The person with dementia is invited to help the facilitator arrange marked ping pong balls with numbers. The activity promotes fine motor coordination as well as pictorial recognition. The person with dementia strengths that remain are their ability to count numbers due to their previous job that require counting of transactions. After placing the ping pong balls, the person with dementia is invited to count he numbers in different languages as the person took pride in their ability to count in multiple languages as well. After thanking the person, we invite them to keep the ping pong balls back in its container for the next person to use.

The activity of marking the ping pong balls and the egg cartons with numbers too can be done by the person with dementia, as making an activity is also an activity!