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Kendal at Oberlin Early Learning Center Earns National Award

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Kendal at Oberlin Early Learning Center has been selected by Mather Institute as a 2023 Honorable Mention recipient of the Promising Practices Award. Now in its thirteenth year, this awards program recognizes organizations that are moving away from conventional practices by developing

Kendal at Oberlin's Program Committee

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Published: April 9, 2021 Kendal at Oberlin has a rich tradition of utilizing its main auditorium to the max. Professors and musicians from Oberlin College lectured or performed in Heiser Auditorium. Ditto for Kendal residents, many who are former professors and musicians. Community residents showed

Creative Play for All Ages

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10,000 care settings across the world. “The Wii is ancient now,” says Michele Tarsitano-Amato, creative arts therapy director who introduced Tover to Kendal residents this spring.   The game, which contains a high-quality projector, infrared sensors, a loudspeaker and a processor that projects

Residents and College Students Connect in Oberlin

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come to a Kendal class,” Jill said. The two sessions in December involved both movement and discussion, with participants ranging in age from late teens to 70+. “I think the conversation was the most important part. The students had a lot of good questions and were surprised at some of the answers

Intergenerational Benefits and Opportunities at Kendal at Oberlin

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drugs 27% less likely to begin using alcohol 52% less likely to skip school 37% less likely to skip a class 33% less likely to hit someone Communities benefit, too, with an increase in social cohesion, mutual trust and common purpose. Just ask the people who live and work at Kendal, designated

Why Kendal Early Learning Center is Tops

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Published: June 28, 2024   When Jeni Hoover meets someone and says she works with children at Kendal at Oberlin she often hears this reply – “what are you doing with kids at Kendal?”  “I can’t even tell you how many times I’ve heard that,” says Jeni, who has been director of the Kendal Early

Kendal at Oberlin Supports Art Education

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Creating Art Kits For Area Preschool Children Kendal at Oberlin artists have been busy unleashing their creativity on designing art kits for local preschoolers. It’s a pandemic outreach program coordinated by Firelands Association for the Visual Arts in Oberlin (FAVA) and Kendal at Oberlin’s Art

Back to School for Older Adult Students

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the classroom online, so even distance is no longer a deterrent to lifelong learning.   What a Great Time to be an Older Student! Just ask Kendal resident Nanette Holben. “I am enrolled in an Oberlin College course focusing on Ukrainian literature and film of the 20th century—a reflection of my family

Meet Kendal Residents: Larry & Betsy

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Community. They visited Kendal in May 2018 and by Thanksgiving had moved in.  “It was love at first sight,” Betsy says. Adds Larry, “We couldn’t find anything we didn’t like.” Downsizing: Think Small Rodent Unlike most people who spend a couple years or more on the Priority List before deciding to move