Adventures with Grammy is a proposed series of fun, educational books that provide grandparents with specific destinations for day, weekend, and summer outings with their grandchildren. The adventures are a mix of hands-on, action-packed, contemplative and thrilling. The activities have many levels of complexity and capture the interests of grandparents and grandchildren from toddlers to teens.

Travel is “stealth” learning; when kids are having fun, they don’t realize they are learning! When children study in school the people and events associated with the places they visit, they will have the background knowledge necessary to understand the significance of the new knowledge they are acquiring. That’s how learning happens—prior knowledge plus new knowledge equals true learning!

At a chocolate factory, grandson #2 announced he wants to be a chocolatier when he grows up. Until that visit, he didn’t know the word chocolatier, or that the career existed. After a visit to a video arcade, grandson #3 said when he grows up, he wants to work there. Grandson #1 replied, “You don’t want to work there; you want to own it.” Elementary school children are thinking about career options!

“Skip-gen” trips, grandparents vacationing with their grandchildren and leaving mom and dad at home, is a fairly new trend happening worldwide. Whether a day trip, a weekend getaway, or a two-week excursion, grandparents and grandchildren are loving their time together! The key to an awesome time is picking the right combination of activities—activities all physically can perform and find enjoyable.