rstrubbe 0 Report Share Posted March 9, 2010 Hi everyone! I thought I would share what has been helpful to me in getting ideas for the monthly calendar. Our corporate office sends me a packet which includes several months with theme for each day. This has been a great resource for me. Once I decide on a theme for a day, I have to have at least 3 activities related to that theme. For example: today was International Women's Day, so some of my activities were Mary Kay Facials, a ladies tea & a discussion called Who's that woman? (inwhich I found 3 famous women on the internet such as Ruth Bell Graham, and read the info on her and had the residents guess who it was. Then we discussed about what we knew about her or her life. The magazine Creative Forecasting is a great resource for getting themes for different days also. I hope someone finds this helpful. Ruthie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanGuy23 2 Report Share Posted March 13, 2010 Hi everyone! I thought I would share what has been helpful to me in getting ideas for the monthly calendar. Our corporate office sends me a packet which includes several months with theme for each day. This has been a great resource for me. Once I decide on a theme for a day, I have to have at least 3 activities related to that theme. For example: today was International Women's Day, so some of my activities were Mary Kay Facials, a ladies tea & a discussion called Who's that woman? (inwhich I found 3 famous women on the internet such as Ruth Bell Graham, and read the info on her and had the residents guess who it was. Then we discussed about what we knew about her or her life. The magazine Creative Forecasting is a great resource for getting themes for different days also. I hope someone finds this helpful. Ruthie I use Print Shop to create my monthly activity calendars and use graphics from Creative Forecasting and A New Day magazines to cut and paste graphics to my calendars. I find that Print Shop is very user friendly and a great program. I work in a skilled nursing facility in california and follow the 8 scopes of activities which are as follows: physical exercise, creative(arts & crafts), religious programs, educational activities (hangman, current events, etc.) outdoor activities, outings, social programs, and Resident Council. I take alot of ideas from Creating Forecasting and a New Day for ideas on theme days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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