Difficulty Low
Duration 45 minut
Type of activity Main activities
Season Any
Occasion Any
Suitability Without limits
Locations Indoor
Tools
Old chest or basket; objects from the past
which the seniors bring along or the mentors collect (music cassette
old kitchen utensils
old toys
Goal
Intergenerational learning about culture, with focus on the past everyday life.
Intergenerational benefits
Understanding and relationship building
Understanding and relationship building
The activity promotes the understanding and appreciation of the attitudes, opinions, and experiences which different generations bring to the relationships, understanding and avoiding generational stereotypes and fostering tolerance of different lifestyles and an appreciation for cultural heritages, traditions and histories.
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
Intergenerational learning and skill sharing
The activity promotes learning and skill sharing among younger and older generations. It involves the sharing of positive resources that the young and old have to offer each other, especially the experience with novelties of modern times and valuable life lessons as well as cultural and familiar traditions.
Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
The activity promotes physical and mental well-being. It has a positive impact on the quality of life (feeling of self-worth and a reduction in loneliness and isolation, promotion of physical and cognitive activity).
Personal impact
Personal impact
Developing soft skills (like empathy, confidence, communication abilities, learning skills) and developing their own strengths and talents.
Cognitive skills
Cognitive skills
Supporting mental / brain-based skills we need to do anything from the simplest to the most complex tasks:perception, attention, memory, motor skills, language, visual and spatial processing, executive functions.
Community involvement
Community involvement
The activity increases confidence and involvement within the community. It offers a starting point that could have a positive impact within the community.
Step by Step
- The seniors are asked beforehand to bring along some smaller objects, which they used in their everyday in the past but are not being used anymore. If that is not possible, the mentor can collect such objects himself. When the group meets, these object are being placed in the chest or box. The mentor can decorate the box to resemble a treasure chest.
- A group of seniors and children seat on chairs, which have been positioned in a circle around the chest.
- Children then one after the other pick one object from the chest and try to guess what it was used for.
- After the child’s turn, the senior who brought the object (or who knows what it is) explains the function of the object and how he/she used it.
- Alternative: use modern object which the seniors might have difficulties knowing and then the seniors become the ones guessing the function of each object.
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