The new programme, run by children’s language learning franchise Kidslingo, is called Kidslingo Together and sees care home residents and young children learn French or Spanish in shared sessions.
Kidslingo Together aims to improve emotional and physical wellbeing for all age groups involved and encourage interaction between generations through language lessons, which involve a mixture of music, games, Makaton, role-play, drama and storytelling.
The sessions, which last between 30 and 45 minutes, run weekly or monthly within care homes.
After a pilot project at the end of last year, which involved language lessons taking place in Scotland, Blackpool and Kent, the scheme is now launching nationwide, with lessons introduced in four different ways:
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