Strategies To Expand a Pen Pal Program from Simple Letters into a Full Intergenerational Experience.

Kiernan, Holly Way; Mosher-Ashley, Pearl M.

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ERIC Number: EJ644519

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Publication Date: 2002

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Strategies To Expand a Pen Pal Program from Simple Letters into a Full Intergenerational Experience.

Kiernan, Holly Way; Mosher-Ashley, Pearl M.

Educational Gerontology, v28 n4 p337-45 Apr 2002

The Senior Pen Pal Program began as an exchange of letters between first graders and older adults. Structured group visits between the classroom and the senior center, a holiday concert, and assigned readings about aging expanded the reach of the intergenerational program. (SK)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 1, Intergenerational Programs, Letters (Correspondence), Older Adults

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Language: English

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