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Discussion guide for “What my grandma means to say”
Now updated and available FREE (Download the PDF now…) This website now makes available the updated Discussion Guide for teachers, health care professionals and service providers, and volunteers who work with families in which someone is living with Alzheimer’s disease or a related form of dementia. JC offers the Guide free to not-for-profit organizations and […]
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My Care Journey features “What My Grandma Means to Say”
For family caregivers, there can be no better site than Bart Mindszenthy’s www.mycarejourney.com. Bart is one of Canada’s leading caregiver advocates and co-author of the best-selling book, “Parenting Your Parents.” The site is very user-friendly and provides family caregivers with a rich source of information and practical strategies to help them manage the challenges they […]
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Fat poems Tall poems Long poems Small
“Poems voicing the many moods of children and how they view the world…” Stephen Haines, reviewer
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Boot Crazy
“A charming story… We can see her years as a poet shining through… With colourful, jump off the pages illustrations…” Sue Townley, children’s librarian
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Talking with Kids about Alzheimer’s: “What My Grandma Means to Say,” a new video.
Here’s a video that shows how to stage “What My Grandma Means to Say” as a play for elementary school-aged students. Performed last October by actors from Prince Edward Collegiate Institute in Picton, Ontario, for 200 students from C.M.L. Snider School in Wellington, Ontario, the play kick-starts discussions to which kids bring their questions, their […]
Children Need to Know in the National Post
My article, Children Need to Know, on talking with kids about Alzheimer’s is on page A 19 of the March 28 National Post. http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Children+need+know/4513023/story.html
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“Welcome Winter” with Dylan Thomas and music on Saturday, November 20, 2010
JC, together with Allison Woyiwada, produces the third annual reading of the Dylan Thomas classic, A Child's Christmas in Wales, featuring Rob Clipperton, with Ciana Van Dusen and Scott Olson. The event takes place on Saturday, November 20, at 4:30 p.m., in Glebe-St. James United Church, 650 Lyon St. at First Avenue. Tickets are available from the Church, Compact Music stores, Kaleidoscope Kids Books or at the door ($15 adults; great for children 10 and over, who enter free.) Net proceeds this year will benefit The Ottawa Food Bank. Further information: 613 235 4144.
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What my grandma means to say