It does not mean when a person ages, his or her brain will also have to deteriorate. It has been proven by the National Institutes of Health that even seniors or elderly adults can do something to improve their mental health and help in maintaining thinking skills and other cognitive functions that are vital as the brain gets older. Mental exercises or brain exercises as others call it, is as important with getting enough physical exercise to keep the body healthy. What makes brain exercises easier to do than physical exercises is that, it can be done in any place and at any time.
Bingo Game:
Bingo is a type of game that is purely associated with a person’s luck. It is played with randomly selected cards with randomly drawn numbers, which players need to match both drawn numbers with the numbers found on their cards. A person who is able to complete a certain pattern for every game is considered to be the winner and he or she has to shout “BINGO”, to alert other players that he or she calls for a possible win. It is important for a person to shout BINGO before drawing another number.
Bingo Cards:
Each bingo card has 5 by 5 matrices that contain 25 squares arranged in 5 vertical columns and 5 horizontal rows. Each of the 25 squares is represented by a certain number. A typical Bingo game uses the number 1 to 75, and each of the 5 columns of the bingo card is labeled from left to right with “B”, “I”, “N”, “G”, “O”. The center most box usually contains no number and is marked with “free”, meaning it is already automatically filled. Under the “B” column, numbers range from 1 to 15, “I” column, 16 to 30, “N” column, 31 to 45, “G” column, 46 to 60, and “O” column, 61 to 75.
Bingo for Seniors:
It does not require for a certain age group to play Bingo. It is possible for anyone to play bingo, as long as he or she is able to comprehend with the numbers drawn and the numbers on his or her bingo card/s. Seniors who play bingo can gain numerous benefits from the game, since bingo is a great way in keeping the mind stimulated. Waiting for certain numbers to be drawn and thinking of how many numbers do she need to have in order to win can help in making the mind work. Aside from the benefits of bingo to seniors’ mind, it is also a great way for seniors to socialize with other seniors and other people.
Bingo Sets for Seniors:
Since seniors tend to have problems in seeing clearly small fonts, there are bingo sets specially made for seniors with large prints on its bingo cards and on the number tiles to drawn. Aside from bingo, there are still a lot of games that can help in stimulating seniors’ mind. Please also see other brain games & puzzles, games for seniors, or browse the entire activities for seniors website for fun, ideas and interesting articles.
