This was a lovely activity. The children used the first week to write up interview questions, and the next week to conduct the interview over Zoom. Here is one child’s questions for one set of grandparents.

Q: How old are you?
A:_________________________
Q: What are your top 10 favorite types of cereal in the order of sweetest?
A:
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Q: What are your top 10 favorite colors in the order of beauty?
A:
_______________________
Q: When were your top 10 favorite days of your life in the order of awesomeness?
A:
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Q: What is your favorite treasure?
A:
_______________________
Q: What was your very most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
A:
_______________________
Q: What is your favorite picture you have ever seen?
A:
_______________________
Q: What are your top 10 favorite foods in the order of sweetest?
A:
_______________________
Q: What and where are your top 10 favorite places in the order of beauty?
A:
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Q: What are your top 10 hardest things you have ever finished in the order of scariness?
A:
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Q: How heavy are you?
A:
_______________________
Q: What are your top 10 favorite youtube channels of all time in the order of awesomeness?
A:
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Q: What are your top 10 favorite weird words in the order of weirdness?
A:
_______________________
Q: What is your favorite time of day?
A:
_________________________

I set up the time with the grandparents for the interview, got them started, established that we’d do all of Grandma’s questions first, then Grandpa’s. I stayed in the room to make sure they were able to understand each other.

I recorded the interview without their knowledge. I intended to tell them. I guess this is me telling you, Mom and Dad.

I recorded it because one time my parents found an unlabeled cassette tape. When we put it in the player, we found that it was an interview that my dad did with his mother, who had since passed away.