[For Seniors] Lively Wordplay Game: Fun Recreation for Elderly Care

Nakatori game

More challenging than Shiritori! Nakatori: A quick downtime recreation game

A classic for killing time and wordplay that kids and adults alike can enjoy: shiritori.

In regular shiritori, you take the last character of a word to start the next one.

But this version is “nakatori,” not shiritori.

Instead of the last character, you take the middle character to form the next word.

しりとりより簡単そうに聞こえるけれど、真ん中を使うので、言葉は3文字・5文字のように奇数文字でなければならず、しかも真ん中の文字が「ん」ではいけません。代わりに偶数文字の言葉を思い浮かべてしまうことが多く、その分見た目以上にややこしく、考えることが増えます。

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Word-Specified Shiritori

[Elder Care] Senior Recreation! Shiritori with Specified Words!

Let’s play a fill-in-the-blank style, word-specified shiritori.

We’ll prepare the starting word, some words in the middle, and the ending word in advance.

The older adults participating will connect words to match those preset words.

As you get used to it, try gradually increasing the number of letters to fill in between.

It’s said that the brain is stimulated when something feels “a little difficult.” You can focus on doing the written shiritori by yourself, or work in pairs—it should be fun either way.

Please give it a try.

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Nakajima Junko

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Cognicise with Shiritori

Cognicise Shiritori

This is a “Shiritori Cognisize” you can enjoy casually like a game.

While playing shiritori, sit in a chair and do a marching motion with your feet.

Shiritori is a game most older adults have played at least once, and it’s recommended for preventing dementia.

Searching for a word that starts with the last letter of the previous word engages memory and thinking skills, stimulating the brain.

By training the brain, it can help prevent dementia.

Once you get used to regular shiritori, try adding variations, such as clapping your hands when you answer.

It’s an exercise you can do with several people, so it also encourages interaction with others.

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Nakajima Junko

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Brain training with picture shiritori

Pictionary Shiritori! A fun brain-training word chain game

In a regular shiritori game, players take turns saying words out loud.

This time, we’ll introduce picture shiritori, where you look at drawn illustrations, think of their names, and play shiritori.

Look at several drawings, such as a dog or a bus, and figure out an order that allows the shiritori to work.

Since you associate words from the final sound of each illustration’s name, it can help improve or maintain memory and thinking skills.

Also, before playing, it might be nice to have older adults color the illustrations you’ll use.

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Let’s connect words with shiritori

[Word Chain ⑦] Can you make it to the goal with shiritori? 30-second brain training #BrainTraining #Quiz #Shiritori

Let’s play shiritori (word chain) by connecting the arranged characters one by one to reach the goal.

From the many letters, you move vertically and horizontally to continue the word chain.

It could be fun to include some trick paths where, even if you make a valid word, you can’t proceed next.

If you manage the word chain well and reach the goal, older adults are likely to feel a sense of accomplishment.

Searching for words among the letters stimulates the brain, so you can also expect brain-training benefits.

It’s a shiritori game you can enjoy by thinking carefully on your own or lively with a small group.

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