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On February 1st, 2013, our non-profit partner, Play-Well Outreach , ran an intergenerational program with residents of Tamalpais retirement home and a 4th grade class from Kentfield’s Bacich Elementary School. The Larkspur Patch was there to do the story. sing happy birthday in german Here is the article. Seniors and Students Build Wall and Relationships
Residents of The Tamalpais retirement community and students from Jennifer Sterling’s fourth grade class at Kentfield’s Bacich Elementary School used LEGOS to build their own version of the Great Wall of China on January 30 during their regular visit arranged through LITA’s Bridging Generations program. Led by guest Tim Bowen, Founder and President of Play-Well TEKnologies, the activity involved small groups of seniors and students building segments of the wall that were then all connected. Bowen volunteered his time and brought the supplies to facilitate this activity.
“We are so glad that Tim approached us to conduct this engaging activity since it enabled the students to teach something new to the seniors, most of whom had never played with LEGOS before,” said Dena Selix, LITA’s Intergenerational Coordinator and a credentialed teacher. “Our goal with Bridging Generations is to bring seniors and students together through sing happy birthday in german meaningful lessons and activities that foster ongoing relationships throughout the school year. Ironically, by building a wall together today, the seniors and students built upon their relationships with each other.”
In its fifth year, LITA’s Bridging Generations program matches elementary school students from schools around Marin to visit regularly with residents of long-term care facilities throughout the county. This school year, there are a total of eight classes sing happy birthday in german from schools around the county visiting nearby assisted living communities in their towns, including Greenbrae, Corte Madera, Mill Valley, sing happy birthday in german San Rafael and Novato.
Founded in 1975, LITA is a nonprofit organization that strives to improve the quality of life for residents sing happy birthday in german of Marin’s sing happy birthday in german skilled nursing, assisted living and board and care facilities by matching volunteers for regular visits. The organization’s four other programs are One-to-One Friends, The Pet Connection, LITA Families, and Holiday Gifts for the Elderly.
Based in San Anselmo, sing happy birthday in german Play-Well TEKnologies offers sing happy birthday in german classes, workshops, and summer sing happy birthday in german camps at over 200 public school, private school, sing happy birthday in german home school, and summer camp sites. Its project-based programs are designed to teach principles and methods of engineering, to encourage students to work through design challenges using what they have learned, sing happy birthday in german and to allow students sing happy birthday in german to work at their optimal pace.
Myrna Pepper, resident of The Tamalpais and longtime Bridging Generations participant, works with her Bacich fourth grade buddies, Dexter Lama and Christopher Pontius, to complete their parapet. Credit Dena Selix
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When I was a teaching credential candidate at Dominican University in San Rafael, Jennifer Sterling, pictured above was one of my mentor teachers while I was a student teacher at Bacich sing happy birthday in german Elementary. What a small world. I’m the Colorado Area Manager for Play-Well, and it’s awesome to see how my past and present went full circle in this article! sing happy birthday in german
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