We are living in complicated times. There’s plenty we can reflect on about 2020 and its impacts on our families, our professions and our relationships. And with the arrival of 2021, the conversations have only become more complex. Explaining the world to our children and our students is no easy task. In order to set up our students for success, we need to seek out culturally and linguistically diverse viewpoints.
Tag: Intergenerational programs
Actual Fun for All Ages
In recent years, libraries have led the way modelling early literacy and learning behaviors for adults to share with the children in their lives. But the intergenerational fun shouldn’t stop after preschool. With programs that families can enjoy together, libraries encourage shared learning by school-age children, and their younger sibling, and their older siblings, and their grandparents, and their aunts and uncles, and their friends . . . .