Google the term “Intergenerational School” and you are going to get a lot of hits for The Intergenerational School in Cleveland, Ohio. And for a number of really good reasons. Here is how they describe their educational model.
TIS is a free public charter school. Our educational model was born from the desire to create a..Read the rest…

Let’s define intergenerational literacy as the tendency to pass on literacy abilities or the lack of them from parent to child. We know this is statistically true and we also know that dedicated school reading programs can break a family cycle of illiteracy by providing school age kids with new skills.
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We couldn’t say it much better than they do on the Gaia foundation website, so here is what they say about their programs in intergenerational learning.
“Inter-generational Learning is founded on the understanding that it is vitally important for societies to ensure that the ecological knowledge and practices accumulated over generations is passed on through experience..Read the rest…

Road Scholar is a travel based website formerly known as Edlerhostel. They have a huge section devoted to “Grandparent Travel” by which they mean travel packages for grandparents and grandchildren. Covering mostly the United States and Canada these packages are meant for a certain type of traveler. From their website:
“Road Scholar Intergenerational Programs were designed..Read the rest…

Multigenerational Centers began back in the 80s as little more than day care and elder care in one building. Today there are hundreds of such centers providing a wide range of services to the multi-gen community. The focus remains on the older and the younger generations, but in most cases that is no longer a..Read the rest…