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Intergenerational Play Education Session Topics

Transformational Impact: Designing Public Spaces to Promote Intergenerational Play & Recreation

By thoughtfully creating and programming outdoor environments with health and wellness in mind, parks can positively impact healthier lifestyles and promote physical activity across generations. Multigenerational spaces, recreation, and relationships sites in every community should be an everyday option to create greater understanding between generations as the population grows more diversified in age, race, and ethnicity. Fortunately, interest in using intergenerational strategies to create relevant community spaces, programs, and policy is growing. Our parks and public spaces have great potential to change our communities for the better. This session will explore Intergenerational design strategies aimed at bringing people together through purposeful, mutually beneficial activities that promote greater understanding and respect between generations.

  1. List three benefits of intergenerational play and recreation.
  2. Outline design and programming best practices that promote intergenerational experiences in outdoor destinations.
  3. Summarize a leadership case example of a community park that was thoughtfully designed to meet the needs of visitors across generations.
  4. Create a list of action steps to generate awareness and champion intergenerational play and recreation in your community.

Motivation to Move: Increasing Physical Activity for Intergenerational Users

By thoughtfully creating outdoor destinations with health and wellness in mind, communities can dramatically impact their efforts in promoting less sedentary lifestyles across generations. Uncover innovative solutions, explore case examples, evidence-based programs, and unique design strategies that inspire people of all ages to live healthier, happier lives through active play and fitness.

  1. Create an advocacy message in support of your community’s need/desire to intentionally address outdoor physical activity for intergenerational use.
  2. List three intentional evidence-based design best practices to increase physical activity in outdoor play and recreation environments.
  3. Outline two case examples of communities that intentionally planned, designed, and/or programmed a park destination with fitness in mind.
  4. Summarize two ways playgrounds and/or adult fitness equipment can be programmed to support health and wellness initiatives.