Generations Together

Generations Together provides Preschool/Child Care for children from six weeks to five years, before and after school care, Academic Kindergarten, summer camp for school-age children, and care for older adults Monday through Friday.

A Design for the Generations

• Generations Together is the first facility in Michigan built specifically to link the generations.
• Generations Together meets and complies with all State of Michigan policies and is recognized as a licensed child care center.
• Our 12,000-square foot building, entirely barrier-free, is set in a wooded, natural setting next to Creekside Intermediate School (formerly Dexter High School) on Baker Road. The physical and social environment encourages contact between the generations without forcing it. Each age group has its own areas, its own activities, its own program director, and its own specially trained staff.
• Three fenced outdoor play areas are designated for children, while a sun porch and deck overlooking a mill pond and mature pine trees are quiet spaces reserved for our seniors.
• Shared areas include a "Town Square" lobby, year-round indoor greenhouse, and outdoor deck and patio.

Our Concept of Care

Our concept of care is based on meeting everyone's needs as an individual. A toddler needs a safe, fun way to explore this big, wide world. A four-year-old needs to learn about friendship and accomplishment. An older adult needs to maintain independence and dignity. This is where we begin.

Then we add the tremendous benefits of intergenerational care. Young children and older adults have something in common that is all too rare for the rest of us: time. Time to share, to laugh, to play games. Time to plant sees and watch a garden grow. Time to watch the birds at the feeder and learn their names. Time to sing "I've been workin' on the railroad"-again. At Generations Together, this time can be shared.

Reuniting youngsters with their elders brings a joy of companionship that promotes good health, good feelings about life, a love of today, and an interest in tomorrow.

We invite you to come and visit Generations Together. It is more than just a center for older adults and children. It is a return to a way of life where those who are growing older and those who are growing up share their days and their dreams.

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