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Hey, reading grandmas! 7 tips for reserving terrific picture books at the library.

“Can I Skype with Nanna so we can read books?” Isn’t that what you’d love your grandkids to ask their parents? Sure! Reading picture books to faraway grandkids is a terrific activity when video chatting on FaceTime, Skype, Google Duo, or Facebook Portal. (For assistance … Read more

Granddaughter mixes it up with Grandpa 2,000 miles away.

Our 8-year old Charlotte loves to cook. So does her Grandpa. The fact that granddaughter is in Washington state and Grandpa is in Ohio didn’t stop them one bit. The other day, Charlotte wanted to make a from-scratch carrot cake, from a book her Great … Read more

Video-chatting grandparents: your input needed by researchers.

Some researchers want to know more about how you and I and other grandparents use video chatting with our grandkids under 5. They asked me to help spread the word, in case you could participate, and I said sure. So … have you been using … Read more

Video chatting with a baby, including my 5-minute tip.

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As we have figured out ways of staying connected with our grandkids who are 2,000 miles away, my husband and I have definitely “made it up” as we go along when it comes to video chats. After all, I never saw a relative or friend … Read more

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I’m Jane Schreier Jones, and I’m the proud and happy grandmother of:

  • • Charlotte, age 8
  • • Anderson, age 6
  • • Fiona, age 5
  • • Sebastian, age 1

The bad news: they live in Washington and I live in Ohio.

The good news: I have discovered some things about being an out-of-town grandmother that have made my husband and me happily connected to these four darlings who are thousands of miles away. This blog is all about how we have made that work.

For more info on me and this blog, click on About.

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