My Grandparents’ Garden: Tick! Tock! The Patience Clock

by Aileen Kirkham ©2010

My grandparents’ garden is special to see

(Action: Use hands to make binoculars and look all around.)

They love to plant seeds of wisdom in me!

(Action: Move hands in planting motion, like seeds being planted in brain.)

How to fish, how to swim, how to bake, how to read…

(Actions: Pantomime each activity.)

They teach it all with patience, they take the time they need.

(Action: Use pointer finger to tick around an imaginary clock face, then say:)

Tick! Tock! The Patience Clock!

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Tick-Tock: The Legacy Clock

The clock tick-tocks, and time goes by,But know I’ll always keep in mindThe legacies you’ve passed to me,And here they are for you to see.

With them come my stories, too,That I would like to tell to you.

When I’m grown, I hope to shareThese lessons you’ve passed on with care.

Your wisdom, love, and patience plus, have built a legacy of trust.

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Grandparents & Grandfriends:Learning Legacies

© Aileen Kirkham 2010

All over the world, all the places you go,Grandparents care and share what they know.Planting the seeds of learning each dayTo help their grandkids along the way.

The seeds they plant are legacies—The things they share with expertise;A hobby, a sport, an art, a view,A loving way for what they do.

Listen, look, and you will seeAll sorts of learning legaciesLeft to you by those who care:Grandparents, grandfriends, everywhere!

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Grandparents & Grandfriends: Time To Care

Greeting Card Instructions

1. Print out the 8" x11" greeting card from page 5 of this .PDF and cut card out along the dotted line.

2. Turn the paper sideways.

3. Fold the paper in half width-wise so the printed side is facing out.

4. Turn the folded paper so it is vertical.

5. Fold it in half again width-wise (A) so the check-off pages are on the interior of the card (B), and the poem is on the front (C).

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A B

C

qBakingqBoatingqCleaningqClimbing a TreeqFishingqHikingqReading

qRiding a BikeqSkiing___qSwimmingqWildlife watchingqWoodworkingq______________q______________

I checked these off to share with you—

they’re what you taught me how to do!

qCompassionateqCourageousqHonestqHumorousqDedicated

qKind____qThrifty___qResponsibleq______________q______________

I checked these traits for you to see—

they’re what you taught me how to be!

With thanks from your grandchild/grandfriend,

____________________________

Tick-Tock: The Legacy Clock

Tick-Tock: The Legacy Clock

The clock tick-tocks, and time goes by,But know I’ll always keep in mindThe legacies you’ve passed to me,And here they are for you to see.

With them come my stories, too,That I would like to tell to you.

When I’m grown, I hope to shareThese lessons you’ve passed on with care.

Your wisdom, love, and patience plus, have built a legacy of trust.