This year we have a very special Christmas 🎁: We have created 10 Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises to work online in NeuronUP. To carry them out, we have chosen some of our most used activities. So, from today until January 8, you can use them in their Christmas version and include them in your sessions. We hope you like them!
List of 10 Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises to work online in NeuronUP
Children’s Christmas activities:
1. Find Rudolf,
2. Hidden Cats at Christmas,
3. Christmas Pairs,
4. Santa’s Journey,
5. Christmas Groups,
Christmas activities for adults
6. Christmas Lighting,
7. Christmas Lighting (self-paced memorization),
8. Christmas Pairs,
9. Christmas Obstacles,
10. Grouped Gifts.
Later we explain in detail how to work with these activities.
Languages
You can use these 10 Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises in Spanish, English, French, Portuguese, Brazilian Portuguese and Catalan.
Notice: the Christmas activities can only be included in sessions to be carried out before January 8
It is very important to keep in mind that these activities will only be available during the Christmas period, specifically until January 8. Therefore, they can only be included in sessions that are to be carried out before that date.
If they are included in sessions with later dates, the session cannot be carried out and the professional will receive a message to edit that session, since it will contain activities that no longer exist.
Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises
Christmas exercises for children and adolescents
1. Find Rudolf
The first of the Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises for children we present today is Find Rudolf. It is the Christmas adaptation of the NeuronUP game Find Toby.
What does it involve?
This game consists of following the instructions as quickly as possible until finding Rudolf. We show you an example of a medium level in the following video:
What does this activity train?
This Christmas cognitive stimulation exercise trains the following cognitive functions:
- Processing speed,
- working memory,
- planning.
Play by levels
In the easiest levels the user will have fewer instructions to find Rudolf and the grid will be smaller, while in the more difficult levels the instructions will multiply and the grid will be larger.
Activity customization
In addition, you will be able to customize the activity to suit each child’s abilities.
Parameters
The following can be selected:
- the size of the grid,
- the stimulus exposure time
- the start (fixed or random)
- maximum errors.
General aspects
You can adjust general aspects such as:
- the number of exercises,
- the maximum time,
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not,
- modify the performance instructions, etc.
2. Hidden Cats at Christmas
What does it involve?
What does this activity train?
Play by levels
The game is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 12 the most difficult.
The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect answers. In addition, the professional can choose the phase manually.
Activity customization
In addition, customized phases can be created to adapt them to the specific needs of each child.
Parameters
In this memory activity for children we can set some activity parameters such as:
- Grid size,
- number of cats.
General aspects
Also, in this Christmas game to work episodic memory with children you can choose other general aspects such as:
- The number of exercises,
- the maximum time,
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not,
- whether to include an inactivity notice or not,
- modify the performance instructions,
- number of attempts.
3. Christmas Pairs
The third Christmas cognitive stimulation activity for children that we have adapted is Christmas Pairs. It is the Christmas version of Animal Pair.
What does it involve?
Children have to discover the pairs among a group of face-down cards. We show you how to play in the following video:
What does this activity train?
- Episodic memory,
- working memory,
- selective attention.
Activity customization
In addition, the activity can be customized and among other things you can number the cards. This is very useful if you are going to carry out group therapy so it is easier to identify the exact card the children are referring to.
Adult version
This Christmas activity has its version for adults called Christmas Pairs. We explain it later.
4. Santa’s Journey
Santa’s Journey is the Christmas adaptation of the worksheet Obstacle Gymkhana.
What does it involve?
Children must memorize the traps and then take Santa Claus to the Chimney without stepping on any, as we show you in the following video:
What does this Christmas exercise train?
- Episodic memory,
- planning.
Difficulty levels
Santa’s Journey is a worksheet and, like all NeuronUP worksheets, it is organized into five difficulty levels:
- Basic,
- easy,
- medium,
- hard,
- advanced.
Adult version
This Christmas exercise has an adult version called Christmas Obstacles.
5. Christmas Groups
Christmas Groups is the Christmas adaptation of the game The Best Organizer.
What does it involve?
Users must organize different elements into distinct groups. They must create different groups according to the story, keeping in mind that no group can be the same.
In the following video we show you an example of how to work with this exercise:
What does this activity train?
- Flexibility,
- planning.
Play by levels
The Christmas game to work flexibility with children is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 9 the most difficult.
The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect answers. In addition, the professional can choose the phase manually.
Activity customization
In addition, customized phases can be created to define parameters and general aspects.
