the lesson, today, was all about the senses. I had Devon list the senses, and describe how each is used in everyday life. We did an experiment. I blindfolded Devon, and put various items in her hand, for her to identify and describe. Some items were easily identified, and others were designed to give other senses a challenge; a slice of strawberry, a keychain with a specific shape, and so on. Devon enjoyed this 'game' and insisted I take a turn with the blindfold. Both of us attempted to identify the object, and the senses used to make these determinations. We then had a conversation about different parts of the brain, that control how we use these perceptions. I explained how the frontal lobe helps with reasoning and planning, as well as emotions and problem solving. Also the parietal Lobe is associated with movement, orientation and recognition, the occipital lobe is associated with understanding the things we see and the temporal lobe is associated with understanding the things we hear..We talked about how when one sense is missing, the others compensate for this loss. I showed Devon a short video of Helen Keller, to show an extreme example of this process. And we watch another video of an engineer, who designs race cars for NASCAR. This was a good class.