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SUMMARY: What can a 5-year-old learn from a 95-year-old? At Seattle’s Providence Mount St. Vincent nursing home, that question is answered daily. You see, “The Mount” also houses a child care center of 125 tots. And the full cycle of life on display is magic. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports.
MARY MCGOVERN, Resident, Providence Mount St. Vincent: What do you see?
CHILD: A brown bear.
CHILD: A brown bear.
CAT WISE (NewsHour): Mary McGovern is 95 years old, and one of her favorite things to do is read to toddlers.
MARY MCGOVERN: And what is that? A bird.
CHILD: A bird.
MARY MCGOVERN: A bird. What color is the bird?
CHILDREN: Red.
MARY MCGOVERN: Red. Everybody knows that.
CAT WISE: Luckily for Mary, she doesn’t need to go any further than down the hall to find her young friends.
MARY MCGOVERN: Oh, see, look in here is the little kids in there.
CAT WISE: Oh, yes.
McGovern lives at Providence Mount St. Vincent, a nursing home in Seattle, Washington, that also houses a day care for children up to 5 years of age.
WOMAN: Thank you, honey. Thank you. There you go. Thank you very much.
CAT WISE: Every weekday, 500 residents are joined by 125 children in the facility affectionately called The Mount.
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