Fourth-graders Aubrie Kelp and Alex Lemanski sat playing a game of Tic Tac Toe last Friday.
It wasn’t a normal game ? both were wearing blindfolds. The Pine Knob Elementary students used their hands and the rest of their senses to find their wooden pieces and where they wanted them to go.
Their classmates sat at other tables to learn how to read and write braille while others walked around the school hallway blindfolded with a walking stick, all to help provide a first-hand experience of what it is like to have a physical or reading disability during Disability Awareness Day.
‘It was a great experience,? said Karl Spengler about the entire day. ‘I think it’s very good for kids to know how it feels.?
Several rooms had activities. Trinity Roodbeen took a moment after rolling herself in a wheelchair up the incline to the cafeteria stage.
‘Now I know how it is for my grandma because she is in a wheelchair,? she said. ‘It’s hard.?
All fourth graders throughout Clarkston Community Schools experience the opportunity every year.