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Stories and ideas for time together.

Small, screen-free ways to be with the people you love: at the holiday table, by the tree, over an old photo album. Written with care, and checked against the research.

A grandmother in a red Christmas apron kneading dough with her small granddaughter at the kitchen counter

Featured · Holidays together

Christmas activities with grandparents: 15 screen-free ideas

The moments people keep are rarely the presents. They are the kitchen, the card game, the story told by the tree lights. Here are fifteen simple ways to make room for them this year.

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An older woman's hands hold a pair of round reading glasses by the arms, in front of a soft brick wall

Puzzles & the mind

Large print word search

How to choose a large print word search, print it at full size, and free sheets to start with.

Overhead view of hands sharing pumpkin pie, braided bread and cranberry drinks on a wooden table scattered with autumn leaves

Holidays together

Thanksgiving table games for families

Gratitude rounds, story games and a puzzle race for the lull between turkey and pie.

Hands holding open an old family photo album filled with black-and-white snapshots

Grandparents & generations

Questions to ask your grandparents about their life

Forty-eight prompts about childhood, love, work and holidays, and how to keep the answers.

A smiling grandfather in glasses sitting at a table with his small grandchildren and a colorful foam letter mat

Puzzles & the mind

Are word searches good for your brain? What the research says

What a big study found about word puzzles and the aging brain, what it cannot prove, and why sharing matters.

Something to print tonight

Free large-print word searches with an answer key. No sign-up, just print and share.

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