Author Archive for Carol Covin
A grandma to two, delightful seven-year-olds, one from each of my two sons and their wives. I am the author of a book of essays, based on interviews with 40 mothers and grandmothers, "Who Gets to Name Grandma? The Wisdom of Mother and Grandmothers." Proceeds go to bring a promising cancer treatment to clinical trials. I blog daily at http://newgrandmas.com, on how things have changed since I raised my grandchildren, how to get started writing your autobiography and fun things to do with your grandchildren.
What Can You Do with Sidewalk Chalk and Dice?
What Can You Do with Sidewalk Chalk and Dice? Addition A collection of dice (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Supplies A pair of dice Chalk Driveway, sidewalk, or other clear spot Instructions Draw 12 circles on driveway, numbering them from 1 to 12. They can be the same size or different sizes, the same shape or different […]
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How Much Is One Million in Sugar?
How Much Is One Million in Sugar? Big numbers A bowl of white granulated sugar. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) How long would it take you to count to one million? Eleven and-a-half days, if you counted at the rate of one number a second. This activity helps you see how much one million of something is. […]
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Go, Button!
If you remember playing Go, Fish! when you were young, you might want to introduce a different version for your grandchildren, using buttons. Button-Red (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Supplies A range of buttons of various sizes, colors and shapes, that each have at least two so they can be paired One large container for the buttons […]
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How Tall Are You in Pennies?
Conversion Sixteen pennies, stacked, is one inch. Large number of pennies (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Supplies As many pennies as you can find A one-foot ruler A three-foot yardstick Pencil Doorjamb Paper Instructions Count out 16 pennies Stack the pennies Measure the stack. It should be one inch tall. Measure how tall each grandchild is, first […]
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