Try: Play spelling bee gather a group of crs and give each cr a brightly colored piece of construction paper have the crs sit in chairs that are positioned in one single line facing the front of the room starting at the one end of the line give a cr a spelling word each time a cr spells the word incorrectly he she places his her color card in a basket the last cr remaining wins the spelling bee this activity also works with math multiplication questions

Materials: Brightly colored construction paper basket

Categories: Sage, Topic, Social, Cognitive Awareness, Fully Aware, Somewhat Aware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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References: games to play for the elderly with memory losses by calia roberts 2011 available at www ehow com

Keywords: Games group activities fun socializing memory loss improving memory memory games

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