Starfall
Starfall: Grandparents Day
Select the correct words to help write a letter for Grandparents Day.
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Generations United: National Grandparents Day Activity Ideas
Some good ideas for activities that children can do with their grandparents to celebrate their heritage, including a downloadable guide.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Grandparents and Special Friends Day
This lesson was designed for our Grandparents and Special Friends day. It can be used for any visitation day, or an open house. The lesson is designed to review percent of a whole and the sector of the circle representing the percentage....
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Articles, videos, and FAQs on topics relating to parenting one's grandchildren. Materials are organized into the categories of health, education, legal, parenting, support, and resources.
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Grandparents Day
Learn about the history of this American holiday which is celebrated every year on the first Sunday after Labor Day.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: Grandparents Day
Kids learn about Grandparents Day. The history and facts about this holiday that celebrates our parent's parents.
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Helpguide.org: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren: Rewards and Challenges
Provides sound advice for what to expect when raising a grandchild and how to make it a positive experience. Can be downloaded as PDF file.
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Schoolsnet: Lesson Plan 2: Toys When Our Parents and Grandparents Were Young
Students survey their parents and grandparents to find out about the toys they played with as children. Then students use the results and older toys supplied by the teacher to compare toys from today with toys from the past.
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Aamft: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Article discussing the challenges of raising grandchildren, signs that someone needs help managing things, and where to get help.
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Aarp: Friends & Family: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Provides a list of basic information one needs to know if just starting to parent a grandchild.
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Grandfamilies.org
This site has a wealth of legal information for grandparents raising grandchildren, as well as articles and fact sheets on many topics, such as housing, raising children with disabilities, getting financial assistance, and much more.
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Generations United: Grandfamilies
This site has lots of information for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. Find out about efforts to affect legislation, and the challenges around housing, education, health, legal issues, and finances.
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Nhdhhs: A Resource Guide for New Hampshire Relative Caregivers [Pdf]
As the title states, this document provides information for caregivers who are not a child's parents, which includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. While the government and social service agencies are specific to New Hampshire,...
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Generations United: Grand Successes: Stories of Lives Well Raised [Pdf]
Read personal stories of grandparents and the grandchildren who had positive upbringings with them. Includes stories about well-known people, e.g., actor Jamie Foxx, Olympic athlete Felix Sanchez, and Barack Obama. The stories are...
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Child Welfare Information Gateway: Kinship Caregivers and Child Welfare System
A 15-page resource [PDF] for grandparents and other relatives who are caring for children. It explains what happens when the child welfare system becomes involved and what to expect, as well as what services are available. Includes links...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Describing a Memory
Students will be able to use a combination of drawing, dictating, or writing to narrate a single event and provide a reaction to what happened. This lesson centers around the book "The Song and Dance Man", a great Grandparents Day activity!
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Generations United: Grandfamilies: Challenges of Caring for the Second Family
A fact sheet discussing what is known about the prevalence and make-up of families where grandparents are raising their grandchildren. Describes legal issues, mental health challenges for both generations, housing problems, and obstacles...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Old Salty: Does Age Affect the Ability to Detect Salt?
Sauerkraut, pickled fish, pickled vegetables, kimchi, corned beef, processed cheeses, smoked lunch meats. Do you like these high-salt foods? What about your grandparents, do they? Do your grandparents seem to like most foods to be a bit...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Slinking Slinkies
Want to do a project with a toy your parents, or even grandparents, might have played with? Slinkies are fun toys that also make great science fair projects. In this experiment you can build an inclined plane to compare the walking speed...
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Grandma Always Listens
In this story, a young girl enjoys a book with her grandmother. Includes audio narration in 14 additional languages with text in English.
Unite for Literacy
Unite for Literacy: Family: Grandpa's Secret Potion
In this story, a boy and his grandpa prepare a 'potion' to make giant bubbles. Includes audio narration in 12 additional languages with text in English.
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Canyon De Chelly: The Long Walk
An interesting compilation of information about the Navajo Long Walk as told to the author by his Navajo grandparents. Good insight into Navajo culture.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Stroke
In this article from Kids Health, learn what happens during a stroke, how strokes are treated, and how you can prevent them. Strokes happen mostly to older people, so find out how you can help a loved one such as a grandparent if it...
OpenStax
Open Stax: Hope and Change
In 2008, American voters, tired of war and dispirited by the economic downturn, elected a relative newcomer to the political scene who inspired them and made them believe that the United States could rise above political partisanship....
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