Wooden Sorting Box

Ideal for development of hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, manual dexterity and sense of fulfilment.

This activity is ideal or a person with mid-stage dementia.

How to use with a person living with dementia:  Place the wooden box and the wooden pieces in front of the person on a table, ask the participant if they could help you put the pieces in the box, show the person how to do it, invite them to have a go and if they seem content to continue, gently encourage them to continue.

The activity can be made easier or more complex for the participant by asking them if they could match the coloured pieces with the colours on the box or ask them to match the shape of the pieces with the shapes on the box. Alternatively, if the person is unable to participate in the activity to that level of complexity, they can be simply put the pieces in the slots. 

The objective of this or any activity is for the person to be content and comfortable engaging in the activity in which ever way they are comfortable to do so. Do NOT correct the person if they don’t follow as instructed. Simply encourage their participation. 

Features

• 5 different shapes
• 5 pieces of each shape (25 pieces in total)
• 13 double sided challenge cards of 3 levels of complexity - Level 1 (easiest), Level 2 and Level 3 (more complex)
• 1 wooden box

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