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Friday's Grand Connection Fun
ABCs—Give each child a page from a newspaper or magazine. Assign them an alphabet letter and see how many words they can circle starting with that letter within a minute. Variation: Can you find a word for each letter of the alphabet?
Pops and I can use this idea with our grands who are just 3 and 4. Although they really don’t know how to spell, they could circle individual letters or highlight each letter of the alphabet.
Okay, here’s one more of Doris’ ideas:
End It – Give your child a short newspaper or magazine story, but cut off the ending. Have her write her own ending and then compare it to the real one. Variations: Give her endings from three different stories; can she choose the correct one? 2. Match headlines with the correct stories.
Although our small grandkids won’t be able to write endings to articles and stories, Pops or I could read them an article about something that would interest them (such as a story about an animal) and let them tell us the ending.
I don’t know about you, but I need to get a few newspapers and magazines out of the recycling bin—for the grandkids.
Have a great weekend
Mary
co-author of The Grand Connection: 365 Ways to Connect With Your Grandchild's Heart
http://www.marymaywrites.com/
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4 comments:
Those are some great, educational and inexpensive ideas. Thanks so much for sharing, Mary, I know I will be using them. ......Elaine
Thanks for leaving a comment, Elaine. I'm also going to be using these easy-to-do ideas. -- Mary
What a marvelous method of teaching children to use their imagination ... writing endings to stories out of magazines and newspapers. Also, teaches them to read interesting articles. - Rita
Hi, Rita! It's good to hear from you!
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