Sensory Awareness Activities
101 Nature Activities from Sanborn Western Camps www.sanbornwesterncamps.com
This is my Classroom I have trees for walls I have the sky for a roof I have the ground for a floor The wind is like an air conditioner The sun is like a heater The rock that I am sitting on is like a desk. 6th grade student
Sensory Awareness Activities
1. Magic Eye: This activity stresses the full use of the sense of sight. Subtle patterns, textures, forms and colors pop into clear focus through the Magic Eye. A Magic Eye can be a piece of cardboard with a hole in the middle, a knothole in a piece of wood, or even a circle made with your thumb and index finger. The Magic Eye can be held at varying distances from your eye to focus on different things. Start by holding it next to your eye and looking through the hole at any object you choose. Slowly stretch your arm out toward this object, always looking through the Magic Eye. When your arm is at full length, look carefully at what you have framed. If it is close enough walk up and examine it closely. Choose another object for scrutiny through the Magic Eye. 2. Deer Stalking: Two players are blindfolded and designated as the deer and the stalker. The other players form a circle around these two. Within the confines of this circle, the stalker tries to tag the deer by listening to footsteps, breathing and other deer noises, while the deer tries to keep away the stalker. The outside circle must be absolutely quiet, for any noise will be distracting to the participants. If the stalker does not catch the deer within a certain time limit, the deer wins the round and two new participants are chosen. 3. Do You See: This exercise is valuable in helping us to become aware of the common habit of looking without seeing. Casually ask group members to look in one direction for 60 seconds. Then have them close their eyes and ask them questions about the area they just viewed. Are there clouds in the sky? Did they notice any animal signs? How many
This is my Classroom I have trees for walls I have the sky for a roof I have the ground for a floor The wind is like an air conditioner The sun is like a heater The rock that I am sitting on is like a desk. 6th grade student
Sensory Awareness Activities
1. Magic Eye: This activity stresses the full use of the sense of sight. Subtle patterns, textures, forms and colors pop into clear focus through the Magic Eye. A Magic Eye can be a piece of cardboard with a hole in the middle, a knothole in a piece of wood, or even a circle made with your thumb and index finger. The Magic Eye can be held at varying distances from your eye to focus on different things. Start by holding it next to your eye and looking through the hole at any object you choose. Slowly stretch your arm out toward this object, always looking through the Magic Eye. When your arm is at full length, look carefully at what you have framed. If it is close enough walk up and examine it closely. Choose another object for scrutiny through the Magic Eye. 2. Deer Stalking: Two players are blindfolded and designated as the deer and the stalker. The other players form a circle around these two. Within the confines of this circle, the stalker tries to tag the deer by listening to footsteps, breathing and other deer noises, while the deer tries to keep away the stalker. The outside circle must be absolutely quiet, for any noise will be distracting to the participants. If the stalker does not catch the deer within a certain time limit, the deer wins the round and two new participants are chosen. 3. Do You See: This exercise is valuable in helping us to become aware of the common habit of looking without seeing. Casually ask group members to look in one direction for 60 seconds. Then have them close their eyes and ask them questions about the area they just viewed. Are there clouds in the sky? Did they notice any animal signs? How many