Too many kids are spending time on computers and not interacting with real people or real materials.. I would like to get my 27 students as well as the other 4 classrooms of 27 students at my school to interact with people in a nearby senior center. Together the seniors and kids would create projects. As a result the seniors will teach and the students will learn. Discussion and shared information will happen as well.
Ideas include:
*taking apart and/or putting together small machines.
*hand work such as cross stitch, knitting, crocheting, quilting
*writing projects where we listen and write one another's stories
* creating Art

Students will be matched with seniors interested in sharing their expertise. Students will be far from their "devices" and interacting with people to learn new things.