HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-02-25 Award Roosevelt Elementary
Ms. Kampling's Kindergarten
"The Pathways" is an adult day health center at The
Villa on Greenwood Drive. It is designed to prevent
premature or unnecessary institutionalization of adults
experiencing strokes, arthritis, Alzheimer's, and other
conditions. Pathways utilizes health related services,
environmental design, the arts and humanities, and lifelong
learning.
Our I~dndergarten class as a community service
learning project, visits the dients at The Villa every other
week. We integrate our whole language curriculum with
activities designed to involve everyone. We have read
stories, drawn, sung songs, made and decorated cookies and
valentines together. We are getting ready to design clothes
to discover similarities and differences in fashion between
the generations. The children have lots of fun and have
gotten to know the people at The Villa. The adults seem to
enjoy having us come. They are friendly, good with the
children, and provide a positive intergenerational contact
not possible in the classroom.