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Large-print activity book

Way Back When: 1960s

A Large Print Activity Book for Seniors

Forty large-print word searches, thirty bold and easy coloring pages, sixty conversation starters and ten finish-the-saying pages, all set in sixteen-point type or larger. Built for sitting down together.

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Style
Activity book. Word searches, conversation starters and a smaller number of coloring pages, all in large type.
Inside
40 Word Searches, 30 Coloring Pages, 60 Conversation Starters
Pages
Single-sided, with every answer checked and printed at the back
Size
8.5" x 11"
Made for
Seniors, Care Settings & Families
Process
Designed and hand-edited by K. Terry, with AI-assisted drafting. How the books are made

About the book

What's inside

A large-print activity book built for one thing: sitting down together. Ten chapters, each a piece of ordinary 1960s life, the kitchen table, the record player, the drive-in, Sunday dinner. Every chapter opens with six conversation starters to read aloud, then four gentle word searches (13 by 13 grids, twelve words, left-to-right and top-to-bottom only, never backwards, never diagonal) and three bold, easy coloring pages with thick outlines and room to work. Each chapter finishes with a Finish the Saying page of familiar phrases, answers included. The book opens with a two-page note for the caregiver: where to sit, why good light matters, why colored pencils beat markers, when to stop. Every word you actually read is set at sixteen point or larger, with puzzle grids at twenty-three point and word lists at seventeen. Coloring is about a quarter of this book. The rest is puzzles and conversation, which is why we call it an activity book rather than a coloring book. Volume one of the Way Back When series.

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Questions about
this book

Is this a coloring book?
Not mainly. About a quarter of the pages are bold and easy coloring pages. The rest are word searches, conversation starters and finish-the-saying pages. It is an activity book, and we describe it that way everywhere.
How hard are the word searches?
Deliberately gentle. Each grid is 13 by 13 with twelve words, and words run left-to-right or top-to-bottom only, never backwards and never diagonal. Grid letters are set at twenty-three point. Every answer is checked and printed at the back.
Who is it for?
Seniors, including people living with memory loss, and the family members, caregivers and activity staff who sit with them. The conversation starters are meant to be read aloud, and there is a note for the caregiver at the front. It is an activity and conversation book, not a medical product.

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