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5 tips on reading picture books to grandkids across the miles.

Child watching iPad at Breakfast

You may be stuck at home far away from your grandchildren. But if you have some picture books at your house, you can help entertain … Read more

Grandma as teacher! Create learning fun for young grandkids for Skype, Facetime.

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If you were with your toddler, preschooler, or young grandchild in person today, you’d be teaching, right? All the time! It’s what Grandmas do – … Read more

Skyping or FaceTiming with a toddler or preschooler: some basic tips.

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During a video chat, our three-year-old granddaughter Fiona will sometimes lean close to her iPad screen and say, “I wish I could hug you.” That’s … Read more

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

  • • Charlotte, age 9
  • • Anderson, age 7
  • • Fiona, age 6
  • • Sebastian, age 2

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.

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