Happy December TRO members!
Here are some free Christmas Program Activities that will make your job easier while adapting to COVID restrictions:
1) Making Spirits Bright Exercise Songbook:
Why not add some simple chair exercises to a carol sing-along? Get double the feel-good endorphins!
2) "Jingle Bells" - Christmas Chair Exercise Video:
Let someone do the motivating. This cheery exercise video will be sure to get people moving while singing everyone's favourite Christmas (lyrics provided on screen)
BTW... my name is Tammy Stone, creator of Heart Beats Club: chair exercise programs for seniors. I've personally taught 4,500+ classes in Long Term Care and Adult Day Programs but I can't go in right now! So I'm making these resources to help keep my seniors moving. You might as well use it too!
1) "Making Spirits Bright"
Exercise Songbook
A downloadable pdf with diagrams of (10) basic chair exercises matched to the lyrics of familiar Christmas carols:
Away in the Manger
O Christmas Tree
Jingle Bells
Hark the Herald
Joy to the World
Let it Snow
The Little Drummer Boy
Deck the Halls
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Silent Night
Ways to use this exercise booklet:
1:1 Visits
A quick and easy exercise activity. You can do the entire program or choose a couple songs/actions.
Independent Activity
Print and place in individual activity packets for self directed in-room exercise.
Small Group/Hallway Activities
Use during regular exercise. Or have residents sit in the doorways for a socially distanced energy booster.
Get "Making Spirits Bright"
Exercise Songbook - downloadable pdf
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2) Another free activity...
"Jingle Bells" exercise video you can use in your programming
This is an excerpt from...
Holiday Heart Beats - Jingle for Joy Program
30 minute On-demand Chair Exercise Video
- proper exercise format including warm up, aerobic exercise, cool down & stretching
- easy to read lyrics for 12 familiar Christmas songs:
- Hark the Herald Angels Sing
- Let It Snow
- Go Tell it on the Mountain
- I Saw Three Ships
- Jingle Bells
- Mary's Boy Child
- Holly Jolly Christmas
- Feliz Navidad
- Rocking Around the Christmas Tree
- Silver Bells
- O Come All Ye Faithful
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas
$30 CDN for unlimited online access until Dec 25th
TRO members get 20% off with code TROGIVES
Contact: [email protected] for any questions
Inclusive
Simplified movements so that seniors with frailty or complex conditions can participate
Professional
High quality video and sound using multiple camera angles to show close ups of instruction
Simple
Uncluttered background with sharp contrast makes it easier for cognitive processing
