Play

6 ways to engage your grandchild in fun and creative imaginary play.

Bring stories to life through playful drama.

Draw universal values from the movie Encanto to prompt meaningful discussions with your grandchild.

Collaborate with your grandchild to program real stories and games.

Kids are driven by two motivating factors when choosing what to watch—who they’re watching with and how they’re feeling in the moment.

The best way to connect with teens is to dive into their world through a lens of curiosity.

Designating a special place in your home just for your grandchild says that you love spending time with them and want to share their interests.

Explore ways to add learning to your grandchild’s play and exercise your grandchild’s imagination. Best of all, you don’t need to be a teacher or an expert.

Grandparents depend on video conferencing to chat with grandchildren. Yet grandkids can quickly lose interest if we don’t engage and entertain them.

What are those blocky images on your grandchild’s computer and digital device? Erik Leitner, an education STEM and Computer Science instructional facilitator and a Global Minecraft Mentor, introduces you to the world of Minecraft and explains how grandparents and grandchildren can use this video game to create, build, and explore together.

Our grandkids love to play Minecraft and Roblox—what keeps them engaged all those many hours? Todd Harris, a gamer and entrepreneur who has been leading video game and esports businesses for 15 years, introduces grandparents and family members to the digital gaming world of tweens and teens.

Grandparents can give children the gift of joyful, freewheeling play, where there is one essential goal: to have fun. We can introduce them to the games that kept us occupied for hours when we were children.

Imagine a child and caregiver playing together with blocks on the floor. The child places a block and the caregiver neatly stacks another block on top.