One game we like to play is balloons and noodles.  Get some swimming noodles and cut them in half. The residents bat the balloon around the circle...its always a laugh when the balloon pops!

On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Amy <amybelle2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Sunday your welcome! If I think of anymore I will email you.
Hope you have had a great day!
Amy

sunday mcleod <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

thank you amy. we have never played jepordy will try that we have played wheel of fortune but we play it a little different than you but i will try it your way and see how they like it. thanks for the help amy

amybelle2000 <amybelle2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi again,
I forgot, when we play Wheel of fortune, we have big letters of the
alphabet on a wall, and take down the letters that are used as the
game goes on to remember what was used.

--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Amy <amybelle2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sunday,
> Some game ideas for you:
>
> Jeapordy, we have a homemade one. We use a bulletin board and push
pins. We think of 5 categories we type them up on word and print them,
those go at the top of the board. Then we have 100 dollar bills
through 800 dollar bills that we made out of card stock paper. We put
those on the bulletin board 100 through 800 under the categories. We
get the trivia questions from the internet for the categories chosen.
You will need 8 questions per category. We play the game with a grp of
folks,12-14 people even more could play. We just start with a person,
ask them to pick a category, and for how much. If they get it right
then we give that person that money card. If they don't get it right
we ask someone else. If no one gets it right we just put it aside. The
person with the most points wins,and we usually give them a dollar.
>
> Wheel of Fortune, is played very similar to hang man. We use a white
board. We think of different topics, themes or songs,etc. we put down
lines where the letters go and start from one end of the group. We
announce the theme, topic or song, etc. asking the first person to
pick a letter, and to keep picking till they get a letter wrong. Then
it goes to the next person, etc.. Anyone can yell out the answer. The
first person to get it wins 100 dollars. The person to have the most
money at the end of the game wins. We give a dollar.
> I hope this helps?
> Amy
>
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@...> wrote:
hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different
games or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY
>

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I went to Nasco and cant find the frogs. any Idea where they would be??

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To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
From: lelasgramma@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:45:43 -0700
Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities

NASCO is a great company for activities supplies and resources.  You will find a link to NASCO on the 'Shoestrings' website.............just scroll down and click on links for a list of supply, resources, and organizations.

sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

also what is nasco?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

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To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
From: lelasgramma@...
Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 10:45:43 -0700
Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities

NASCO is a great company for activities supplies and resources.  You will find a link to NASCO on the 'Shoestrings' website.............just scroll down and click on links for a list of supply, resources, and organizations.

sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

also what is nasco?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

We do a modified Deal or No Deal
email me if you would like the details
Susan
alzheimersideas@gmail.com

We do a modified Deal or No Deal
email me if you would like the details
Susan
alzheimersideas@gmail.com

We do a modified Deal or No Deal
email me if you would like the details
Susan
alzheimersideas@...

also what is nasco?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

i have never heard of activities on a shoestring can you give me that
website?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

also what is nasco?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

i have never heard of activities on a shoestring can you give me that
website?
--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@...>
wrote:
>
> You will find frog toss on "Activities on a Shoestring" website. I
don't know if it was a game before I started doing it at my facility. We
got a blue sheet and sewed green felt lilly pads on it. We purchased the
beanie frogs from Nasco. Our residents would toss the frogs toward the
lilly pads. Of course, the object of the game was to see how many frogs
you could get on the lilly pads. If you want to keep score, assign
values (5, 10, 15, etc.) to the lilly pads. If you want to make it more
interesting, add numbers to the frogs..........a # 2 frog on a #10 lilly
pad = 20 points!
>
> On March 1st (National Pig Day), we turned the sheet over and put
patches of brown felt on it. The residents then threw pound piggies at
the 'mud puddles'. Over the years, we made pig ears for the residents to
wear (tan and pink felt with elastic cord) and added a hog calling
contest.
>
> Brenda
>
> sunday mcleod sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they
use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the
bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we
usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in
contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the
residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has
the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that
deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find
their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling
from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs.
susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of
the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts
and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs.
susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card
> it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags
my residents love this game!! what is name ten and frog toss?
>
> Lynda Smart lynda@... wrote: Hi how do you play drowing the nickle?
and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game? We play balloon volley
ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss, plus
some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of
more I will pass it on.
> Lynda
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brenda Bogart
> To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM
> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities
>
>
> put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they
would like to play. i would do this at a resident council meeting so you
can have documentation on their response. if they suggest a feasible
game, try it. if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the
resident council minutes and table it for a while. you may want to ask
again at the next meeting or two. after that, if they have no
suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem. besides, it looks like you have
a good variety anyway.
>
> Brenda
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad sundaymcleodaad@... wrote:
> hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games
or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>

