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Remy Agee
Here’s a wintertime activity you can enjoy with your grandkids whether they live near or far, while you all become ‘citizen scientists’! Join the 2013 Great Backyard Bird Count from February 15th – 18th and help scientists learn what kind of birds are being seen in the winter and whether there are [...]
Remy Agee
Whether for cards or a special gift, this GRAND mailbox will add to the festivity of this year’s Valentine Day. Last year, my son helped his then almost 7 year old daughter create this Valentine Special Delivery Mailbox for her school’s Valentine Day party. My granddaughter loved it…and so did I. [...]
By Debra Karplus, MS
Want to feel grand about your life? Try volunteering. Whether you’re retired or perhaps you’re still working, a little bit of your time donated to a cause or event that you’d like to help support goes a long way and promises to be greatly appreciated by the recipient.
Volunteer at [...]
By Dan Nessel
Editor’s Note: To check out Dan’s article on Tech and Toys in the current issue of GRAND Magazine Click Here.
Want to get in shape for 2013? Try walking the entire International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This year CES was over 1.9 million square feet of show space [...]
Remy Agee
Want to do something more than just add all those cardboard shipping boxes onto the recycling pile? Why not use them to inspire your grandchild’s imagination and creative play? It’s so easy and so much fun!
Low tech cardboard boxes have provided generations of children with great play experiences… and earned [...]
By: Charlie Palmer, AKA, Paw Paw
Due to a power outage only one paramedic responded to the call. The house was very dark so the paramedic asked Kathleen a three year old girl to hold a flashlight high over her mommy so he could see while he helped deliver the baby.
Very diligently, Kathleen did [...]
By Debra L. Karplus, MS, OTR/L
Growing up on the North Side of Chicago, specifically West Rogers Park, was perhaps like coming of age in any other large metropolis. We attended Green School located on Devon Avenue, a newly-built school, erected to accommodate the [...]
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