Wild Crafting

Sense-Ability → Sight || The Da Vinci Road Wild Crafting During the summer we often go wildcrafting in the mountains. Almost always a number of things are ready to harvest at any one time. Everyone is equipped with a bag of his/her own and, if needed, a pair of...

Describing a Scene

Sense-Ability → Sight || The Da Vinci Road Describing a Scene We go hiking a lot in the mountains and often a little one will point and say “Look!” at something that excites him.“What do you see?”“It's big and red!”“It sure is...

Music Mimic

Sense-Ability → Hearing || The Da Vinci Road Music Mimic Our piano teacher did this with our kids when they first started, but they continue to play this game at home sometimes. One child will play a little note sequence while covering her hand with a book. The other...

Guessing a Tune

Sense-Ability → Hearing || The Da Vinci Road Guessing a Tune One child sings a short series of notes that go in a song and the rest of us have to guess which song it is. We take turns singing parts of a tune and...

What Do You Hear?

Sense-Ability → Hearing || The Da Vinci Road What Do You Hear? We close our eyes and then describe what we hear. Sometimes we play the hearing version of “I see something… ” but it's “I hear something…...