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Observation

Source: Games For The Playground, Home, School And Gymnasium
Category: MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE GAMES





_5 to 60 players._

_Parlor; schoolroom._

This game is a test of visual memory. When played in a parlor, all the
players are seated except one, who passes around a tray or a plate,
on which are from six to twenty objects, all different. These may
include such things as a key, spool of thread, pencil, cracker, piece
of cake, ink bottle, napkin ring, small vase, etc. The more uniform
the size and color of the objects the more difficult will be the test.
The player who carries the tray will pass at the pace of an ordinary
walk around the circle, giving each player an opportunity to look at
the objects only so long as they are passing before him. It is not
allowable to look longer than this. The observer must then at once
write down on a slip of paper the names of as many of the objects as
he can remember. The player wins who writes correctly the longest
list.

It is sometimes more convenient to have the articles on a table and
the players all pass in a line before them.

IN THE SCHOOLROOM
The objects should be placed on the teacher's
desk, so shielded that pupils cannot see them except as they march
past the desk. This they should do, returning at once to their seats
and writing the list. Used in this way, the game may be made to
correlate with nature study, the objects to be observed being grasses,
shells, leaves, stones, woods, etc.




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