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5 Easy Video Call Games to Play With Your Grandkids
Five video call games for grandparents and grandkids that need no printer, no apps and nothing to buy. Easy to explain, quick to play, and good for ages 3 to 10.
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How to Read a Bedtime Story to Your Grandkids Over Video Call
How to read to your grandkids on a video call so they can see the pictures, stay on the call and actually settle down. Where to hold the book, which books work best, and how to make it a weekly habit.
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Two Calm Drawing Games for Video Calls With Grandkids
Two quiet drawing games for evening video calls with your grandkids. Finish the Drawing and What Changed? need only a printed page and a pencil, and they get children talking without being asked.
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How to Play Guess Who? on a Video Call With Your Grandkids
How to play Guess Who? with your grandkids when you live in different homes. One printed page each, a pencil, and yes-or-no questions. Includes a free printable with 10 boards.
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The Video Call Play Pack
Guess Who?, drawing games, question cards, a scavenger hunt, a bedtime story chart and ideas for toddlers. Free printables for your next call with the grandkids.
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Video Call Ideas for Toddlers (Ages 1 to 3)
Simple video call ideas for grandparents of toddlers. Songs with actions, peekaboo, puppets and show-and-tell, plus what to expect from a one-year-old on a screen and how long a call should last.
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How to Do a Video Call Scavenger Hunt With Your Grandkids
A scavenger hunt your grandkids can play from their own home while you watch on a video call. How it works, 40 ideas for things to find, and how to make it easier or harder for different ages.
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Short videos you can use on your next visit
Practical ideas for spending time with your grandkids, explained in a few minutes.
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50 Questions to Ask Your Grandkids (That Aren't "How Was School?")
Fifty questions that get grandkids talking on a video call or at the kitchen table. Silly ones, thinking ones and story ones, sorted by age, with tips for keeping the conversation going.
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So You’re a New Grandparent. Now What?
New grandparent and not sure where to start? Practical tips on how to help, where the line is, and how to build a relationship that lasts decades.
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The Best Grandma Nicknames, From Classic to Cool
150+ grandma nicknames organised by style — classic, cute, cool, young, and unique grandmother names.
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