Senior Citizens Help Young Children with Reading -- and Relationships
In a unique program in a Tulsa suburb, kindergartners and elders learn from one another.
The Grace Living Center is home to two classrooms of about 60 kindergarten and prekindergarten students, as well as to 170 elders, who are "grandmas" and "grandpas" to the students. Kids attend the center in lieu of the first two grades at another school in the district, then switch at the start of first grade.
Far from just a heartwarming partnership, the school housed in the GLC provides students with daily mentors in their academic and social ...
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I grew up without biological grandparents around, and my children are unfortunately in the same boat. Neighbors, older friends from church and other seniors help fill the gap in many wonderful ways. This school highlights the educational value of intergenerational partnerships for both children and elders, and this article should inspire other institutions to try something similar.