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Listen to music
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Toss a ball
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Color pictures
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4 |
Make homemade lemonade
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Count trading cards
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Clip coupons
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Sort poker chips
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Read out loud chapters from Harry Potter books or other favorite stories
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9 |
Rake leaves
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String beads
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Bake cookies
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Take photos of the person and you and create a collage
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Brush or comb one another’s hair
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Participate in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. To learn more about Walk, please click here. |
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Plant seeds indoors or outdoors
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Look at family photographs
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Wipe off the kitchen table
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Weed the flowerbed or tend to the garden
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19 |
Fold laundry
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20 |
Have a friend visit with a well-behaved pet
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21 |
Cut pictures out of greeting cards or magazines
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22 |
Play dominoes
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23 |
Ask the person about his or her favorite childhood books or cartoon characters (you can share yours too)
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Bake homemade bread
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Sort objects by shape or color
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Sing old songs
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Invite the person to tell you more when he or she talks about a memory
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28 |
Put silverware away
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29 |
Make a Valentine card
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Play favorite songs and sing
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Ask the person about his or her brothers or sisters
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32 |
Make a cherry pie
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Play with tops or jacks
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Make a scrapbook
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Take a walk around the yard
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Write a poem together
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Reminisce about the first day of school
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String Cheerios® to hang outside for birds
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Make a fresh fruit salad
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Sweep the patio
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Color paper shamrocks green
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Fold towels
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Have an afternoon tea party
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Talk about great inventions
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Look through the pages of a clothes catalog
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Look at a map of the United States and identify states and capitals
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Make a family tree poster
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48 |
Color a picture of our flag
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49 |
Eat a picnic lunch outside
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Water house plants
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Play horseshoes
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52 |
Dance
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Watch Sesame Street together
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Make homemade ice cream
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Make holiday cards
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Reminisce about favorite sports activities the person enjoyed while growing up
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Write a letter to a friend or family member
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Dress in your favorite football or soccer team’s color
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59 |
Pop popcorn
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Name the presidents
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Give a manicure
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Make paper butterflies
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Plant a tree
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Finish famous sayings
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Feed the ducks
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Model with play dough
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Look at pictures in a comic book
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Put a puzzle together
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Sand wood
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Rub in hand lotion
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Arrange fresh flowers
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Remember famous people
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Recite nursery rhymes
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Make peanut butter sandwiches
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Cut up used paper for scratch paper
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Blow bubbles
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Take care of a fish tank
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Bake cupcakes and decorate them
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Interview the person about his or her life using either a video camera or cassette recorder
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Play Hangman
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Finger paint
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Cut out pictures from magazines
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Put coins in a jar
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Put bird seed out for the birds
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Decorate a pumpkin
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Reminisce about a favorite summer
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Roll yarn into a ball
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Trace and cut out autumn leaves
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Cook a favorite family recipe together
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Gather a yellow sponge, crayons, paper and tape and make a SpongeBob SquarePants
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Wash silverware
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Give him or her a hug
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Ask the person to show you how to knit or sew (or another favorite hobby)
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Make a picture frame our of popsicle sticks and glitter
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Play a musical instrument
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Keep a journal together
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Ask the person to talk about his or her favorite sports hero
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Sort playing cards
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Ask the person about his or her favorite pet
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Wash windows together
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Ask the person about his or her first car |