Blind folded walk
1. Explain to the class, that this next activity is going to require you get with one other partner.
2. Then emphasize the importance of you playing the role of the “guiders” or leader and the “blind walker”
3. Each role is going to require different communication skills.
4. The challenge is for students to find your object, while one person is blind-folded and the other is guiding.
Eyes, Body, Mouth
1. Explain to the class, that this next activity is going to require you get with two other people.
2. Then explain that one of your group members will represent the “EYES” of the group. They can only watch what the “Body” is doing.
3. One of your group members will be the “MOUTH”. They are allowed to talk and are facing the “EYES” of the group.
4. One of your group members will be the “BODY”. They are blindfolded and are to walk using the directions of the “Mouth” and the “Eyes”.
5. If the “BODY” touches something that they’re not supposed to, they are penalized 10 seconds.
6. This is a timed activity and are competing against other groups.
Key Punch
1. The task is to get everyone across the grid of numbers as quickly as possible.
2. There is a correct sequence of numbers that you must take from one end of the grid to the other.
3. Everyone must participate by stepping onto the “key punch”.
4. You may not talk or make sounds.
5. If you step onto a number that is not a part of the correct sequence, you’ll be notified by a “ding”.
6. If you step onto a correct number, silence will follow.
7. Remember, you are to do this as fast as possible.
8. Give the group time to collaborate and develop strategies.
Spotting Stance
1. Show everyone the proper spotting stance with:
2. Eyes ready to focus
3. Hands up (Palms facing out)
4. Elbows bent
5. Straight back
6. Bent knees
7. Ready to support another person’s Head, neck, shoulders and back.
8. Stand strong and flexible at the same time.
Super Spotters’ Social
1. Students are to be moving about the group talking and socializing.
2. When they hear, “Spotters Ready!”, they are to get into spotting stance, as previously taught.
3. Emphasize “readiness” and proper technique with the spotting stance.
Two and Three person Trust Lean
1. Demonstrate “self-spotting” by having everyone put their feet together, and arms across their chests.
2. As you start to fall, catch yourself by putting one of your legs backwards to catch yourself.
3. Don’t actually fall. I just want you to get a feel for this as well.
4. Now, ask for a volunteer who is willing to lean while I spot, using the proper technique and stance.
5. Now, partner up with someone and decide who’s going to be the leaner and who’s going to be the spotter.
6. The spotter stands about one foot behind the leaner with one foot in front of the other, with knees bent and arms and hands up.
7. Remind the group to support/catch the head, neck and back.
8. The spotters job is to break the fall rather than “catch” the fall. Once the spotter breaks the leaner’s fall, the spotter pushes the leaner back into the upright stance.
9. Switch roles.
10. Explain verbal communication as necessary for subsequent leans:
a. Leaner/Faller: “Spotter Ready?”
b. Spotter: “Ready”
c. Leaner/Faller: “Falling”
d. Spotter: “Fall away”
Wind in the Willows
1. Ask for a volunteer to come to the middle of the circle.
2. This person will be the “leaner/faller” and will demonstrate the proper leaning technique.
3. The spotters in the circle are to stand close together (shoulder to shoulder) with no gaps.
4. Review the communication protocol and practice.
5. This time the leaner/faller is allowed to fall in any direction
6. Emphasize that the spotters should work together to support the leaner/faller. No one person should be alone in supporting.
7. Allow other students to be the leaner as well.
Levitation
1. Ask for a volunteer to lay on the ground face up.
2. Have the rest of the group put their hands under this person’s body.
3. Have one person support the head.
4. Demonstrate the appropriate communication. Replace “lifters” instead of “spotters”.
5. Remind the volunteer to remain straight and still.
6. When everyone is ready, have the group lift the volunteer to waist level and then lower.
7. Safely, lower the volunteer in a gentle head to toe rocking motion until the person is safely on the floor/ground.
1. Explain to the class, that this next activity is going to require you get with one other partner.
2. Then emphasize the importance of you playing the role of the “guiders” or leader and the “blind walker”
3. Each role is going to require different communication skills.
4. The challenge is for students to find your object, while one person is blind-folded and the other is guiding.
Eyes, Body, Mouth
1. Explain to the class, that this next activity is going to require you get with two other people.
2. Then explain that one of your group members will represent the “EYES” of the group. They can only watch what the “Body” is doing.
3. One of your group members will be the “MOUTH”. They are allowed to talk and are facing the “EYES” of the group.
4. One of your group members will be the “BODY”. They are blindfolded and are to walk using the directions of the “Mouth” and the “Eyes”.
5. If the “BODY” touches something that they’re not supposed to, they are penalized 10 seconds.
6. This is a timed activity and are competing against other groups.
Key Punch
1. The task is to get everyone across the grid of numbers as quickly as possible.
2. There is a correct sequence of numbers that you must take from one end of the grid to the other.
3. Everyone must participate by stepping onto the “key punch”.
4. You may not talk or make sounds.
5. If you step onto a number that is not a part of the correct sequence, you’ll be notified by a “ding”.
6. If you step onto a correct number, silence will follow.
7. Remember, you are to do this as fast as possible.
8. Give the group time to collaborate and develop strategies.
Spotting Stance
1. Show everyone the proper spotting stance with:
2. Eyes ready to focus
3. Hands up (Palms facing out)
4. Elbows bent
5. Straight back
6. Bent knees
7. Ready to support another person’s Head, neck, shoulders and back.
8. Stand strong and flexible at the same time.
Super Spotters’ Social
1. Students are to be moving about the group talking and socializing.
2. When they hear, “Spotters Ready!”, they are to get into spotting stance, as previously taught.
3. Emphasize “readiness” and proper technique with the spotting stance.
Two and Three person Trust Lean
1. Demonstrate “self-spotting” by having everyone put their feet together, and arms across their chests.
2. As you start to fall, catch yourself by putting one of your legs backwards to catch yourself.
3. Don’t actually fall. I just want you to get a feel for this as well.
4. Now, ask for a volunteer who is willing to lean while I spot, using the proper technique and stance.
5. Now, partner up with someone and decide who’s going to be the leaner and who’s going to be the spotter.
6. The spotter stands about one foot behind the leaner with one foot in front of the other, with knees bent and arms and hands up.
7. Remind the group to support/catch the head, neck and back.
8. The spotters job is to break the fall rather than “catch” the fall. Once the spotter breaks the leaner’s fall, the spotter pushes the leaner back into the upright stance.
9. Switch roles.
10. Explain verbal communication as necessary for subsequent leans:
a. Leaner/Faller: “Spotter Ready?”
b. Spotter: “Ready”
c. Leaner/Faller: “Falling”
d. Spotter: “Fall away”
Wind in the Willows
1. Ask for a volunteer to come to the middle of the circle.
2. This person will be the “leaner/faller” and will demonstrate the proper leaning technique.
3. The spotters in the circle are to stand close together (shoulder to shoulder) with no gaps.
4. Review the communication protocol and practice.
5. This time the leaner/faller is allowed to fall in any direction
6. Emphasize that the spotters should work together to support the leaner/faller. No one person should be alone in supporting.
7. Allow other students to be the leaner as well.
Levitation
1. Ask for a volunteer to lay on the ground face up.
2. Have the rest of the group put their hands under this person’s body.
3. Have one person support the head.
4. Demonstrate the appropriate communication. Replace “lifters” instead of “spotters”.
5. Remind the volunteer to remain straight and still.
6. When everyone is ready, have the group lift the volunteer to waist level and then lower.
7. Safely, lower the volunteer in a gentle head to toe rocking motion until the person is safely on the floor/ground.