Jessica Hetrich

a. Secret Dancer

b. Sources:

Montagnino, A (2003). Adapting play. Blind Childrens Resource Center.

Retrieved from

http://www.blindchildren.org/textonly/to_edu_dev/3_2_3.html

Sara+ (2012). Follow the leader. Group-Games.com. Retrieved from

http://www.group-games.com/action-games/follow-the-leader.html

YouthGroupGames.com.au (2016). Secret Dancer. Retrieved from

https://youthgroupgames.com.au/games/536/secret-dancer/

c. No supplies needed

d. Task Analysis

1. Set up the group standing in a circle, so that everyone is facing towards the
center
2. Pick one person to be the Detective
3. Send the Detective out of the room
4. Once the Detective is gone, the group must pick one person from the circle
to be the Secret Dancer
5. The Secret Dancer is in charge of picking different dance moves for that
round.
o The Secret Dancer should identify their first move to the group.
6. Once the Secret Dancer has been chosen, invite the Detective to come
back in.
o The Detective should stand in the center of the circle
7. When the round begins, everyone must start with the Secret Dancers first
dance move.
 o After a couple of seconds the Secret Dancer should then begin to
change the dance moves. This will continue on until the end of the
round.
o The Dancers must mimic whatever the Secret Dancer does.
o Dancers should try to avoid making long eye contact with the Secret
Dancer, so that the Secret Dancers identity is not easily given away.
8. The Detective must keep turning his or her head to try to figure out who
the Secret Dancer is
9. The Detective has three chances to identify the Secret Dancer
o If the Detective cannot correctly identify the Secret Dancer he/she
loses.
o If the Detective correctly identifies the Secret Dancer he/she wins!
e. Unilateral

f. Secret Dancer can be easily adapted for kids who are blind, or who have vision

impairments. When adapting an activity for children with vision impairments, it is

important to structure the activity based on touching, listening, tasting and

smelling. The Recreational Therapist should use verbal cues to help the child

orient during play. I would adapt Secret Dancer by emphasizing sounds rather

than dance moves. For example, the kids could stomp their feet, clap their hands,

rub their hands together, snap their fingers, pat their legs, etc. All of these sounds

are easy to differentiate and mimic. The Detective would identify the Secret

Dancer by pointing directly toward where he/she hears the change in sound.
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