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Children's Games for Senior Citizens

Senior citizens can remain keen and well-entertained by playing some amusing children's games. Many children's games provide seniors with the opportunity to have fun while also strengthening important skills such as memory. Games can be intellectually stimulating for seniors and help them to build relationships when playing games with one other person or in a group. It has also been found that playing children's games can lessen stress and loneliness in senior citizens, therefore improving their overall health.

Memory Card Game
- The children's card game of memory involves the recognition and mental memorization of a pattern. Pictured cards are lined up in a row face up while seniors take a moment to try and remember the picture pattern.The cards are then flipped face down and seniors will attempt to recall the picture which is on each card. This game encourages the revitalization of seniors' long-term and short-term memory. Memory games can also help reduce brain-related illnesses such as Alzheimer's and dementia.
Board Games
- Classic children's board games like Candy Land and chutes and ladders can provide senior citizens with hours of enjoyment. These brightly colored boardgames can help lower depression and anxiety in senior citizens. Senior citizens interact and socialize with each other when playing board games in a group. Children's board games often are interpreted through the use of pictures and do not involve having to read small printed letters to play. This makes children's board games an ideal game for senior citizens who may have poor vision.
Musical Chairs
- Musical chairs is a children's game that has been a popular party favorite. Groups of seniors can play this musical game to increase activity levels and improve listening skills. Musical chairs is an simple game to play because all that is needed is chairs and music. A number of chairs -- that is one less than the number of players -- is lined up in a row. Seniors walk around the chairs slowly while music is played and compete to sit down in unoccupied chairs when the music stops. Musical chairs will provide seniors with a sufficient amount of health activity without overdoing it and if seniors do become tired a chair is always nearby to take a break.
Guessing Game
- The guessing game is one which intrigues and stimulates the senses.This game can be amusing for both children and seniors alike. Miscellaneous objects are placed in a sealed shoe box. A hole is cut on the box's lid and blindfolded players are asked to place their hands through the hole to feel the object inside.The players must guess what it the object is using their sense of touch alone. Senior citizens will enjoy discovering the identity of the object while also heightening their sense of touch.The guessing game is a sensory delight for senior citizens which also encourages the growth of their mental strength, concentration and ability.

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