Intergenerational Program Database

We have found at our sister facilities Gorham House and Clover Manor, that the children’s daycare is a meaningful addition to the quality of life of all our residents. The children are here five days a week, year round. They become personally involved with residents in their play, sharing circle times, singing, parading through the halls and many other daily interactions. The special friendships that are formed lifts our resident’s spirits and reminds them of their own children and grand children. Keyword: Shared Site

Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site

Learning through Creative Play and Intergenerational Programming Keyword: Shared Site

Keyword: Shared Site

Kindness Creators Intergenerational Preschool is a private, Intergenerational Program that offers a unique opportunity for younger and older generations to interact and build meaningful relationships through purposeful activities, providing quality education and experiences. Keyword: Shared Site

Tiny Tots U Learning Center at SouthHaven is strategically placed within SouthHaven Assisted Living and offers both children and elderly the opportunity to interact with each other creating a multi-generational center.

Moving Memories (DAN 247) is a choreography class that celebrates intergenerational learning. UR students and senior citizens participate in a mutually enriching and artful mission of creating a performative dance based on a significant memory from the elder’s past. The class investigates transcribing narrative into movement, sharing all aspects of decision-making in the process. Social bonding opportunities via outings and communal workshops are part of the semester experience as well. The final dances are performed in culminating concerts at the senior residence as well as at the University of Rochester.

Middle-school students and low-income seniors meet weekly during the school day to build relationships and community. Students plan and facilitate engaging activities to create a welcoming space where all feel value, purpose, care, compassion and belonging. This multi-cultural group of students and Elders share wisdom of their generations and offer each other opportunities for a loving audience, sharing life-stories, cultural practices and tackling loneliness and isolation. The synergy created offers both groups a space for fun and joy.

The Intergenerational Landed Learning Project promotes garden based intergenerational collaboration and interdisciplinary hands-on learning. Our programs merge educational research and school curriculum to teach about and promote environmental stewardship, healthy diets and lifestyles, and social development. Keyword: Shared Site

Learning Cross strives to create a place that celebrates and engages the wisdom of our grandparents, acknowledges the power of a child's heart and mind, and gives praise to the God who makes it all possible.