Difficulty Low
Duration 45 minutes
Type of activity Main activities
Season Any
Occasion Christmas,Easter
Suitability Without limits
Locations Indoor
Tools
scissors
colored cards and papers
pencils
Goal
The goal of this activity is to bring down the holidays from the point of view of seniors and children and compare differences in today’s concepts.
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
- Seniors and kids meet in room with chairs and tables.
- They are introduced to the activity.
- Group is working in pairs and firstly they draw some typical festivals on colored cards.
- all cards are collected and mixed.
- Group is seated in a circle.
- Cards are placed as a card deck in the center of the circle.
- One of the kid takes the first card.
- The key word or drawing is the topic for following discussion about the given festival.
- It is important to highlight the differences from the past and nowadays.
- Each kid may keep the card.
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