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February 2014 Newsletter

Dear Members and Friends,

Meet Marcia Kaiser.  

Those of you who read her blog, The Grand Life, on our website know she has a thoughtful perspective on being a grandparent.  

Readers who haven't found her yet will be very pleased when you do.

This month we feature Marcia's post, "One Thousand Books, Grandma?" for your enjoyment.  Her humor and grace shines through the piece.  The joy she reflects as grandma is positive indeed.

 One Thousand Books, Grandma?

                   By Marcia Kaiser


Winnie is approaching her sixth month and already she has favorite books. Though she can't articulate her criteria, it's easy to see how the colors and texture and repetitive phrases delight her. Her family is careful to select books that respect her intelligence, her sensibilities, and her growing attention span. But if the books just decorate her shelves she'll never reach the 1,000 mark.

What is the 1,000 mark? According to Mem Fox, children's author and early literacy advocate, children should be read to many times in the course of a day. ",,,read at least three stories a day; it may be the same story three times. Children need to hear a thousand stories before they can begin to learn to read. Or the same story a thousand times." Whew! 
 
Enter grandparents. What a pleasure to help with this challenge! Sitting with our grandbabies on our laps, watching their fingers help turn the pages, we can read to our hearts' content. The softness of our voices, our intonation, our delight in certain words, our interpretation of what we see, all wrapped up with loving arms equates the reading experience with softness, delight, and love.
 
For me, all those years ago, it was Nurse Nancy and Doctor Squash The Doll Doctor and The Pokey Little Puppy and more. Mem Fox wasn't writing books yet when my mother first read to me, but I'm sure we hit 1,000 hours early on.

So, it's Goodnight Moon and Alpha Blocks and, yes, The Pokey Little Puppy with Winnie. Books and my granddaughter in my arms. Pinch me.
 


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