Marian fenmore (8 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - You want to spend real time with them. You just don't know how to start. Most visits fall into the same few sentences. How are you feeling. Have you eaten. Something about the weather. Then a silence that neither of you quite knows how to fill. This book is three hundred ways past that silence. It is not a quiz and it is not a memory test. There is no page at the back with the right answers on it, because there are no right answers. Every question can be answered any way at all, including not at all. Nobody can fail at this, which is exactly the point. WHAT IS INSIDE \* 300 questions across twenty chapters, on the ordinary business of a long life: the kitchen on a Sunday, school days, the first job, the first car, Saturday nights, the neighbors, the dog that belonged to the whole street. \* A suggestion after every group of questions for when the conversation stalls. Not sure what to say next The book tells you. \* Large print throughout, three questions to a page, so one page is one sitting. \* A short foreword on how to use it: leave the silences longer than feels natural, three questions is usually plenty, and never correct a wrong answer. QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY UNLOCK SOMETHING What did the kitchen smell like when you came in from outside Who taught you to drive, and were they patient Who called you in at the end of the day, and how Specific things bring back specific memories. 'What was your childhood like ' brings back nothing at all. WHO IT IS FOR Adult sons and daughters. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives. Caregivers, care home staff and activity coordinators. Anyone who has an hour with someone they love and would rather spend it on something better than the weather. Twenty chapters. Read one, or read one a week. It is not a book you finish.…

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - You can read any story in this book out loud in about four minutes. That is the whole design. Four minutes is roughly as long as someone will listen without losing the thread, and short enough that you can read one, talk for a while, and read another. Forty stories set in ordinary American life in the 1950s and 60s. A book of Green Stamps saved for a toaster. A party line where the neighbor listened to every call. The milkman's horse that knew the route better than the milkman did. The night the television arrived and nineteen people came over to look at it. Sheets frozen stiff on the line in January. A first car bought for seventy five dollars with a hole in the floor. THREE QUESTIONS AFTER EVERY STORY Each story is followed by its own page headed Something to Talk About, with three questions on it and nothing else. Not a quiz and not a memory test. There are no right answers and nobody has to say anything. They are there for the moment when the story ends and neither of you knows what to say next. SET IN 16 POINT TYPE, AND IT SAYS SO The Library of Congress says large print is most commonly 16 to 18 point. This book is set in 16 point, on cream paper, generously spaced. Most large print books never tell you the size. This one does, on the cover and inside, so you are not guessing. Every page is numbered, front to back, and the page numbers in the contents are the real ones. You can stop in the middle of a story and find your way back. WHO IT IS FOR Sons and daughters visiting a parent. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives. Care home activity coordinators, memory care staff, speech therapists, and anyone who runs a group and needs something that works for a whole room. There is a short note at the front on reading aloud, and a second note for anyone reading to a group rather than to one person. Nothing here is frightening and nothing is political. Read them in any order. Nothing follows on from anything else.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. You want to spend real time with them. You just don't know how to start. Most visits fall into the same few sentences. How are you feeling. Have you eaten. Something about the weather. Then a silence that neither of you quite knows how to fill. This book is three hundred ways past that silence. It is not a quiz and it is not a memory test. There is no page at the back with the right answers on it, because there are no right answers. Every question can be answered any way at all, including not at all. Nobody can fail at this, which is exactly the point. WHAT IS INSIDE * 300 questions across twenty chapters, on the ordinary business of a long life: the kitchen on a Sunday, school days, the first job, the first car, Saturday nights, the neighbors, the dog that belonged to the whole street. * A suggestion after every group of questions for when the conversation stalls. Not sure what to say next? The book tells you. * Large print throughout, three questions to a page, so one page is one sitting. * A short foreword on how to use it: leave the silences longer than feels natural, three questions is usually plenty, and never correct a wrong answer. QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY UNLOCK SOMETHING What did the kitchen smell like when you came in from outside? Who taught you to drive, and were they patient? Who called you in at the end of the day, and how? Specific things bring back specific memories. "What was your childhood like?" brings back nothing at all. WHO IT IS FOR Adult sons and daughters. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives. Caregivers, care home staff and activity coordinators. Anyone who has an hour with someone they love and would rather spend it on something better than the weather. Twenty chapters. Read one, or read one a week. It is not a book you finish. