Activity Breakouts

With our abundance of staffing,  there is often more than one activity scheduled concurrently.  Programming examples follow.

To see specific calendars click on the links:

                        Classic Activities Calendars

                      Homestead Activities Calendars

Education / Wellness

Art History lectures, Wellness clinics & trainings, Current Events, Yoga, Zumba®, Conductorcise®, Walking groups, light weights, painting classes, "poetry corner", "The View" discussion group, "Equipment Clinic with Chad", famous person biography lesson

Trips / Outings

Symphony, Restaurants, Wineries, Museums, Shopping, Theatre, Movies, Concerts, Casinos, mystery bus rides, botanical gardens, art galleries and more.

Entertainment / Unique Programs

Singers, Bands, Quartets, Orchestras, Men’s groups, Baseball Lunch Bunch, Magicians, Reading programs with students, The View”, Bird watching, Gardening club, “ “Red Hat Tea Parties”, Senior Prom, Birthday Luncheons, Family parties, humor hour, dance groups and even a magician

Gaming

 Word Games, Wheel of Fortune, Card games, Bridge groups, Bingo, Ladder Golf, Wii Bowling & Wii Golf, Name That Tune, Scrabble, Picture Brain Challenge, Penny Ante, Left- Right- Center, group crosswords and word search, trivia

Life Skills /Occupational

Baking, crafts,  hair salon, manicures, table top centerpiece construction, Residents' Council Meeting and party preparation for various events including visiting student groups. We also take shopping trips to places like Sudbury Farms, CVS, Shaws, Christmas Tree Shops, The Dollar Store and Steinmart.

Arts / Crafts

Painting classes, flower arranging / horticultural work, craft work, knitting /crocheting /needlepoint club, and art workshops

Nature Based

 Walking, in / outdoor gardening with herbs and vegetables, scenic rides, pet therapy, bird watching, “Animal Planet”,  Sudbury River Cruise, Garden in the Woods tour and visits to botanical gardens such as Tower Hill.

Social

Dining, dancing, religious services, ice cream socials, family barbeques, Boston Harbor Cruise, Museum of Fine Arts, movie trips, movies at Heritage, live concerts & reading with Hemenway School students, pub night, "New Resident Coffee Social", ladies social, men's pub night and holiday observances such as St. Patrick's Day, Veteran's Day, etc.

Cognitive /Early Stage

Word games, card games, trivia, Name That Tune, discussion groups, library trips & computer tutoring, spelling bees, dictionary game, reading programs with BLOCKS pre-school and Hemenway School

Musical

Live music, sing-alongs, Concerts on the Green, River School concerts, Boston Symphony, Golden Tones of Wayland, MA, Jazz Trios, String Quartets, 30 piece orchestra on site, "The Singing Trooper", a variety of choral groups and much more.

Physical

Dancing,  putting green, walking, chair volleyball “badminton”,  chair aerobics, Yoga, Zumba®, Conductorcise®, Walking groups, light weightsand extensive walking with our "Walk Across America" program, ladder golf, "Movement is Medicine", Conductorsize®

Religious Spiritual

Rosary, Communion, Shabbat, Bible study and observances of religious holidays

Inter-generational

Reading with Hemenway School students, visits to BLOCKS pre-school, programs with the Christra McAuliff Charter School, Girl Scout Programs, student recitals and student volunteers