map reading
Play a game with your grandkids & teach how to read a map, a real paper map. Pick a town 300-400 miles from home & have them give you 2 different routes there. How many miles is each route, how many rest areas can they stop at on the interstate, how to figure mileage based on exit #s, what’s the speed limit. I know at least 2 guys who love to read atlases. There’s a lot of interesting info on them. If you don’t have a state map, they sell them at gas stations. LOL They may find out that mapquest or google maps don’t always offer the best routes! At some point in their schooling they will need to know how to read a legend.
When we came home from a ruined camping vacation, we couldn't use overdrive gear on our pickup. I had to use our atlas to find our route home by avoiding interstates. Saw the beautiful Ohio countryside on our way home to Michigan. It was a darn good thing I knew how to read the lines on the maps!
Just a thought while the kiddos are home over Christmas. :-)