A Grandpa's Notebook Ideas, Models, Stories and Memoirs to Encourage Intergenerational Outreach and Communication

Lore adapts to altered circumstances and lifestyles, and to cultures and environments other than the times and places where it had its roots. The familiar may be comfortable, bu...

Realizing that Grandpa does well with stories, Grandchild wants to share in the process. One way for Grandpa to get the youngster involved is to have him or her suggest settings...

Grandparents, and older adults generally, are excellent sources for stories and activities that fascinate children. Plotting, writing and then rehashing such stories can be as m...

Stories for three to five year old children are best told within their range of comprehension and imagination; stories that tell of things, activities and places to which the ag...

One of the ground rules in writing my 'grandpa' stories was to keep within the youngsters' range of comprehension and imagination, and about living things, objects, activities a...

I responded that the parent review grandfather's wellness and what his self-image might be in the light of his past. Had he always been as withdrawn as he now appeared to be? Ho...

Stories to the World C'mon, Man, It's Only a Safety Pin! Memoir: The Parachute Rigger (World War Two) Memoir: Parachute Logistics (Korean War) Memoir: Logistics Planner (Cold Wa...

Too-Faraway Grandparents First Letter to a Distant Grandchild Too-Faraway Grandparent How My Stories Began Family History Scroll What's In It for You? Picture Postcards Grandpar...

Put Palm Trees in Your Stories Along the Ridge of the Dunes Gone Sailing Dolphins Alongside Snug Harbor Hike Visit with Two Seals Noises in the Night The Little Old Man's Strang...

A Bagel? In Space? Stobey and Slutter Fly to Super-Rock Playground Swinging from a Star Visitors from Planet Earth Sir Lumpalot and Kick-Pow Into the Stranger's House Bingbang B...