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 !!
What’s a Limerick? A limerick is a short, comical, and almost musical poem that can be particularly fun to read and to write. Limericks are often humorous, or border on nonsensical. Limericks consist of five lines. The rhyme scheme is aabba. In other words, Lines One, Two, and Five all rhyme with each other, and… Continue reading Linking Generations – Seniors from Summerwood Seniors Residence write Limericks with students from OLPH Junior High
“A person is known by the company he keeps….” …And you all have great company at your visit! Come play our Sayings & Proverbs Game! Seniors Test your knowledge and your students while reminiscing over common phrases. Check out the pictures in the Gallery !!
Linking Generations wishes to extend appreciation and utmost thanks to the Sherwood Park Rotary Club. It is always a pleasure to share our updates and news of our program operations. We look forward to our continued partnership.
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