My 4th visit at the COA

On my 4th visit I got there at around lunch time and the group was eating prime rib with mashed potatoes and collard greens.

-I told Robin and Bruce that I was ready to give them a rough draft of the memory game that I will have the final product next weekend.

After they had coffee and cookies, they went on their walk and once they got back I was going to present my rough draft to the group.

-The questions I asked for my rough draft are:

1. What would a painter normally paint with on a canvas? Answer: Paint brush

2. What part of the world is the great pyramids located? Answer: Egypt

3. Where would a person or a group of people go to observe significant artworks from artist around the world? Answer: A Museum

4. What is the world famous and renowned artist first name with their last name being Picasso? Answer: Pablo

5. What colors would need to be mixed to get to the color green if one needed to paint grass? Answer: Yellow&blue

6. What artist is known for his recreation and depictions of the Campell soup cans and Marilyn Monroe? Answer: Andy Warhol

7. (True or False) If an artist wanted to make a color lighter would they have to add white? Answer: True

-To my suprise the group was getting involved and even getting the answers correct. This made me excited about my project too see all the outcomes the group was going to do next week.

Robin and Bruce loved my idea and how the group was participating.

-After my activity, they continued with the normal routine with the activity of the day being "Making sense of senses"

-After that it was time for relaxation time.

My 3rd Visit With The COA

-Showed up at around lunch time and the group was eating macaroni and cheese with a side of vegetables.

-After lunch I was going to talk with Bruce and Robin which are the leaders in the program about possible ideas that I could conduct with the group or conduct a solo project with a volunteer out of the group.

After talking to both Bruce and Robin about what project would be best to do. I wanted to get the group involved as much as I could so we came up with a conclusion of doing a group project similar to the activities that they do on the white board

-Today's topic is "Remembering With Words".

-The group worked on long term and short term memory, worked on naming states with just the beginning of the first letter of the states name, naming all 50 states. Also Bruce asked 20 or more questions that came from the groups time period that would help them freshen their memory.

-Once the activity "Remembering with Words" was complete, the group went into another room for relaxation time.

My 2nd visit with the COA

For my second visit with the COA memory enhancement class I tried to be more involved and not so much an observer.

Instead of sitting in the back during lunch time, I sat with the group and began to conversations with the people surrounding me.

I was even given some lunch to eat with them.

After eating lunch, that was time for the group to go their walk which is followed by coffee and cookies.

Once the cookies and coffee time was done it was time for their Wednesday activity.

We started out counting down from 100-0, and even for me it was kind of hard to remember the numbers.

While other games were being played I was trying to form a art activity that could be similar to their routine.

To wrap up the day the group did their relaxation activity until their rides showed up 

1st meeting with the COA

-Came in during lunch hours, and everyone is eating Lima beans, sweet tomatoes, and fried chicken.

-Listened to Jack Jones and other similar artists.

-They always complemented on how great the food was so I naturally wanted some.

-Thought about making a card game using the concept of the meals the group has previously eaten for my project.

-Or maybe use the music being played and combine the groups memories associated with that particular song.

-After the lunch, the group went on a walk, then once they were finished had some coffee&cookies.

-After cookies&coffee, they have a daily activity that is based on a topic....Wednesday's topic was communicating with words.

-Once the activity was done, the group breaks off to go to the rest room. Then followed by a relaxation activity.

-I participated in the relaxation activity and it was soothing.