Grandpa Richard's Kids

Here are four more ideas from Grandpa Richard’s Activities Book.

Take a trip to the airport. If you live in a large city you don’t actually have to go right to the airport. In smaller centres it is probably much simpler to do so. Park where its easy to see the planes, especially as they land and take off. Talk to your grandchildren about where the airplanes may be going, or how many people may be on board. Kids find airplanes fascinating.

Similarly, visit the train station, or a busy train freight switchyard. Again, kids are fascinated by anything loud and with an engine. Help them spot the different trains and talk about where the passengers or freight may be going. If you are checking out freight trains, see how many types of cars you can spot. If you have a digital camera you can “collect” frieght cars and make photo collages of them.

Go to the sea side, or a large lake. You don’t have to save the beach for summer breaks only. Go anytime of the year and collect rocks or sea shells. Maybe you’ll find an interesting piece of drift wood that you can take home, clean, and varathane. Let your kids play and run on the sand. Show them how to skip stones on the water.

Take them to yard/garage sales. Make a morning out of it and have fun. Tell each child they can choose a small toy or item. They can have fun chatting to different people, help you pay for things, and even get some good exercise if you walk or take the bikes.

Keep them busy with a variety of activities and they will look forward to trips with grandpa.