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Reminiscing Kits

Reminiscing Kits are specifically designed for activity coordinators to use in reminiscing sessions. They are suitable for aged care groups only.

Each kit contains a selection of objects chosen to stimulate the senses and promote reminiscing and includes a user-guide full of information to promote group and one-on-one activities.

There are 8 topics to choose from; each kit can be hired for a period of two weeks.

Childhood Games and Pastimes Did you ever play jacks and marbles or make a toodle-um-buc? This kit contains games popular in the 1920s-40s. Dance Hall Days Dancing was an integral part of growing up in Victoria in the early-mid 1900s. Revisit the music, costume and venues of a bygone era. In the Shed The shed is an integral part of Australian life. Relive times spent tinkering in the shed from the 1930s to the 1960s. Mi viene in mente quando An Italian reminiscing kit designed to assist older Italians recall both their past life in Italy and migration to Australia. Port to Port Reminisce on your experiences migrating to Australia by ship with photos, games and stories. Recipes for Remembering This kit is designed to stimulate memories of the home when bread was delivered by horse and cart and ice delivered for the ice chest... Stitches Through Time Memories of boiling the copper on wash day, wearing starched collars and hand-me-downs will stimulate plenty of discussion. Transport and Travel Remember the sounds of horses' hooves, cable cars or car horns? Reminisce about forms of transport and travel in the 1920s-50s.