special family activity or tradition. Stand it up to display. You can also use stickers that represent a family activity or tradition.

Because I love to read, I enjoy giving books to my grandchildren that we can read together. It’s always magical to share a story for the first time.  When I’m spending the day with them we sometimes go to the library and gather lots of books to take home. We throw pillows and blankets on the floor and just enjoy reading the books together. Often we don’t finish one book before we go onto the next. Sometimes we read the same book many times. Reading with your grandchildren not only helps them develop a love for reading but sharing a book together brings a closeness and creates a memory.

Download Three Bears
Read or tell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears then using the free patterns, have your grandchild write their own version of the three bears story.

Download the Gold Watch pattern and write special memories of a loved one who has past on. Attach a photograph if one is available. Invite your grandchildren over for a special night to share memories. It might be fun to include some characteristics your loved one had that you recognize in your grandchildren. What a great way for them to connect with their ancestors and it would become a special keepsake. If your grandchildren aren’t close enough to invite over you can send it in the mail.

You could share the book Grandfather’s Gold Watch as part of your special time together. It’s the story of  twelve-year-old Peter who receives a gift from his grandfather as he bids farewell to Denmark and sails with his family to America. It is a beautiful gold watch. His grandfather tells him the watch will remind him to ask himself, what have I done with my name? What have I done with my time? His grandfather’s words stay with him his whole life and keep him connected to his family.