In this 90-minute intergenerational program, teens (ages 12–15) and family members experience how to have deeper and more meaningful family conversations. Together they identify significant events in their lives and learn to ask open-ended questions that can cultivate stronger emotional connections in their family.
Families will:
- Identify significant life experiences at different stages of life.
- Explore feelings associated with those significant life events.
- Learn how to write and ask probing questions that can elicit a personal story from others.
- Storytelling
- Camp
- Congregational Learning
- Day Schools and Yeshivas
- Family Engagement
- Teen Engagement
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Mayim, our initial example of "Additional" Models, could be placed in a Multi-aged, Project-Based Learning, or Experiential Learning bucket. Mayim is a K-5 learning community in which depth of relationships and depth of learning are intentionally fostered and visible everywhere.
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Merrick Jewish Centre, Merrick, NY. Established congregants meet with families to share their personal stories about a mitzvah they are passionate about. Then families engage in an activity that focuses on that mitzvah.