5 Senses

I have read a few things lately that has made me think about how I use my senses or if I rely solely on my sight and the other day I saw this book at the library. I decided to get it and try a little experiment with the kids. So I had the kids close their eyes as I read it and feel the textures on the pages to see if they could guess what it was. They didn't really like it and said it was hard to imagine and feel with their eyes closed. Afterwards they wrote their names using the Braille alphabet and each chose a color, closed their eyes, pictured it in their mind and then wrote about what they saw. I realize how much we rely on sight for everything and I worry that because of this our other senses are not being used to their fullest. Tuesday at mom school we discussed the chapter in "The Charlotte Mason Companion" summer senses. In it Karen Andreola lists several ways to perk up all five of our senses. I'd like to try each of them with the kids over the next little while and see if it will make a difference in our everyday life. The kids aren't going to mind me experimenting on them are they :)!
Oh, the other book I read that made me first start to think of this is the autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran called "And There Was Light". I highly recommend it!