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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
From
Victoria,
Australia
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Things that are Yellow
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Yellow Things
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Dice Bingo
Made power point of your 'these go together' activity. I find it easier with my residents to have something they can see, rather than just say the answers. Hope someone can use it.
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
DIY Easter Baskets
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Easter Baskets
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Games We Played as Kids Quiz
oh, and yes the staff tried to hula hoop. it was hiliarious
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Games We Played as Kids Quiz
I used this last week, except I did a slideshow of pictures on the tv of all the games and then reminisced about the games we used to play
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
This Day in History for Seniors: January
I am going to read out a few days at a time, and have researched about one or two things of interest to the clients to talk about
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Old Occupations Quiz
i did this for my mens Group. I typed up the Occupations and Laminated them and stuck a magnet on the back and put them on the white board. we went through the occupations one by one guessing what...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
How to host a Hawaiian Luau Party
I held a Hawaii day last week and used some of your ideas. Luckily my mum has a pen friend in Hawaii, so she had lots of things that she had been sent over the years. Tea Towels, some Lava, Dolls,...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Favourite TV Ads
A new activity has been posted by a Golden Carers member: Favourite TV Ads
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
IRELAND Cryptic Quiz
I'm going to use this on St Patricks Day. Thanks
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
10 Ways to Improve Activity Participation
for a new year activity. My Ladies group are going to made happiness Jars. Every time you have a happy moment, you write it down on a post it or piece of paper and pop it in the Jar. At the end of...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Talk like a pirate day!
I have made my own Pirate Ship Game. Each ship has its own name (pirate ship name of course). just have to attached the string to the front
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Finish the Sayings and Proverbs Game
I did this and the clients had a ball. you should have seen the competitive streaks coming out when there was only a few left to pick !
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
AFL Team Emblems
I have been hunting the Op shops for footy scarves and jumpers to decorate our centre with. we have a hand ball game which we play and I have made a remembering game with all the teams logos. We hav...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Sandra. this year I am focusing on the colour yellow. I have decorated one corner of the room with everything yellow I could find. I have researched the history of daffodils and the colour yellow....
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
we have old copies where I work. I refer to them quite often. they were a great resource
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Tongue Twisters for Fun
This was a great session. The clients had a ball.
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
This isn't really using the 'Junk Mail', but I am going to play 'The Price is right'. I will bring in grocery items from home, that I think the clients would buy themselves, and see if the client...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
We celebrated Talk like a Pirate Day. I think its in October. We had lots of eye patches.! The Horse Races are another good day to dress up. We got the Ladies to decorate old straw hats to wear. W...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
HI, you could use the Reed Diffusers. They have bamboo sticks in a jar with incense. the bamboo soaks up the liquid and gives the room a nice smell. they look nice too. We also made lavender bag...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Left & Right Game - Christmas
this was a great hit. lots of laughing
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Yabbie Race and Boomerang Throw
I am doing this for Australia Day. I have bought plastic Yabbies (I think they are really lobsters) and are going to nail them to small blocks of wood. I will get our men's group to paint the wood f...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Brainstorming Words Game
Thank You Golden Carers. I use all your puzzles, brain storms, who am I's
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Remembering the Clothesline
I am using this on Friday and will bring in my camping close line to see if we can 'peg' the correct way! thank you
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Weather Station Activities for Seniors
I used this. we now have a rain gauge outside with a chart inside to record any rain. (not much at the moment) !
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Festive Doily Baskets
My clients had a ball making these. Great idea. I used the stiffener glue from Lincraft. I watered it down though. I made some samples first with my niece. we both enjoyed doing them. Doilies...
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Black & White Television Quiz
I used this, was great.
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
DIY Race Horses
i made this game for the clients at the Respite Centre where I work. They love it. thank you !
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Kylie
leisure and lifestyle officer
leisure and lifestyle officer
Cup and Saucer Table Decorations
I did this, but we planted succulents in the cups.
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