Memory Tray

  • 30
  • 60
Time

Benefits
  • Stay Independent
  • Celebrate Achivement

Participants
  • One to One or Group Activity

What you need

  1. A tray
  2. A mix of up to 10 small items, such as a comb, bar of soap, tin opener, ball of wool, a paintbrush, wooden spoon, cup, flower, small decorative ornament or key

Intro

This memory game is a bit like spot the difference. Simply get a tray full of things and have fun talking about all of them, then sneakily take one away and get the group to guess what’s missing.

This activity is great with just one person – or in a small group. And you can tailor it to everyone’s ability by using more or less things.

The Activity

  1. Lay the items on a tray
  2. Place the tray on a table in front of the person or group
  3. Pick each item up in turn, and talk about it and its purpose – this will help jog people’s memory
  4. Let the person or group look at the tray for a few minutes, asking them to memorise what’s there
  5. Now take the tray away and remove one item
  6. Put the tray back and ask them to guess what’s missing
  7. Once they’ve guessed, take the tray away again, put the item back and take away another
  8. You could also remove 2 items at once, if you like
  9. Keep going for as long as the person or group are enjoying the challenge
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