Jan 24 2009
Activities ideas for Chinese New Year
At the end of yesterday’s post, I referred to some activities I did on the last day of National Activity Professionals Week.
The first activity I would like to discuss is related to Chinese New Year which is this Monday. It is the Year of the Ox. I want to suggest two things that are easy to do, adaptable to one to one visits, can get other staff members involved and are fun
First tell each person his/her Chinese personality characteristics according to what year he/she was born in. For example, I was born in 1949 which is the Year of the Ox. People who were born in that year are…..click here to find out
You can ask everyone when he/she was born and then seethat the personality characteristics according to the Chinese zodiac remind you and the group of the person in question. This is an easy thing to do. You may have to check a dementia person’s chartif he/she cannot remember the yead he.she was born in.
This can naturally lead to laughter
Tomorrow I will discuss the second part of the activity
See you then
Again, visit my sister site for more Chinese New Year information
