Class Presentations Part 1

Our first class presentations started out well. We had three groups present food art, telephone charades and building hula hoops. The food art was very interesting. We took everyday average grocery items such as fruits and vegetables and made them into art. We would create faces, animals and different objects to questions that were asked before we started. Our group question was to create something that scared you. Our group came up with running out of money. So I came up with the creative idea to carve a dollar sign $ into a potato. Ours and others turned out beautifully and we each had a fun time creating food art. This activity you can do with any population with any disability. The only safety precautions to look out for was using sharp knifes and other utensils that participants can hurt themselves and others with.
The next activity was telephone charades.  This activity was aimed for people who had a hearing disability. What we would do is split into groups of 5. The first person would pick out a scene to act out while the other 4 members were in the hall. Then only  one member would come in and watch the performance and then they would try to act out what they thought it was. These steps repeated and the last group member would have to guess the scenario. Some groups came close to the actual scenario while others were way off. This was a fun activity to allow ourselves the ability to try and communicate with others just by the motions of our body.
The last activity was perhaps the most fun. We built our own hula hoops and practiced throughout the halls. We started with round plastic tubing and sealed the ends with connectors by expanding the plastic with hair dryers. Then we decorated the hoops with colored duct tape and away we went. The rest of the class period was spent hula hooping in the hallway. This was an innovative activity because the hoops can be used for other things than around your waist so any population with any disability can enjoy them. Overall it was a very fun class period and everyone did an excellent job presenting. Now I just cant wait to go apply this stuff out in the field.