An hour that passes pleasantly, and not one page of it is a test.
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Most activity books for older adults do the same thing on every page. Forty word searches, then forty sudoku, and by page twenty it feels like homework. This one changes the puzzle on every single page.
The puzzles are numbered 1 to 140 and the kind changes as you go, so you never turn over to find more of what you have just finished. A Spot the Difference, then a word search, then something to draw, then something to remember.
Seventeen different kinds. Spot the Difference drawn as calm everyday scenes, a potting bench, a bakery window, a chair by the fire, a day by the sea. Large print word searches on kitchens, gardens, music and washing day. Name the Object, with clear drawings of the things a lifetime makes familiar. Picture and Word matching, Things That Go Together, Odd One Out and Shadow Match. Gentle mazes. Finish the Saying, using the ones everybody knows. Word Scramble, Number Sequence, Draw the Other Half and Order by Size.
And pages to remember, with room to write. The kitchen I remember best had. A smell that takes me straight back is. The street I grew up on looked like. Those pages are often the best part of the afternoon, and the talking matters more than the writing.
Made for older eyes and older hands. Large print throughout, one puzzle to a page, never crowded, clear black drawings with no fussy detail, and room to write without cramping.
Nothing in this book is a test. There is no timer and there is no score to keep. There is a note for family and carers at the back, and the answers are there too.
