Grandma Joyce & the Kids

This is an educational program designed to teach children about aging, Alzheimer's disease, and show how to visit and have fun with grandparents or other people who have memory loss. The 45-minute program includes story-telling, singing, dancing and role-plays by the children. Material contained in this program is appropriate for children from the third to the fifth grades. The program includes:

What happens when people get older
How memory works
Explanation of Alzheimer's disease
Story dramatization "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge" by Mem Fox
Role plays with the children using toys as a focus of visits
Singing and/or playing kazoos
Reading "The Magic Tape Recorder" questions from the children
Questions from the children
Awarding of certificates

This children's program has been presented in elementary schools and libraries throughout the country as well as at conferences. It often generates newspaper stories like this one and this one and has enthralled television crews who have come to film the program for their local stations. The children are given a certificate of appreciation and letter to their parents from the sponsoring senior living community at the end of the program. Children participating in this program have responded enthusiastically, as have their parents, here is what one had to say.

For more information about this unique experience for children please send an e-mail or call 813-909-0539.