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[May Health Topic] Introducing recreational activities for seniors!

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May is a month full of seasonal events, such as Children’s Day and Mother’s Day.

The weather becomes milder and more comfortable, making it easier for older adults to stay active.

With that in mind, this time we’re introducing easy, enjoyable recreational activities for seniors.

By incorporating crafts and songs unique to May, you can create an atmosphere where participants feel the season while having fun.

Everything is simple to try, so please enjoy participating together with the older adults around you.

[May Health Topic] Introducing Recreational Activities for Seniors! (71–80)

Balloon volleyball stick whacking

[Senior Recreation] Focus! Balloon-Based Activities [Exercises for Older Adults]

Balloon volleyball stick whacking

When you fill a balloon with air, it moves in a light, floaty way, right? Let’s try playing volleyball with one of those floaty balloons by hitting it with sticks.

Divide into two teams and have the older adults sit while holding a stick.

When the balloon comes to you, use the stick to return it like in volleyball.

The key is to use longer sticks.

The slow-moving balloon volleyball will surely get older adults excited.

Once everyone gets used to it, try using two balloons, and so on.

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Leg exercises with beanbags

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Leg exercises with beanbags

Here’s a foot exercise you can do indoors using beanbags.

Sit in a chair and place one beanbag on your knee.

Do a marching motion with the leg that has the beanbag on it.

Start with one leg, then gradually try placing beanbags on both legs or increase the number of beanbags.

Not only does this work as a foot exercise, but keeping the beanbags from falling while you march also helps improve concentration.

Because it doesn’t require heavy objects and can be done while seated, it’s recommended for older adults as well.

When the weather turns warm, you feel like moving your body, right? This simple indoor beanbag foot exercise is an easy way to get started.

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Beanbag Tower

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Beanbag Tower

Many older adults may have played otedama (beanbag juggling) when they were young.

Some may have also played otedama with their own children or grandchildren.

Here’s a game that uses those beanbags to build a tower.

The rules are simple: compete to see how many beanbags you can stack on top of an upside-down paper cup.

By holding and stacking the beanbags, you can expect to improve or maintain hand balance and concentration.

You can focus and play alone, or make it a team competition for extra excitement.

If you’re interested, please give it a try.

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Goldfish Game

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Goldfish Game

At festival stalls, there’s usually a goldfish scooping game, right? Besides scooping, here’s a fun game that uses goldfish as the theme.

Two people hold the ends of a face towel, and place a goldfish plushie or a crafted goldfish on the towel.

While shaking the towel, they toss the goldfish into a basket that’s been set up in advance.

Assign points based on the size of the basket and the distance to the basket.

This innovative goldfish game should be enjoyable for older adults as well.

It also seems like it would be exciting to play as teams.

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Balloon holder bag with a string

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Balloon holder bag with a string

Here’s a string-and-balloon game that’s sure to liven up spring events and gatherings.

Have several older adults sit in chairs facing each other, each holding one end of a string so that paired participants are connected and keep the string taut.

By moving the string up and down or sliding it side to side, they work together to carry a balloon to the goal.

Cooperation is key in this game.

Because participants call out to each other as they play, it naturally encourages communication as well.

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Kick Darts

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Kick Darts

This is a game where you sit in a chair and kick a beanbag into the air, aiming to land it on a high-scoring area of the dartboard in front of you.

It helps develop the leg strength needed to send the beanbag to a distant dartboard and the ability to control force to reach the target spot.

The farther the dartboard is, the more power is required, so have participants try at distances suited to their stamina and muscle strength.

If you run it as a face-to-face match, players will likely focus even more as they try to beat their opponent.

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Brain training with rock-paper-scissors

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Brain training with rock-paper-scissors

It’s a game where you create patterns that switch between rock, paper, and scissors hand shapes, then work through those various patterns in order, with the key being to think about what shape comes next.

Having players say the shapes out loud while making them is also important—thinking, moving the hands, and speaking at the same time helps activate the brain.

Start at a slow tempo at first, then gradually increase the speed to make it more challenging.

Writing the sequence on a board so players can refer to it while figuring out the shapes might make it easier.

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