the jingo games we get from seabay games they are like bingo but they use pictures instead of numbers and you call out clues, the who has the bag game i got from this group a guy from australia i think anyway we usually buy like two bags of goodies each being no more than $5 in contents, you have two decks of cards 1 deck you pass out to the residents according to how many is playing just make sure everyone has the same number of cards and that you dont have any left out of that deck if you do by chance end up with a couple of extra cards then find their matches in your deck and take them out. then you start calling from the top of your deck for example you call 9 of spades and mrs. susie has it well then she turns in her card and gets to pick which of the 2 bags she wants but she can't open it then say you call 4 of hearts and mr. jones has it then he gets to pick a bag lets say he wants mrs. susies bag well he can and it keeps going like that until the last card it called and whichever resident is left holding the bags win the bags my residents love this game!!  what is name ten and frog toss?

Lynda Smart <lynda@...> wrote:

Hi how do you play drowing the nickle? and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game?  We play balloon volley ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss,  plus some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of more I will pass it on.

Lynda

----- Original Message -----

From: Brenda Bogart

To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM

Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities

put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they would like to play.  i would do this at a resident council meeting so you can have documentation on their response.  if they suggest a feasible game, try it.  if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the resident council minutes and table it for a while.  you may want to ask again at the next meeting or two.  after that, if they have no suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem.  besides, it looks like you have a good variety anyway.

 

Brenda

sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

thank you amy. we have never played jepordy will try that we have played wheel of fortune but we play it a little different than you but i will try it your way and see how they like it. thanks for the help amy

amybelle2000 <amybelle2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi again,
I forgot, when we play Wheel of fortune, we have big letters of the
alphabet on a wall, and take down the letters that are used as the
game goes on to remember what was used.

--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Amy <amybelle2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sunday,
> Some game ideas for you:
>
> Jeapordy, we have a homemade one. We use a bulletin board and push
pins. We think of 5 categories we type them up on word and print them,
those go at the top of the board. Then we have 100 dollar bills
through 800 dollar bills that we made out of card stock paper. We put
those on the bulletin board 100 through 800 under the categories. We
get the trivia questions from the internet for the categories chosen.
You will need 8 questions per category. We play the game with a grp of
folks,12-14 people even more could play. We just start with a person,
ask them to pick a category, and for how much. If they get it right
then we give that person that money card. If they don't get it right
we ask someone else. If no one gets it right we just put it aside. The
person with the most points wins,and we usually give them a dollar.
>
> Wheel of Fortune, is played very similar to hang man. We use a white
board. We think of different topics, themes or songs,etc. we put down
lines where the letters go and start from one end of the group. We
announce the theme, topic or song, etc. asking the first person to
pick a letter, and to keep picking till they get a letter wrong. Then
it goes to the next person, etc.. Anyone can yell out the answer. The
first person to get it wins 100 dollars. The person to have the most
money at the end of the game wins. We give a dollar.
> I hope this helps?
> Amy
>
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@...> wrote:
hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different
games or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY
>

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY  

thank you amy. we have never played jepordy will try that we have played wheel of fortune but we play it a little different than you but i will try it your way and see how they like it. thanks for the help amy

amybelle2000 <amybelle2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi again,
I forgot, when we play Wheel of fortune, we have big letters of the
alphabet on a wall, and take down the letters that are used as the
game goes on to remember what was used.

