Difficulty Difficult
Duration 60 minutes
Type of activity Long term activities
Season Spring,Summer
Occasion Any
Suitability Physically fit
Locations Outdoor
Tools
picnic blankets
Goal
The goal of this activity is to spend time on a farm, where seniors and children have the opportunity to see animals and to find out what the animals are bringing to us and how it was with the breeding of animals earlier.
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
- Meeting point for children and seniors is at the farm.
- Guided tour given by the famed family is recommended.
- Walk around to see cows, hens, pigs and other animals on the farm.
- Feeding the animals.
- Walk around to see machines, such as tractor, plow etc.
- During the visit senior and kids are talking about what they see, how things works and seniors are describing, what they remember from the childhood.
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