-skits and poems
-songs and short stories
-recipes and name tags
-writing exercises and more

How you can use the photocopy masters:

-Make a copy for everyone in the group to use and keep.
-Copy onto overhead transparency film; a single copy can serve a whole group.
-Use the master itself as your own reference for discussion.
-Or make one copy and decorate it for your bulletin board.

"What I like about the Actiphiles is how good they make me look! I can have a well-planned program with almost no set-up time. My facility hosted a multi-facility Halloween Party and my entire program was based on the Actiphile.

There was never a dull moment - and it looked as though I had spent months accumulating material for the party. I even had enough unused material to have several pre-meal mini-programs for my own residents!"

Susan M. Archibald
ACC Former President, Activity Coordinators of TN

African American Lives

Hours of activity for African American history month-or any month! Two skits, a recipe, timeline, crossword puzzle, matching authors, nametags, sentence starts, card game using quotations, a map, postcards to decorate and send, a choral reading, and a special Bi-Folkal BINGO! 

AC689 $24

Christmas

Whether it's Christmas in July or December, Happy Holiday Programming! Includes: song, Christmas Baking; craft project; seasons greetings in 20 languages, holiday trivia, a game. 12 activities. 

AC669 $24

Easter

Easter activities come by the dozen, just like eggs! Here are a crossword puzzle, two stories by older adults, nametags, sentence starts, postcards, a choral reading, recipe, song, skit, craft, and BINGO! 

AC682 $24

Fathers

Perform a skit, read a poem, sing a song, try a writing exercise, play a special BINGO game, design a tie, and make Dad's Root Beer Cake. 12 activities.

AC642 $24

The Fifties

Photocopy masters for a dozen activities, including a skit, a timeline, crossword puzzle, recipes, Paint Ike by Number, and more, all designed to involve people.   

AC650 $24

Food

What topic is more of a treat than food? Use this variety of activities to compare family favorites and traditions. Swap recipes and stories. Jar your groups food memories and then preserve them! How many activities? A bakers dozen! View our food nametags sample.

AC621 $24

Fourth of July

For patriotic programs any time of year! Song, Poem, Craft, Choral reading, Nametags, Trivia, Recipes, Poster/door decoration, Skit, and more. 13 activities. 

AC663 $24

Halloween

13 treats—the only trick is to decide which one you want to use first! You'll have a frightfully good time. 

AC664 $24

Labor Day

Make and taste-test white and yellow barbecue sauces, decorate and send four postcards, do a crossword puzzle, sing "Solidarity Forever," read a skit or a story or a poem, check out a map of where and how to celebrate Labor Day, complete some sentence starts, play a special kind of  BINGO, design a stamp, and/or choose and decorate a nametag.  You'll find them all in the Labor Day Actiphile, along with instructions for each activity.

AC693 $24

Memorial Day

There are photocopy masters for thirteen activities in the Memorial Day Actiphile. Choose from a story, choral reading, nametags, postcards, newspaper account of Decoration Day in 1872, events that happened on May 30th in history, a special BINGO game, and more.  

AC692 $24

Mothers

Make as many copies as you want of the skit, poem, song, writing exercise, special BINGO game, recipe and more. 12 activities.

AC612 $24

New Year's

Honor the past, but seize the opportunity of a new year to make a fresh start on the future. Crafts, cards, story, skit, song, a timely quiz and much more. Every day is the first day of a whole new year! 12 activities. 

AC681 $24

The Sixties

Delve into the sixties with a dozen activities including BINGO, lapel buttons, timeline, skit, a crossword puzzle, sentence starts, Oscar winners, sports heroes, quotes and more.

AC660 $24

Spring

Fresh springtime activities include postcards, a crossword puzzle, door decoration, sentence starts, a BINGO game, a song, a choral reading, rhubarb recipes, a pattern to make a May basket and a poem to go with it, a skit for a lion and a lamb, and a very sweet (root beer-flavored) story titled, "First Kiss." View a sample of Spring Bingo.

AC620 $24

St. Patrick's Day

A dozen activities:  postcards to decorate and send, famous Irish-Americans to match up with their accomplishments, a crossword puzzle using Irish song titles, a recipe for making Irish flags out of Jello (sort of ), sentence starts, name tags, a choral reading, a door decoration, a monolog, a list of events that happened on March 17th, and a sing-along song.  There's more than a wee bit of fun to be had here!   

AC683 $24

Thanksgiving

Bountiful harvest of activities ripe and ready to photocopy and use any time. You'll be thankful for crafts, crossword puzzle, game, songs, writing exercise, nametags, skit, lists, recipes, and Iroquois prayer. 13 activities. 

AC674 $24

Trees

(formerly Arbor Day) Even if you're green at programming, it will come naturally with these activities at your fingertips: map, riddles, and a great skit. 12 activities. 

AC662 $24

Valentines

Special features include: famous lovers to match up, historical events, rebus valentines. 14 activities. 

AC661 $24