--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Amy <amybelle2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sunday,
> Some game ideas for you:
>
> Jeapordy, we have a homemade one. We use a bulletin board and push
pins. We think of 5 categories we type them up on word and print them,
those go at the top of the board. Then we have 100 dollar bills
through 800 dollar bills that we made out of card stock paper. We put
those on the bulletin board 100 through 800 under the categories. We
get the trivia questions from the internet for the categories chosen.
You will need 8 questions per category. We play the game with a grp of
folks,12-14 people even more could play. We just start with a person,
ask them to pick a category, and for how much. If they get it right
then we give that person that money card. If they don't get it right
we ask someone else. If no one gets it right we just put it aside. The
person with the most points wins,and we usually give them a dollar.
>
> Wheel of Fortune, is played very similar to hang man. We use a white
board. We think of different topics, themes or songs,etc. we put down
lines where the letters go and start from one end of the group. We
announce the theme, topic or song, etc. asking the first person to
pick a letter, and to keep picking till they get a letter wrong. Then
it goes to the next person, etc.. Anyone can yell out the answer. The
first person to get it wins 100 dollars. The person to have the most
money at the end of the game wins. We give a dollar.
> I hope this helps?
> Amy
>
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@...> wrote:
hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different
games or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY
>

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY  

Hi how do you play drowing the nickle? and jingo, who has the bag and grocery game?  We play balloon volley ball, horse shoes, Name ten, basket ball, frog toss, bean bag toss,  plus some of the ones that you named. and also parchute fun. If I think of more I will pass it on.

Lynda

----- Original Message -----

From: Brenda Bogart

To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM

Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities

put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they would like to play.  i would do this at a resident council meeting so you can have documentation on their response.  if they suggest a feasible game, try it.  if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the resident council minutes and table it for a while.  you may want to ask again at the next meeting or two.  after that, if they have no suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem.  besides, it looks like you have a good variety anyway.

 

Brenda

sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

wow I agree with Brenda on asking at resident council that is what I would do also and document it as she said.  We do like a easy trivia game as team groups, some times we make the answers mutiple choice if needed.  But I would like to ask what is Drowning nickels  and I assume that the grocery game is kinda like the price is right with grocery items?   Gena --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Brenda Bogart <lelasgramma@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 5:00 PM put the ball in their court....... ...ask them what 'new games' they would like to play.  i would do this at a resident council meeting so you can have documentation on their response.  if they suggest a feasible game, try it.  if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the resident council minutes and table it for a while.  you may want to ask again at the next meeting or two.  after that, if they have no suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem.  besides, it looks like you have a good variety anyway.   Brenda sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@ yahoo.com> wrote: hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

Hi again,
I forgot, when we play Wheel of fortune, we have big letters of the
alphabet on a wall, and take down the letters that are used as the
game goes on to remember what was used.

--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Amy <amybelle2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sunday,
> Some game ideas for you:
>
> Jeapordy, we have a homemade one. We use a bulletin board and push
pins. We think of 5 categories we type them up on word and print them,
those go at the top of the board. Then we have 100 dollar bills
through 800 dollar bills that we made out of card stock paper. We put
those on the bulletin board 100 through 800 under the categories. We
get the trivia questions from the internet for the categories chosen.
You will need 8 questions per category. We play the game with a grp of
folks,12-14 people even more could play. We just start with a person,
ask them to pick a category, and for how much. If they get it right
then we give that person that money card. If they don't get it right
we ask someone else. If no one gets it right we just put it aside. The
person with the most points wins,and we usually give them a dollar.
>
> Wheel of Fortune, is played very similar to hang man. We use a white
board. We think of different topics, themes or songs,etc. we put down
lines where the letters go and start from one end of the group. We
announce the theme, topic or song, etc. asking the first person to
pick a letter, and to keep picking till they get a letter wrong. Then
it goes to the next person, etc.. Anyone can yell out the answer. The
first person to get it wins 100 dollars. The person to have the most
money at the end of the game wins. We give a dollar.
> I hope this helps?
> Amy
>
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@...> wrote:
hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
> they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
> monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
> exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
> horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
> the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
> pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
> that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
> eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
> month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different
games or
> has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
> than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY
>

Hi again,
I forgot, when we play Wheel of fortune, we have big letters of the
alphabet on a wall, and take down the letters that are used as the
game goes on to remember what was used.


