[For Seniors] Brain-Training Recreation Using a Whiteboard

A Quiz on Difficult Kanji Related to Food

[Difficult Kanji] Food Edition! Introducing 20 tricky kanji reading questions that are hard to read when written in kanji

When you go into a Chinese restaurant, of course there’s a menu, but many items like ramen and gyoza are written in katakana, right? It’s the same with sushi toppings—things like aji or sanma aren’t written in kanji.

Even for foods we eat often and see all the time, when they’re suddenly written in kanji, we often can’t read them.

So how about everyone trying their hand at difficult-to-read kanji? Even graduates of famous universities or former teachers might struggle quite a bit! There are lots of quizzes uploaded on video sites, so be sure to make good use of them.

Find the theme words

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Find answers that match a given theme from jumbled letters.

The themes include fruits, flower names, vegetable names, animal names, food names, Japanese events, and greetings, and both the number of answers and how many you need to find gradually increase.

In the latter half, the number of letters grows, and combined with the time limit, the difficulty rises.

It’s important to stay calm and read the questions carefully.

Watching as a video works well, and turning it into a whiteboard or printed activity makes it fun for both small groups and larger groups.

It’s also recommended for recreational activities at senior facilities.

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Whiteboard Game Part 4: Day Service, Elderly, Recreation, Caregiving, Indoor Activities

“Though the blossoms are fragrant, they soon will fall—who in this world can claim to be unchanging? Ui no…” Yes, that’s the famous Iroha poem.

Isn’t it almost a miracle that such a beautiful poem could be composed using each of the 50 kana exactly once, with no repetition? Records say it was created around the 10th century, but the author is unknown.

Still, they must have been remarkably brilliant.

Let’s spend some fun time with a similar game, the “50-syllable elimination game.” Write the 50 kana on a whiteboard and make as many words as you can.

Each time you use a hiragana character, erase it.

The goal is to use all 50 characters.

I’ve heard that few people manage to complete it, so join forces and aim for the goal together!

Silver Senryu Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz

Hilarious! Silver Senryu Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz — Today’s Brain Training, Care Prevention, and Dementia Prevention

For older adults, vocabulary is a powerful tool honed over many years of life.

A fun recreation that makes use of that tool is the “Silver Senryu Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz.” In this quiz, parts of a 5-7-5 verse are omitted, and you’re asked to guess the missing words.

When you figure out the right answer or a surprising one comes up, it’s sure to spark laughter all around.

It’s great brain training for seniors.

Please enjoy giving it a try.

Animal sound brain training

[Whiteboard Brain Training] See and react! Answer with the animal sounds. Difficulty ★★★ Senior Recreation

It’s a game where you read the written name of an animal, think about which sound that animal makes, and answer.

It tests your ability to connect memories—how quickly you can imagine the sound from the animal’s name.

Start by checking which animal makes which sound, then move on to the letter chart.

Because you can reach the answer by thinking carefully, it’s also important to be mindful of speed.

The process of thinking from the written word and then saying it aloud helps activate the brain.

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Kanji Quiz: Flowers

Surprisingly Unknown? 20 Tricky Flower Kanji Quiz Questions [Elderly Care • Senior Brain Training • Whiteboard Recreation • Preventive Care]

Every time I see flowers blooming with the changing seasons, I think, “I’m so glad I was born in Japan, a country with four seasons.” How about you? Thanks to advances in cultivation techniques, you can now buy popular flowers at florists year-round.

But when those flower names are written in kanji, they can be surprisingly hard to read.

A “Flower Kanji Quiz” is great for a quick activity and works well as the main entertainment at a party.

Strangely enough, it gets lively even if no one gets the right answers.

It’s a brain-training game that makes everyone smile—I highly recommend it!

Number Shape Quiz

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It’s a puzzle where numbers are written in a 3×3 grid, and you have to figure out which number goes in the center.

The time limit is one minute.

There’s a hint, but it doesn’t reveal which number it is, so you need to prove which number belongs there.

Focus on the sequences of numbers horizontally and vertically; you’ll need both the creative idea of “what if?” and the logical reasoning to calculate and verify.

If you stay calm, you should be able to reach the answer.

In senior care facilities, writing it on a whiteboard and solving it with a group can make it enjoyable for everyone.

It’s also recommended as a way to help prevent cognitive decline.

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