THIS IS WHAT A GRAND CAMP LOOKS LIKE
Real grandchildren. Real projects. Real discoveries.
For thirteen summers, six grandchildren explored everything from art and history to electronics, biotechnology, engineering, and the wider world.
Hands on biotechnology
Hands on biotechnology
MORE THAN ACTIVITIES. A WAY OF LEARNING TOGETHER.
Grand Camps doesn't turn grandparents into schoolteachers. It gives them a way to follow a child's curiosity into new subjects they can explore together.
START WITH CURIOSITY
A question, an experiment, a trip, or a project becomes the doorway to something larger.
MAKE BIG IDEAS ACCESSIBLE
Children can explore surprisingly sophisticated subjects when they can see them, build them, test them, and ask questions about them.
LEARN BY DOING
Make a movie. Build an electronic device. Explore DNA. Create art. Visit the places where history happened.
LEARN FROM EACH OTHER
The grandparent brings experience and perspective. The child brings questions, imagination, and a fresh way of seeing things. Both generations learn—and both see the world a little differently afterward.
THREE BOOKS THAT GROW WITH THE CHILD
The Grand Camps series follows children from approximately ages 6 through 12. As they grow, the adventures grow with them—from imagination, nature, art, and simple science to engineering, history, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and questions about the future.
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BOOK ONE · AGES 6–7
Wonder, imagination & discovery
BOOK TWO · AGES 8–9
Building, experimenting & creating
BOOK THREE · AGES 10–12
Big ideas, technology & the future
THE BIGGER IDEA BEHIND GRAND CAMPS
Grandparents possess experience and perspective that can easily go unshared; children have unprecedented access to information but need judgment and a sense of responsibility; meaningful projects give generations a reason to learn and talk together. I call this Generational Stewardship—intentionally passing knowledge, curiosity, values, judgment, and responsibility from one generation to the next.