--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, Amy <amybelle2000@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Sunday,
> Some game ideas for you:
>
> Jeapordy, we have a homemade one. We use a bulletin board and push
pins. We think of 5 categories we type them up on word and print them,
those go at the top of the board. Then we have 100 dollar bills
through 800 dollar bills that we made out of card stock paper. We put
those on the bulletin board 100 through 800 under the categories. We
get the trivia questions from the internet for the categories chosen.
You will need 8 questions per category. We play the game with a grp of
folks,12-14 people even more could play. We just start with a person,
ask them to pick a category, and for how much. If they get it right
then we give that person that money card. If they don't get it right
we ask someone else. If no one gets it right we just put it aside. The
person with the most points wins,and we usually give them a dollar.
>
> Wheel of Fortune, is played very similar to hang man. We use a white
board. We think of different topics, themes or songs,etc. we put down
lines where the letters go and start from one end of the group. We
announce the theme, topic or song, etc. asking the first person to
pick a letter, and to keep picking till they get a letter wrong. Then
it goes to the next person, etc.. Anyone can yell out the answer. The
first person to get it wins 100 dollars. The person to have the most
money at the end of the game wins. We give a dollar.
> I hope this helps?
> Amy
>
>
>
> sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@...> wrote:
      hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
>  they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
>  monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
>  exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
>  horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
>  the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
>  pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
>  that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
>  eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
>  month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different
games or
>  has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
>  than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY
>

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND KEEP!!! AMY  

----- Original Message -----

From: Brenda Bogart

To: AD_Community@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:00 PM

Subject: Re: Activity Director Community group activities

put the ball in their court..........ask them what 'new games' they would like to play.  i would do this at a resident council meeting so you can have documentation on their response.  if they suggest a feasible game, try it.  if they don't have any suggestions, record it in the resident council minutes and table it for a while.  you may want to ask again at the next meeting or two.  after that, if they have no suggestions, it shouldn't be a problem.  besides, it looks like you have a good variety anyway.

 

Brenda

sundaymcleodaad <sundaymcleodaad@yahoo.com> wrote:

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activit ies daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

hi everyone. i am having a problem, my residents are telling me that
they want to have new games to play. i give them a variety of games
monthly. we have 3 different group activities daily plus daily
exercise, bible study, and sensory groups. the games that we play is
horse race, baseball, jingo, bingo, noodleball, aggrivation, who has
the bag, grocery game, word puzzels, tell all, penny ante, pitching
pennies, memory, 10 card draw, drowning nickels, bowling and i think
that is it. i am at a loss. oh we also have craft time monthly, plus
eating social once month and a special bluegrass band that comes twice
month. does anyone have any ideas where to find some different games or
has any ideas. the sites that i have found games are more child like
than adult oriented. thanks in advance for the help, sunday

Last year, I came in the night before the 4th of July & we had
watermellon (around 7:00) then we went outside & did *small*
fireworks. (Ok'd by the Admin) ... I found cute watermellon invites,
filled them out and hung them through the facility so families would
see them. We had a GREAT turnout. Most of the family came for supper
& stayed for the watermellon. - However, most family members left
when we went to do fireworks... but the CNA's really came through -
they helped greatly!




--- In AD_Community@yahoogroups.com, "A.J." <chevygirl2001@...> wrote:
>
> I too am working Memorial Day.  We are doing a BBQ for the
residnets and staff only.
>
> Normally, I work the holidays, our Adm likes one of us to be there
on big function days.
> (There are two of us Dept heads for Act).   Sometimes I take an
extra day off but not always.
>
> Do you guys invite families in your BBQ's?  We have one big party
each month May-June-
> July-Aug and Sept and we always include the families.  We seem to
have better turn out on
> the holidays, IF we have a meal for them or ice cream social or
something food related.
>
>
> Have  a wonderful weekend!
>        AJ
>

I too am working Memorial Day.  We are doing a BBQ for the residnets and staff
only.

Normally, I work the holidays, our Adm likes one of us to be there on big
function days.
(There are two of us Dept heads for Act).   Sometimes I take an extra day off
but not always.

Do you guys invite families in your BBQ's?  We have one big party each month
May-June-
July-Aug and Sept and we always include the families.  We seem to have better
turn out on
the holidays, IF we have a meal for them or ice cream social or something food
related.


Have  a wonderful weekend!
        AJ

When I was the only one I would rotate holidays and work some of them.
On those that I did not work I would often recruit family members to do
whatever they had a talent for. Remember, there will be lots of
families in and out on the holiday and lots of social time for even
those roommates that don't have family.