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Welcome to Egg Salad Week, dedicated to the many delicious uses for all of the Easter eggs that have been cooked, colored, hidden, and found (hopefully). You can also celebrate National Lingerie Week, National Playground Safety Week, National TV Turnoff Week, and Reading Is Fun Week.
Today is the anniversary of the First License Plates, which were required by New York State on April 25, 1901. Friday is Hug A Prom Sponsor Day, Kiss-Your-Mate Day, and National Hairball Awareness Day. Saturday is National Puppetry Day, Sunday is Hairstylist Appreciation Day, and Monday is National Peace of Mind Day.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
At Wednesday's 10:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. story times, participants will enjoy bird stories, movement activities, finger plays, puppetry, and make a pecking bird movable toy. Saturday morning's 10:00 storytime celebrates May Day with stories and a May basket and Maypole activities.
BOOK TALK
Librarian Loretta Clark provides this week's book information. The stereotype of grandparents places the gray haired grandmother in the kitchen baking cookies and the grandfather in his rocking chair on the porch. However, as a rule, the baby boomer grandparents are younger, healthier, wealthier, and better educated than previous generations. "The Nanas and the Papas; A Boomers' Guide to Grandparenting" includes not only advice from leading experts, but also from other boomer grandparents on how to become the best grandparents possible. They are redefining their image and their role while discovering one of life's most rewarding joys - the bond between the grandparent and the grandchild.
Another stereotype is that people "live happily ever after." With America's high divorce rate, few families escape the heartbreak of divorce. "The Essential Grandparent's Guide to Divorce - Making a Difference in the Family" serves as a compass for grandparents who are confronted with the conflicts and changes in their family resulting from divorce.
Dr. Ruth Westheimer's book, "Grandparenthood," talks about grandparenting as one of life's great transitions and discusses the challenges it presents. The book covers the different stages of the child's life and the special needs represented at different ages. In "Dr. Ruth Talks About Grandparents: Advice for Kids on Making the Most of a Special Relationship," she begins with the advice for kids to treasure their grandparents and to take advantage of the special relationship. In both books, she stresses that a grandparent can be young or old, live nearby or far away, be divorced or dying, honorary or stepgrandparent, but each one presents a unique relationship.
Two stories from the children's room provide insights for the child. In "The Fiddle Ribbon," the grandparents live far away, and the children spend the summer visiting and learning new skills. In "Big Moon Tortilla," the grandmother and granddaughter live together in a Papago village in southern Arizona. Grandmother uses a healing song with a story to teach ways to deal with a problem.
Grandparents (and soon-to-be grandparents) of all ages can find many helpful grandparenting tips at the Roswell Public Library!
DID YOU KNOW?
Corporate trainer Steve Chandler reminds us to seek enjoyment, not pleasure. The two are quite different. Passively watching TV may bring pleasure, but it is not a memorable experience, even if you watch for 30 hours a week. Spending a day preparing a big holiday dinner for friends and relatives is enjoyable and memorable, even if everyone eats everything in an hour. The bottom line is that enjoyment always involves using a skill and facing a challenge. It is memorable in a way that momentary pleasure is not.
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: "Age is a very high price to pay for maturity." (unknown)
JUDY ARMSTRONG, 624-7276
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