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Have You Ever Game

Have You Ever Game
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A great game to get to know you residents, and see what you have in common! Similar to penny ante... see what other questions you can come up with!

Write participants names on a whiteboard, and mark a point for each item they have done.

I asked my residents to explain their answer before I would give them a point to make it more exciting and enhance conversation.

Have You Ever?

  1. Flown in an airplane?
  2. Had a dog?
  3. Rode a horse?
  4. Lived outside of Canada?
  5. Gotten a ticket?
  6. Had kids?
  7. Sewn your own clothes?
  8. Swam in ocean?
  9. Been to the zoo?
  10. Won a trophy?
  11. Had any allergies?
  12. Lived on a farm?
  13. Can you speak another language?
  14. Broken a bone?
  15. Been stuck in a storm?
  16. Built you own house?
  17. Had a pen pal?
  18. Know +2 languages?
  19. Owned a rodent as a pet?
  20. Been in a car accident?
  21. Known how to two-step?
  22. Rode an off-road vehicle?
  23. Dyed your hair?
  24. Been to Hawaii/Mexico?
  25. Been on a train?
  26. Worked night shift?
  27. Eaten a whole pizza?
  28. Won a game of monopoly?
  29. Kissed an animal?
  30. Had a gym membership?
  31. Planted a tree?
  32. Sung karaoke?
  33. Slept in regular clothing?
  34. Been scared of clowns?
  35. Shot a gun?
  36. Met a celebrity?
  37. Caught a bug?
  38. Made a snowman?
  39. Seen an elephant in real life? (Rode one)
  40. Cut your own hair?
  41. Been sprayed by a skunk?
  42. Had a surprise party given to you?
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Guest avatar

Sounds like something our guests will enjoy. I think we'll use beans

Julie  avatar

I use this a lot in MSU. It stimulates conversation and they love to reminisce with some questions. Thanks for sharing

Susan avatar

Great idea Cary

Thanks

I am sure others will try it this

Caty avatar

We play a similar game we call “Chip on the table”. We pass out poker chips and if they answer yes to a question you put a chip on the table. This leads to lots of follow-up questions. The first person to get to 10 chips wins.

Shannon avatar

This is a great game I have also tried a whole stack of index cards and wrote questions on them for ex. Have you ever done a shivery, what color was your wedding , who was your first kiss. What pattern was your dishes, and have you ever rode in a wheel barrel, Some really fun questions.

Solange avatar

Hi Shannon, thank you very much for sharing the extra questions.

Guest avatar

What a great game. Love it.

Nicki avatar

Can’t wait to try it .

Susan avatar

Great idea Shannon

Shannon avatar

i took index cards and wrote each question on the card and went around ask each one have you ever, i went all the way back to Have you ever done a chivary what color was your wedding , did you ever go hunting, how many slept in one bed. It strikes conversations for awhile. So much fun.

Susan avatar

I like the idea of using bells with different sounds

Gail avatar

I play a version of this game with similar questions, and call it “Ring Your Bell.” We have a set of handbells and some small tambourines in our activity dept. I tell the residents (all with Dementia) to ring their bell if they ever had a dog, travelled to Ireland, camped in a tent, etc. They seem to really enjoy this, especially since each bell is pitched to a different note, and the bells sound beautiful together.

Susan avatar

Jayleen

This looks like a great game to play with your residents

If you wanted it could even help you with assessments by adding relavent questions

If you want to make it more for those with dementia instead of asking the question have you ever you could say tell me about a time you .....

Thank you so much

Elizabeth avatar

This is lovely! Printed it off this morning to enhance our coffee time!

Jayleen  avatar

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