# FaceTime games to play with a 7-year-old grandkid

The best video-call games for a 7-year-old are short, cooperative and need nothing you don't already have: i spy, camera edition, show and tell, freeze dance. Seven-year-olds enjoy rules, fairness and winning. Keep score. Keep each round under 10 minutes and let your grandchild lead.

## What works for a 7-year-old on a video call?

Seven-year-olds enjoy rules, fairness and winning. Keep score.

## Try a split-clue puzzle

Below is a little detectives puzzle (ages 4 to 7). One of you reads the grandparent's clues, the other reads the grandkid's. Neither can solve it alone.

## 11 games for age 7

- I Spy, camera edition: Take turns spying something in your own room; the other asks yes/no questions.
- Show and tell: Each brings one object to the camera and tells its story. Grandparents: bring something old.
- Freeze dance: One plays music and pauses it; the other freezes. Silly and short.
- Story chain: Tell a story one sentence each. Grandparent starts with a real memory, kid adds a twist.
- Draw what I describe: One describes a simple picture; the other draws it without seeing it. Compare at the end.
- 20 questions: Think of an animal, place or person; the other has 20 yes/no questions.
- Scavenger hunt: Grandparent names a thing ('something blue and soft'); kid has 30 seconds to bring it on camera.
- Read-along: Grandparent reads a chapter book a little each call; the kid shows the pictures they drew of it.
- Split-clue mystery: Each holds half the clues to one puzzle and must talk to solve it. (This is what our game does every week.)
- Would you rather: Trade 'would you rather' questions and explain your answers. Great for finding out what a grandparent was like as a kid.
- Cook-along: Make the same simple recipe at the same time, in two kitchens.

## The muddy floor

Someone walked mud all over the kitchen floor!

AGrandparent's clues

- Your clue

  The duck swam in the pond all day.

BGrandkid's clues

- Your clue

  The cow stayed in the barn.

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