The opportunity to participate in the TOY Online Course inspired Belfast Nursery Manager, Sharon Malcolm to transform the Nursery’s intergenerational experience from being a one-off visit for young children to a Care Home for older adults to being an integral part of the Nursery’s practice. Read her blog post below.
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Sustainable Skills Cafés: Older residents demonstrate traditional skills to young children
Diane Boyd, Senior Lecturer in Early Years at Liverpool John Moore’s University has been an advocate for education for sustainability in early childhood for many years. In this blog post she describes an exciting new initiative she has started in Liverpool –intergenerational Sustainable Skills Cafés.
Japanese Delegation visit Innovative Italian Intergenerational Learning Summer Camp
La Crèche in Merate, Italy have been running their intergenerational summer camp since the beginning of the TOY Project. News of this innovative Intergenerational Learning (IGL) initiative has spread far afield. Recently, they hosted a delegation from Japan. Silvia Porta, from La Crèche, writes about the experience in this blog.
Primary school pupils interview older people about the history of war in their neighbourhood
Getting to know someone’s personal experience of an historical event by meeting them can be a richer learning experience than reading about the event in a book.
Intergenerational learning in public space: promoting young children’s citizenship
Read Tim Waller’s blog about the BRIC project designed to promote community engagement with young children in public space in England, Italy and Sweden.
