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Bridging Generations Through Gardening: Enhancing Understanding & Respect

Explore the benefits of intergenerational learning by gardening together to foster respect and cooperation. Activities include language practice, gardening sessions, and discussions on family history. Encourage positive interactions across age groups while reinforcing language structures.

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Bridging Generations Through Gardening: Enhancing Understanding & Respect

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  1. ITEC projectIntergenerationalGarden

  2. Whygardeningtogether? • I think ;by sharing skills and experiences, we can increaseunderstanding and respect between younger and oldergenerations.Forthisreason,I organized a couple of activities inside andoutsidetheclassroom.I alsowantedtointegratemycurriculumwiththisactivity.Lastweek’stopicwas ‘’to be in thepast ‘’and ‘’usedto’’ structures..Studentstriedtousethemand at theend of theactivities,they had toanswerthequestions in theworksheetsgivenbyme..

  3. I alsoinvitedsomestudents’ grandparentstomyclassroom..

  4. Bringing the young and the old together to learn from and abouteachotherwas a goodpoint.

  5. Theyoungandold ;both of themaskedandansweredquestionstoeachother

  6. Grandfatherssharedtheirexperiences..

  7. At theend of thelesson;wewentoutside;theytriedtoplantflowersalltogether

  8. Beforetheactivity ,studentstriedto organize theschoolgarden..

  9. Theyweresoexcited..

  10. Studentspreparedsomedocumentsforouractivity..

  11. Some of thestudentsbroughtplantsandtheytriedtoplantthemwith his/her peers.

  12. Classroomactivities: • Aftertheactivity;studentstriedtowritesentencesusing ‘’usedto’’structure.Sspreparedsomepresentationsandsomeposters.Ssdiscussedaboutintergenerationallearning in groups.Ssprepared a questionnaire. Thequestionnaireoffereda list of possible activities in which grandparents might engage with their grandchildren .Herearetheresults..

  13. Thequestionnaireoffereda list of possible activities in which grandparents might engage with their grandchildren : • Talkingaboutfamilymembers/familyhistory, • Shoppingtogether, • Religiousactivities, • Gettingthemreadyforschool/takingthemtoschool • Havingbreakfast,lunchordinnertogether • Eatingout • Gardening/cookingtogether

  14. Result: I had twomainaims: Thefirstonewas developing positive cooperation between the teenagestudentsandtheelderlyand improving the students’ respect for the others. Thesecondaimwastoimplement ‘’usedto’’ and ‘’to be in thepast’’structures.I think,theresult is positive. Creating practices that promote interaction across agesmadestudentslearnwithpleasure.

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