Parameters
We can define some parameters of this exercise to work on cognitive flexibility in adults such as:
- Number of elements,
- Elements in each group,
- number of groups.
General aspects
Also, you will be able to choose other general aspects such as:
- number of exercises.
- maximum time.
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not.
- whether to include an inactivity notice or not.
- modify the performance instructions.
Adult version
This Christmas activity has its adult version, which we detail later, called Grouped Gifts.
Christmas exercises for older adults
6. Christmas Lighting
The first of the Christmas cognitive stimulation exercises for older adults we present today is Christmas Lighting. This activity is the Christmas adaptation of Illuminated Windows.
What does it involve?
What does this activity train?
Play by levels
The game is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 12 the most difficult.
The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect answers. In addition, the professional can choose the phase manually.
Activity customization
In addition, customized phases can be created to adapt them to the needs of each person.
Parameters
In this Christmas game to work episodic memory with older adults we can define some parameters of the activity such as:
- The number of windows,
- the number of Illuminated Windows,
- the memorization time.
General aspects
In addition, you can choose other general aspects such as:
- The number of exercises,
- the maximum time,
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not,
- whether to include an inactivity notice or not,
- modify the performance instructions,
- number of attempts.
7. Christmas Lighting (self-paced memorization)
What does it involve?
Advantages of self-paced memorization
- Avoid boredom in those people who memorize quickly
- Avoid that people who are slower in the memorization process become frustrated. They will have all the time they need to develop the memorization strategy that suits them best.
In addition, the time will be recorded in the results section. This will be very useful when analyzing their abilities and progress.
What does this activity train?
Play by levels
The game is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 12 the most difficult.
The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect answers. In addition, the professional can choose the phase manually.
Activity customization
In addition, customized phases can be created to adapt them to the needs of each person.
Parameters
In this memory activity for children we can set some activity parameters such as:
- The number of windows,
- the number of Illuminated Windows,
- the memorization time.
General aspects
In addition, you can choose other general aspects such as:
- The number of exercises,
- the maximum time,
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not,
- whether to include an inactivity notice or not,
- modify the performance instructions,
- number of attempts.
8. Christmas Pairs
The third Christmas cognitive stimulation activity for older adults that we present is Christmas Pairs. It is the Christmas version of Match the cards.
What does it involve?
Users have to discover the pairs among a group of face-down cards. We show you how to work with this in the following video:
What does this activity train?
- Episodic memory,
- working memory,
- selective attention.
Activity customization
In addition, the activity can be customized and among other things you can number the cards. This is very useful for group therapy.
9. Christmas Obstacles
Christmas Obstacles is the Christmas adaptation of the worksheet Highway obstacles.
What does it involve?
The objective is to memorize the traps and then take Santa Claus to the Chimney without stepping on any.
In the following video we show you an example of the Christmas activity:
What does this Christmas exercise train?
- Episodic memory,
- planning.
Difficulty levels
It is a worksheet and, as such, it is organized into five difficulty levels:
- Basic,
- easy,
- medium,
- hard,
- advanced.
Application in daily life
This Christmas worksheet to exercise memory with older adults is ideal for working on recall and mental organization. Very useful in daily life to prepare tasks such as:
- Going to a place while avoiding problematic areas,
- running errands in a chained manner.
Children’s version
This Christmas activity has its children’s version, mentioned earlier, called Santa’s Journey.
10. Grouped Gifts
Grouped Gifts is the Christmas adaptation of the game Varied combinations.
What does it involve?
Users must organize different elements into distinct groups. They must create different groups according to the story, keeping in mind that no group can be the same.
In the following video we show you an example of how to work with this exercise:
What does this activity train?
- Flexibility,
- planning.
Play by levels
The game is divided into phases, with phase 1 being the easiest and phase 9 the most difficult.
The user will move up or down levels automatically based on their correct or incorrect answers. In addition, the professional can choose the phase manually.
Activity customization
In addition, customized phases can be created to define parameters and general aspects.
Parameters
We can define some parameters of this exercise to work on cognitive flexibility in adults such as:
- Number of elements,
- elements in each group,
- number of groups.
General aspects
Also, you will be able to choose other general aspects such as:
- number of exercises.
- maximum time.
- whether you want a visible timer for the activity or not.
- whether to include an inactivity notice or not.
- modify the performance instructions.
Children’s version
This Christmas exercise to work cognitive stimulation has its children’s version, mentioned earlier, called Christmas Groups.
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