Intergenerational projects
In a world where generations often live apart, intergenerational projects between a nursery and a retirement home create precious moments of sharing, tenderness and transmission. These encounters help build meaningful links between very young children and older adults through simple yet purposeful activities.
Benefits for children
For nursery children, these exchanges nurture emotional and social development. They discover another rhythm of life, learn to observe, listen and respect others. Contact with older adults encourages empathy, patience and curiosity.
Benefits for residents
For seniors, who are sometimes isolated or lonely, the presence of children brings fresh energy. Their laughter and spontaneity brighten the day, awaken memories and strengthen self-esteem.
Children need roots, and elders need flowers.
Didier Pleux
Simple and joyful activities
- Songs and nursery rhymes
- Creative workshops
- Shared reading
- Small-group gardening
- Adapted board games
- Sensory activities
After the meeting
Back at the nursery, children often extend the experience through songs, drawings, pretend play and by looking again at the photos taken during the visit.
What children tell their parents
These moments quickly turn into little stories they love to share at home, extending the emotion of what they lived together.
