Brain-Based Obstacle Course

A couple of weeks ago, my friend C and I were going to put together a "Brain-Based Obstacle Course" to wrap up our Internal Organs unit of study. We had no idea what we were going to do, we just wanted to make something fun for our kiddos with a little bit of review. Illness and Spring Break kept us from getting back together until this week. We let the kids run wild inside C's house while we tried to figure out what to put in our obstacle course. We had fun setting it up. Our kiddos had a blast getting through it.

The occipital lobe controls vision. We
blindfolded the kids to have them complete
a task without being able to see.

Big Sis led them up to the maze.

Without their sight, they had to hold
and follow the rope to complete this part
of the course.

It was fun to watch them.

This task used the frontal lobe for planning
and problem-solving to make it across the
uneven path of squares while hopping on
 one foot.

We taped some boxes together for
a tunnel. The kids crawled through
on their knees.

Then they slid through on their backs.

When Boogs went through, the
other kids shook the box and
yelled, "Earthquake!"

E went through last.

A mini-obstacle course through
two chairs and a table challenged
the control and coordination of
their muscles. This coordination is
 controlled by the cerebellum.

Yes, I know they should have been wearing helmets.

Everyone took a turn.

Even Big Sis.

It was a beautiful day. B made
quite a few baskets.

Boogs loves and looks forward
to Wednesday afternoons.

See, I did make him wear a helmet while bike riding.

H had a heavy load to pull.

Look at those smiles of joy! Go faster H!

The kids are wearing their organ t-shirts made by using downloads from Relentlessly Fun, Deceptively Educational's blog.

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