As Tall as a Giraffe: More Illustrated English Sayings: Large Print: A dementia-friendly, vision-friendly selection of traditional sayings to prompt discussion and reminiscence

Traditional sayings and pictures to delight the spirit, evoke happy memories and encourage reminiscence. The challenge: Do you find it hard to connect with a loved one with concentration problems? Is maintaining conversation tricky? Do they find it hard to focus, or to read more than a few lines of text? Would they like some sense of achievement, while having fun? The solution: sharing a book of beautifully illustrated traditional sayings, created by an experienced adult education author, with input from a wonderful Assisted Living and Dementia Lifestyle Coordinator. As Tall as a Giraffe is a thoughtful gift or therapy tool for anyone with moderate cognitive impairment, or regaining reading skills after stroke, as well as hospital patients and residents in aged care. Fun to share with grandchildren, too! Each set of seven sayings starts with a ‘quick quiz’ page, with a missing word. You can read this aloud to your loved one (who may well supply all the missing words) or you can say, “Let’s read on, and find out the answers…then you can test me later!” In As Tall as a Giraffe: More Illustrated English Sayings , you’ll discover: A traditional English saying on each page (these ones are ‘similes’). An evocative, quirky or heart-warming photograph to match each saying, to trigger recollections and reminiscence. Extra large 22 point font for the quizzes, and 25 point for the sayings. Four themed sets of seven sayings, plus four ‘bonus sayings’ at the end of the book, for a ‘just enough’ reading and discussion experience, presented in a colourful, slim, light, 8 x 10 paperback, easy to hold. No reference to dementia (or other illness) anywhere inside the book, or on the cover. The back cover says simply: “Do you know these traditional English expressions and sayings? Try the quizzes, to keep your mind active, or maybe learn something new!” That this is just one of five books now available in the Illustrated Traditional Sayings series. (Click on the link to Unforgettable Notes at the top of this page, under the title.) Also perfect in waiting rooms, memory care programs and day activity centres, and for the vision impaired. If you value spending meaningful time with a loved one, giving them the chance to shine, and hearing about what matters to them, you’ll enjoy this book – together. Why not order your copy of As Tall as a Giraffe: More Illustrated English Sayings , to create that connection? —- ISBN: 9781922191625 | ISBN10: 1922191620 | ISBN-13: 978-1922191625