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As the years go by, we forget what it was like as a kid. Long days of play with friends give way to work and responsibilities. To recapture those youthful days, seniors can choose a day or more to set aside one day a month – or one day a week – to experience the carefree activities theyyou enjoyed as a child.
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As the years go by, we forget what it was like as a kid. Long days of play with friends give way to work and responsibilities. To recapture those youthful days, seniors can choose a day or more to set aside one day a month – or one day a week – to experience the carefree activities theyyou enjoyed as a child.
Here are some ideas, home care Colorado Springs experts suggest seniors, that may trigger the thoughts of childhood activities that they loved: 1. Splash in the pool. Invite a friend who knows how to relax to the local pool and do nothing except chat and play with the pool toys. 2. Invite a friend to have a picnic on a blanket in the back yard. 3. Play a game that they loved as a kid. Clue, checkers, and Go Fish are three that were well loved.
4. Go to the children's section of the library. Take out books about their favorite animals. 5. Attend the storytime hour at the library. Sit with the kids and enjoy being read to. 6. Go to a museum. Afterwards, tell someone about something that they learned. 7. Buy a big box of crayons and a coloring book. Color while they watch a funny movie.
8. Buy some acrylic painting supplies, including a canvas. Create an abstract painting, using only their favorite colors. 9. Finger paint a flower. 10. Explore the woods. Find something they never noticed before. 11. Eat the meal that was their favorite as a kid.
12. Listen to a ghost story after they are in bed. 13. Listen to a baseball game on the radio (or computer). 14. Write a poem about the joys of childhood. 15. Visit the zoo or a friend's farm animals.
16. Read a Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew mystery novel. 17. Try playing a musical instrument. Take a music lesson. 18. Learn three silly jokes and tell them to friends. 19. Go to a high school baseball game.
20. Try a food they never ate before. 21. Cut pictures out of old magazines. 22. Start a collection of rocks, stamps or other things that fit into a box. 23. Make and bury a time capsule.
24. Put a puzzle together on a rainy day. 25. Have cereal for dinner. 26. Swing on the swing in the playground. 27. Make a snowman, play in the leaves or make a sand castle.
28. Buy a toy box and fill it with fun things. 29. Take a nap (siesta) after lunch. If unable sleep, listen to a kid's story. 30. Buy a new notebook and write a short story for a child. These are just some of the things your aging loved one can do to feel young. Know Ask them what did they love to do as a child and help revisit those simpler times once in awhile and recapture the wonder of play.
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