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The Creativity Greenhouse: Five Card Bingo
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Friday, August 26, 2011. Need a quick game or an alternative to Bingo? One of my patients told me about this game- Five Card Bingo! This is an easy game to play with individuals who cannot process an entire Bingo card. Even large, over-sized Bingo cards can sometimes be too much to look at. Y'all know I'm teasing). Here's how the game works:. You need two decks of cards, preferably one of them supporting the West Virginia Mountaineers. I'm just saying. So let's play this easy game. Of course you can incr...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: July 2011
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Saturday, July 23, 2011. Do you have a beach themed event coming up? Beach Party. Carribean Get-Away. Sun, Sand, and Silly. Tropical Island Vacation. Tiki Week. Oh there are so many ways to get a nice ocean theme going in our facilities. And it's so nice to hear our residents reminisce about beach trips when they were kids. Here. Image via Two Barking Dogs. Or discuss the history of a nearby beach, if you're lucky enough to be nearby a beach. You can really set up the scene or just go with one sentence&#...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Crafts
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A Rainbow of Your Own. A colorful project that uses the visible color spectrum that we see in a rainbow. March/St. Patrick's Day, Easter, or color adaptable to any theme or holiday. Check out a couple of resources for freebie coloring pages. One site will even email then directly to you every Friday! Paper Collages, Part 1. Get out those scissors and let's get busy on a colorful paper strip collage. Paper Collages, Part 2. Let's take a look at how to adapt our collages for different functional levels.
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Culture for the Health of It
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Monday, October 3, 2011. Culture for the Health of It. Image via Decca Records. I came across this article in the National Post titled Art for Life's Sake: The Health Benefits of Culture. It's all good.". I strongly encourage you to click over to the article- it's an easy and intriguing read. Image by Olds College. Once you read the article, you will naturally ask yourself, "How can I take this information and put it to work in my facility for my residents? Image via Appalachian Clogging and Dance Center.
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Facilities
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Content sprouting soon. Please check back. This page will highlight creative and unusual facilities- Activity Rooms, outdoor spaces, dining area, you name it. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Please accept my sincere apologies but I am currently not checking email from this blog. You Can Also Find Me . If I'm not in The Greenhouse, you can find me in the jungle-. That's my blog about the surprises and little pleasures in life. What We've Already Planted- Blog Archive. Culture for the Health of It. Long Term C...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Writing
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Six Word Memoirs. Reminiscence In Nutshell. Short and sweet and to the point- a writing activity that is a fun, easy, and manageable way for your residents to tell their story. 65279;. Check out how the Apple iPad can enhance the well-being of the readers in your facility. Make poetry accessible to your residents with these poems that don't intimidate. Iambic Pentameter-free. Make magnetic poetry that your residents can actually see. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). You Can Also Find Me . Current Activitie...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: June 2011
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Thursday, June 23, 2011. How many time have your heard this after you've invited someone to craft/art group-. Oh, I'm not creative, I can't draw. I can't paint.". 65279; . That just kills me. Nowhere is it written that creativity is limited to drawing and painting. How un-creative would that be? Anyway, when the craft we're exploring today is on the schedule and I get that lame ol' excuse, I respond with something like,. OK then, we'll cheat.". Image by Chris Waits. I can't draw.". I can't draw.". These...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Performance
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Content sprouting soon. Please check back. Dance, skits, theatrical reading, you name it. This page will link to posts on The Creativity Greenhouse and other sites to inspire the preformance artist and programs in your facility. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Please accept my sincere apologies but I am currently not checking email from this blog. You Can Also Find Me . If I'm not in The Greenhouse, you can find me in the jungle-. That's my blog about the surprises and little pleasures in life. National Coun...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: Cool Seniors
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Check out how Sacha Goldberger rescued his grandmother from depression and loneliness at Super Mamika. Do you take the time to uncover the treasure in the residents of your facility? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Please accept my sincere apologies but I am currently not checking email from this blog. You Can Also Find Me . If I'm not in The Greenhouse, you can find me in the jungle-. That's my blog about the surprises and little pleasures in life. What We've Already Planted- Blog Archive. National Council ...
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The Creativity Greenhouse: May 2011
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Sunday, May 15, 2011. Metrophobia- the fear or hatred of poetry. Seriously- a real diagnosis. Now I suppose there are extreme paranoias of anything rhyming and metered but many of us have a mild degree of metrophobia. Don't you remember sitting in English or Literature class, dissecting poems by meter, syllable and meaning? 65279; . The truth about poetry is that good poetry is not. Remember the Six-Word Memoirs. Fun stuff, right? Or rhyme even one word. Unless the muse moves you to do so. These poems...
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