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Jill Artist - Workshop Practitioner

I had a good activities morning with our residents. I typed out different poems for winter,in larger font, a mix of traditional, new and comical.

We had a 'read around' of each poem and a short commentary on each.

I then introduced the word SNOW and asked the residents to use the five senses to devise their own short poems or words based on the letters. I used a white board and marker to note down ideas.

It suited all abilities and was non threatening but challenging to residents who wanted to have a go.

They loved the poetry of Spike Milligan.

It was a brilliant morning and equally beneficial as I had an observation too today, with excellent feedback.

Susan avatar

Wow Jill

This sounds like a great activity

I had residents make up poems as well

Are used to show them a picture and will you put make a poem a picture together

Of course the picture had have a lot to it so there were many ideas that could be used

Thanks again for sharing this with us

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Tina B
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Thank you so much for such an awesome resource, and to everyone who shares their ideas. It really takes the pressure off and allows more time to be spent with the people we care for, who after all need our time more than anything else. Much appreciated :)

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