"Grandparenting is a gift
between two people at the opposite ends of their journey." ~Judy Ford "Wonderful Ways
to Love a Grandchild"
If your grandchildren do not
have a computer at home, get them a free e-mail account. They can then
receive e-mail at their local public library. Ours provides free Internet
access for everyone! Our favorites are:
Send e-cards for all occasions.
It's easy to do. Our grandchildren love the cards from
Care
Mail and Blue Mountain Arts Blue Mountain Arts has
an option where you can add your own voice to the greeting. There are also
many others. Just search for free greeting cards. Most sites have a children's
section.
Start your own simple homepage.
You do not need to know html coding or anything complicated. Check out
our
Exchange weekly letters on
a particular topic chosen by the two of you- e.g. "Things that Make me
Happy or Sad" (younger children) or "War" or "Youth Crime" (older children).
There are more ideas for subject matter at Grandletters.
Share your feelings and thoughts, and, if you have a drawing program or
a scanner, your own personal drawings on the topic. There are reviews and
ordering information about drawing software like Microsoft Photo Draw and
Corel Draw at CNET.com.
Register for a free and private
passworded family website at My Family.com.
You will get a private family chat room where you and your grandchildren
can visit and a photo album and calendar of events and birthdays that everyone
in the family can add to.
Make a gift for your grandchildren
by assembling a directory of sites about their favorite subject- pictures,
facts, stories.
With your grandchildren, make
both a online copy and a hard copy of a scrapbook of all your Internet
correspondence, pictures, and activities. Look at it together frequently
and remember.