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A House of Rooms

Three short lessons for a life-review conversation across generations: a house of rooms, one gentle question in each, listening without fixing, and nothing kept unless both of you choose.

For grown-ups, from what RootsForge teaches children at Spark & Anvil.

  1. Lesson 1One room, one question
  2. Lesson 2Listen without fixing
  3. Lesson 3Nothing kept unless both choose
At the table · an elder and a younger person, 10 or older

Draw the house

You'll need: a sheet of paper and a pencil.

  1. Draw a simple house together and label five rooms: kitchen, front door, garden, attic, window.
  2. The elder picks the first room. The younger person asks its one question.
  3. Listen, say back what you heard, and let either person move rooms at any time.
  4. At the end, decide together what, if anything, to write inside the room on the drawing.

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