Kornmehl

Terry Aizen – Director of Kornmehl

Grandparents Day

Connections with grandparents brings numerous benefits to the lives of young children and highlights the importance of intergenerational relationships, which promote empathy, respect, and understanding. Grandparents play a unique and significant role in a child’s upbringing, providing love, support, and wisdom that enriches their lives. Firstly, the presence of grandparents offers children a sense of belonging, fosters a sense of identity and a deeper understanding of their family history and heritage. Through storytelling, sharing traditions, and passing down cultural values, grandparents help children develop a strong sense of identity and pride in their roots.

Grandparents often serve as a source of unconditional love and emotional support and well-being. Their nurturing presence can provide a sense of stability and security, especially during times of change or transition and promote empathy through their connections. This emotional connection fosters resilience and helps children develop healthy coping mechanisms.

In addition to emotional support, grandparents can also contribute to a child’s cognitive and social development. Their life experiences and accumulated knowledge offer a wealth of learning opportunities. Whether it’s teaching practical skills, sharing hobbies, or engaging in stimulating conversations, grandparents can broaden a child’s horizon and ignite their curiosity. Children can learn valuable lessons about compassion, patience, and the importance of valuing diverse perspectives, when spending time with grandparents. Encouraging and nurturing these intergenerational relationships can have a profound and positive impact on a child’s overall development and well-being. (Exert from Chat GPT)

We appreciate and value the special relationship we have with the grandparents at Kornmehl and feel privileged that they can be involved in the daily lives of their grandchildren as well as attend our special Grandparents Day events.

We celebrated Grandparents Day on Wednesday (Starfish), Thursday (Dolphins), and Friday (Seashells) morning this week. All three groups delighted their appreciative audience with their songs and dances, which were sung so confidently. Our special visitors were invited to join in creative craft activities together. On offer were decorating bookmarks, threading bead bracelets, playdough, winding wool around sticks, drawing or merely building with blocks, playing outside, or reading a book together.

Even though the room was full, it was filled with the sweet sounds of lovely conversations and the business of sharing, of enjoyment and of learning too. There were smiles all around. Everyone enjoyed a delicious morning tea together on the deck. Such a significant and memorable time of being together.

The feedback received from Grandparents was positive and the smiles on their faces during this time was evident of a very special and beautiful time shared together.

Many thanks to all our wonderful and super efficient parent helpers this past week, who came in to cook and bake and set up for the three concerts – Mrs Carley Mooney, Mrs Janine Silver, Mrs Talia Diamond, Mrs Sam Levis, Mrs Sophie Bloom, Mr Jonathan Lewis, Mrs Narelle Oxman-Smily and Mrs Lara Samway.

Comments from our children:

Freddy: I love to hug my grandparents. They help me do my Lego. They make me cheesy pasta and Shell makes me salty cheese.
Alma: They help your parents be nice to you because they are your parent’s mother and father. They teach me Hebrew. My Savta orders schnitzel and chips from Charcoal Charlies for us for Shabbat.
Hudson: They take me a lot around to lots of places like the park. I like having Shabbat with them and “G” makes me sausages.
Noam: I have two grandmas – Savta and Mimi. I love it when they come to my house, and we spend time together. I love them so much.
Ziggy: I have Ouma, Oupa, BB and Par. They are so special to me. Ouma does art with me. Oupa used to be a doctor. I like to hang out at BB’s house.
Dylan: Grampy is my mum’s dad, and I like to go to the park with him. Wawa comes to my house to play with me. My Bobba has a lot of toys at her house for me to play with. They give me lots of cuddles.
Drew: I have Doggy Granny – Janine and she has a dog and I have Fairy Granny – Lorna, who has a fairy garden at her house. They look after me a lot and bring me to school. When I am sick, they take care of me.
Teya: I have lots of grandparents. I have Shell and Poppy, Muriel and Mora, and Bobbi. Bobbi is super, duper old, like 100 years old! She likes to make potato latkes. We all have Shabbat together. I love to stay with them and have a sleep over. They cook me nice food like nachos.
Joseph: I have Nanna and Grandad in Chicago. I talk to them on the iPad. I went to visit them. I have Saba and Savta in Australia. I love eating yummy cookies with them. I like to go to the park with them.