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. You can read any story in this book out loud in about four minutes. That is the whole design. Four minutes is roughly as long as someone will listen without losing the thread, and short enough that you can read one, talk for a while, and read another. Forty stories set in ordinary American life in the 1950s and 60s. A book of Green Stamps saved for a toaster. A party line where the neighbor listened to every call. The milkman's horse that knew the route better than the milkman did. The night the television arrived and nineteen people came over to look at it. Sheets frozen stiff on the line in January. A first car bought for seventy five dollars with a hole in the floor. THREE QUESTIONS AFTER EVERY STORY Each story is followed by its own page headed Something to Talk About, with three questions on it and nothing else. Not a quiz and not a memory test. There are no right answers and nobody has to say anything. They are there for the moment when the story ends and neither of you knows what to say next. SET IN 16 POINT TYPE, AND IT SAYS SO The Library of Congress says large print is most commonly 16 to 18 point. This book is set in 16 point, on cream paper, generously spaced. Most large print books never tell you the size. This one does, on the cover and inside, so you are not guessing. Every page is numbered, front to back, and the page numbers in the contents are the real ones. You can stop in the middle of a story and find your way back. WHO IT IS FOR Sons and daughters visiting a parent. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives. Care home activity coordinators, memory care staff, speech therapists, and anyone who runs a group and needs something that works for a whole room. There is a short note at the front on reading aloud, and a second note for anyone reading to a group rather than to one person. Nothing here is frightening and nothing is political. Read them in any order. Nothing follows on from anything else. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Condición: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. You want to spend real time with them. You just don't know how to start. Most visits fall into the same few sentences. How are you feeling. Have you eaten. Something about the weather. Then a silence that neither of you quite knows how to fill. This book is three hundred ways past that silence. It is not a quiz and it is not a memory test. There is no page at the back with the right answers on it, because there are no right answers. Every question can be answered any way at all, including not at all. Nobody can fail at this, which is exactly the point. WHAT IS INSIDE * 300 questions across twenty chapters, on the ordinary business of a long life: the kitchen on a Sunday, school days, the first job, the first car, Saturday nights, the neighbors, the dog that belonged to the whole street. * A suggestion after every group of questions for when the conversation stalls. Not sure what to say next? The book tells you. * Large print throughout, three questions to a page, so one page is one sitting. * A short foreword on how to use it: leave the silences longer than feels natural, three questions is usually plenty, and never correct a wrong answer. QUESTIONS THAT ACTUALLY UNLOCK SOMETHING What did the kitchen smell like when you came in from outside? Who taught you to drive, and were they patient? Who called you in at the end of the day, and how? Specific things bring back specific memories. "What was your childhood like?" brings back nothing at all. WHO IT IS FOR Adult sons and daughters. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives. Caregivers, care home staff and activity coordinators. Anyone who has an hour with someone they love and would rather spend it on something better than the weather. Twenty chapters. Read one, or read one a week. It is not a book you finish. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. You can read any story in this book out loud in about four minutes. That is the whole design. Four minutes is roughly as long as someone willlisten without losing the thread, and short enough that you can read one, talkfor a while, and read another. Forty stories, set in ordinary American life in the 1950s and 60s. A book ofGreen Stamps saved for a toaster. A party line where the neighbor listened toevery call. The milkman's horse that knew the route better than the milkman.The night the television arrived and nineteen people came over to look at it.Sheets frozen stiff on the line in January. A first car bought for seventyfive dollars with a hole in the floor. THREE QUESTIONS AFTER EVERY STORY Each story is followed by its own page headed Something to Talk About, withthree questions on it and nothing else. Not a comprehension test. There are noright answers and nobody has to say anything. They are there for the moment when the story ends and neither of you knowswhat to say next. BUILT TO BE READ OUT LOUD * SET IN 16 POINT TYPE, on cream paper, generously spaced. Most large printbooks never tell you the size. This one does, on the cover and inside, so youare not guessing. * The questions sit on their own page with the story number and title at thetop, so you can hold the book open at them while the room talks. * EVERY PAGE IS NUMBERED, front to back, and the page numbers in the contentsare the real ones. You can stop mid story and find your way back. * Nothing here is frightening, nothing is political, and nothing requiresanyone to remember anything correctly. WHO IT IS FOR Sons and daughters visiting a parent. Grandchildren. Husbands and wives.Care home activity coordinators, memory care staff, speech therapists, andanyone who runs a group and needs something that works for a whole room. There is a short note at the front on reading aloud, and a second note foranyone reading to a group rather than to one person. Read them in any order. Nothing follows on from anything else. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…