Summerwood Seniors Residence and linked students from Ecole Our Lady Perpetual Help create lasting memory scrapbooks together. Definition of scrapbook: a blank book in which various items (such as newspaper clippings or pictures) are collected and preserved. Check out the pictures in the Gallery !!
Many people think that scrapbooking is a recent phenomenon, but the history of albums, recognizable as something that we’d call a scrapbook today, dates to not only before the invention of photography – but also to before the origin of the word “scrapbook” itself. Scrapbooking is rooted in the history of printed images and in… Continue reading Linking Generations Scrapbooking with Seniors from SilverBirch Manor and Lakeland Ridge Junior High
Want to see some Memories of a Year with Linking Generations OLPH students and CloverBar Seniors. Check out the pictures in the Gallery !!
Many seniors are isolated, and they welcome spring eagerly. Spring allows our seniors to venture back outside, sit in courtyards or relax with the sun shining on their face. Our planting visit with our seniors and students brought excitement and anticipation of placing their newly potted plants on window sills, balcony’s and even in the… Continue reading Linking Generations – Planting the Spring Annuals Continues !!
Linking Generations is very fortunate to have such a wonderful partnership with Greenland Garden Centre. We know many seniors are isolated, and they welcome spring eagerly. Spring allows our seniors to venture back outside, sit in courtyards or relax with the sun shining on their face. Our planting visit with our seniors and students brought… Continue reading Linking Generations is Planting Spring Annuals
What is a Proverb? Proverbs , maxim are terms for short, pithy sayings. A proverb is such a saying popularly known and repeated, usually expressing simply and concretely, though often metaphorically, a truth based on common sense or the practical. Check out the pictures in the Gallery !!
We are very grateful to our wonderful school partnership with Ecole Our Lady of Perpetual Help Junior High (OLPH). Each Thursday over 40 students dedicate an hour to enriching a seniors life. This week, our OLPH students brought spring into CloverBar Lodge and Summerwood Seniors Residence. Thank you to Greenland Garden Centre for the spring… Continue reading Linking Generations says : SPRING HAS ARRIVED ……
It’s Planting Time! Linking Generations is very grateful to our wonderful partnership with Greenland Garden Centre. This year, Greenland ensured that our spring annuals were ready to go for our senior and student planting visits. Each team painted a terracotta pot and filled it with a different assortment of annuals. These will now stay with… Continue reading It’s Planting Time at Linking Generations
What are some of the first signs of Spring? What are some of your special memories of Spring as a child? What do you look forward to with the arrival of spring? Spring represents renewal and new beginnings – How do you celebrate Spring? If I had a flower for every time you made me… Continue reading Spring Has Arrived to Linking Generations
What is a Proverb? Proverbs , maxim are terms for short, pithy sayings. A proverb is such a saying popularly known and repeated, usually expressing simply and concretely, though often metaphorically, a truth based on common sense or the practical. Check out the pictures in the Gallery !!
