I crawled in with one word in my pocket: defense. Then a fly landed on the glow and refused to die. Two experiments — your own brain does the rest.
Field rule: do every mission with a parent or grown-up nearby. They'll want to see this anyway.
Experiment 1
The Missing Word
You'll need ·
A grown-up to listen. A pencil for the response box.
Read the triangle below out loud, fast. Then read it again, slower —
point to each word with your finger as you say it.
Anything change between the two reads? Most grown-ups miss it the first time.
Don't peek at the back yet.
First read vs. second read…
what changed when you slowed down
Experiment 2
The Color Word Trap
You'll need ·
A grown-up to listen. A pencil for the response box.
Round one: read the words below out loud, fast.
Just the words. Ignore the colors. Easy.
RED
BLUE
GREEN
ORANGE
RED
BLUE
GREEN
ORANGE
Round two, same words:
name the color of each word's ink, fast. Ignore the words.
Watch your tongue trip.
Where my tongue tripped…
what came out, how slow round two felt