Add@Me Learning Methods Database (EN)

The sighted participants are blindfolded. The preparation of the setting is very important. You can use a long rope and tie it to chairs or various objects across a room where they can walk by holding the rope in their hand (you can also build the setting along a handrail for example).  If you have the possibility to organize it outside, you can tie it around trees or according to your setting. The vi facilitator instructs the first person to follow the way and never leaving the rope from his/her hand.

It is an individual activity and the vi facilitator and/or an assistant can walk next to the participant to make him/her more at ease. Each participant does the way individually. The itinerary should not last more than 5 to 10 minutes. The participant should put his/her blindfold before entering the room/area where the activity is taking place.

To experience an activity using other senses than the sight.

Blindfolds, a 10 to 20 m long rope, different objects (e.g. a book, a chair, a lamp, an armchair, etc) to tie the rope around.

Same as in the summary

After each activity the vi facilitator gathers the group and ask questions like: how did it feel this activity? and from that, he/she anwers and interacts with the group by explaining and clarifying their questions.

The participants might feel anxious while moving, that's why the vi facilitator/an assistant should accompany the participant on his/her way and make sure they have enough "vocal" assistance.

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