![]() ![]() Jenga: practise fine motor skills, attention and planning while removing blocks without toppling the tower.Dominoes: an ancient tile-matching game that requires visual scanning and planning skills.Connect 4: planning and logic skills are challenged in this game which also improves gross and fine dexterity.These movements are essential for everyday function, so practising and refining these movements will help you win the game but also to look after yourself better! Fine finger movements can be particularly challenging. Neurological illness or injury can impact on the brains ability to control our physical movements. Scrabble: a bit more effort needed with this word-building game which challenges several cognitive skills including problem-solving, memory, strategy and cognitive flexibility.Scattergories: word-finding/retrieval abilities, organisation and recall are involved in this race-against-the-clock (or untimed) game – a particular help with language difficulties.Risk: as its name suggests, this game involves risk-taking, forward planning and some serious decision making as you try to ‘take over the world’.Othello: another war between black and white counters and a challenge for fine motor skills, planning and strategy.Draughts: fine motor skills and strategic thinking come into play with this game.Chinese Checkers: use cognitive skills to move all your pegs to the opposite side before your opponents.Chess: no one game the same, this games classic tests cognitive skills, particularly memory, reasoning and attention.For clients with brain injury language and social communication can be challenging, more so with family members, so ensure everyone is clear regarding the rules and support positive communication at all times. They challenge our cognitive and executive skills but also facilitate positive social communication, challenging our expressive and receptive language skills within a one to one activity or as part of a group. UNO: improve number and colour recognition and strategy and planning skills by matching a card you have with the card on the table - and be the first to have no cards left!īoard games are a social affair.Go Fish, Solitaire and Hearts: these card games involve pattern recognition, memory skills and varying levels of strategic thinking.Dobble: a simple matching game that tests visual scanning and processing skills.Traditional card games help to challenge our cognitive skills, have a go at finding matching pairs while challenging memory, particularly short-term memory. ![]() To help with visual processing, attention and concentration. Perhaps you could start a competition or post regular updates on a shared interest via phone, email or social media? Card games Here’s a list of over 200 ideas that brain injury survivors and their families could consider, with remote support, if need be, from their neuro occupational therapist: Link upĬontact people you know by phone, email or social media and try to do this every day, remembering that there’s more to talk about than COVID-19! You could consider starting a book or poetry club or maybe even a discussion forum. ![]()
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