Olympic Games Manual
$55.00
A spiral-bound manual includes Olympic Games trivia, sport history, highlights from previous Games, quizzes, crosswords, and word games, plus practical ideas for staging your own Mini-Olympics with modified games suited to nursing homes, hostels, day centres, and retirement villages. Also available in PDF and CD format for convenient printing.
This olympic games activity manual gives activity coordinators a ready-to-use resource for running Olympic-themed sessions in aged care facilities, retirement villages, hostels, and day centres. It covers the history of the Games, sport trivia, and a practical guide to staging a mini Olympic Games with modified activities suited to a care setting.
How it can be used
Use the trivia and history sections to lead group discussions or reminiscence conversations, or include excerpts in client and family newsletters. The quizzes, crosswords, and word games work well as standalone session activities. The mini Olympics guide provides a structured format for running a facility-wide event with adapted games. If you are looking for activity book ideas for adults in a group setting, the event-planning section in particular offers a clear, step-by-step approach.
This manual includes:
- Olympic Games history and highlights from previous Games
- Sport trivia suitable for group discussion and reminiscence
- Quizzes, crosswords, and word games
- A guide to running a modified mini Olympic Games event
- A printable athletics sprint tabletop game (also sold separately)
- Reminiscence discussion: Read aloud a section of Olympic history and invite residents to share memories of watching or following past Games.
- Group quiz session: Use the sport trivia quizzes as a team competition, dividing participants into small groups and keeping a running score across sessions.
- Crossword and word games: Distribute the crossword or word game pages as individual or paired activities during quieter periods.
- Mini Olympics event: Use the event-planning guide to organise a facility-wide activity day with modified games adapted to residents’ abilities.
- Tabletop sprint game: Print and assemble the athletics sprint game for use as a small-group tabletop activity during regular sessions.
- Format: Printed spiral-bound manual
- Pages: 108 pages
- Size: A4
- Also available as: PDF/CD format (all activities stored as PDFs, printable from computer)
- Includes: Printable athletics sprint tabletop game (also available for separate purchase)