On Wednesday during ECO we played two games that focused on senses other than sight.  In the first game we relied on our sense of hearing.  We worked in pairs and pretended to be a mama bird and her baby.  First we decided on a unique call or song.  One partner was the baby bird and closed his or her eyes while the other partner, mama bird, slowly moved around repeating our call.  The baby birds had to try to follow the mama by picking out their unique call from all of the others.

In the second game called "Meet a Tree" children again worked in pairs or groups of three.  One child was blindfolded while his or her partner led him to a tree.  The blindfolded partner took a moment to get to know the tree by feeling it and perhaps smelling it, thinking about its size, shape, and texture. Then the blindfolded partner was led away. With the blindfold removed the challenge was to try to find the same tree.  This was a really fun game that included some great partner skills like trust and empathy.