Jade, I just wanted to say "THANK YOU" for sharing this game! I introduced it this morning, and my residents loved it! I can always tell when a game is a big hit, and this ticked all the boxes! I have a light white board that is on easel like legs, and is easy to move around. I put it behind the resident in the "Hot Seat," and let them guess 5 words, then I moved the board behind the next resident. It's great for the person in the "Hot Seat," but it's also great for the "Clue Givers." They worked really hard at coming up with creative ways to describe the words. Great Game!
Susan, Thank you! I got this idea from someone else, but I changed the name, and tweaked it to meet the needs of my group. I like your idea of having 3 or 4 choices to choose from, I'm wondering if you couldn't type it all up like a multiple choice worksheet. Perhaps they could circle the word that they wanted to choose, and then you could award points to any that circled the same word. I'm not sure about the ability levels of your lower functioning people, but that might be an option. I think it would still be profitable just going around the room and asking everyone to say what they would put in the blank, and not keep score. It still gets them thinking and they can come up with some pretty interesting answers! It can spark a lot of laughter.
I just LOVE the multicultural section of this fabulous website. I work as a Activities Director at a day service facility and we are currently closed due to COVID! I am mailing/delivering personalized packages to our clients. We have clients of many different cultures and ethnic backgrounds. Adding pages of color-printed information from their country really brightens their day. The family members/care givers are delighted to see a spark in their loved ones eyes when they see and read about their history. I am becoming so educated myself learning all this. It will help me when we get back to work striking a spark in our clients eye when I reminisce with them about their culture. I seriously can NOT get enough of this fantastic site. xoxo :-)
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