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McCormick Dementia Services – Caregiver’s Corner – Recreation – Activity Ideas & How-To at Home – Independent Activities

Independent Activities

Please note, not all persons will be able to participate in these activity suggestions independently, especially the first time. Some set-up, cueing and ongoing assistance may be required.  Where items need to be cut out, the person with dementia may be interested in doing that as an activity as well. Some activities can be done without printing and some require printing (in colour or black and white, depending on the activity).

Cutting and Sorting 

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PDF monopoly template to cut and sort
Find the images that are listed on the word list.
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Like a word search, but with numbers.
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Like the number puzzle, but with pictures.
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Click to open PDF.
Match the famous duo names.
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A classic Montessori style matching activity.
Requires cutting out the template, then matching the images to the 
silhouette.
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A classic Montessori style matching activity.
Requires cutting out the template, then matching the images to the 
silhouette.
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A classic Montessori style matching activity.
Requires cutting out the template, then matching the images to the 
silhouette.
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A classic Montessori style matching activity.
Requires cutting out the template, then matching the images to the 
silhouette.
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A Montessori-type activity. Match words to create common phrases.
Example: Bacon & Eggs
Requires cutting out for first use.
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A classic Montessori style matching activity.
Requires cutting out the template, then grouping words within the appropriate theme.
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Click to print PDF.

Videos

Sorting Activities

Activities with Playing Cards