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ERIC Number: EJ644519
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2002
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0360-1277
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
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Pen Pals