I wanted to share some of the fabulous sensory toys I have discovered this school year which have been a massive hit with the children & young people I support with SEND in the sensory room. WOODEN RAINBOW STACKER This colourful wooden rainbow stacker has caught the eye of most of the learners I support …
A moving documentary about Down Syndrome, childhood & friendship. To watch this documentary click on the following link https://www.amberandmefilm.com/screenings
Pressing a Step By Step switch to turn a light-up rainbow on & off, a brilliant way to use smart technology with a learners who are non-verbal & have limited movement, giving them an opportunity to control their environment independently. A fabulous visual stimulation & turn-taking activity too :)).
Create a multisensory rainbow bucket to teach your special learners about colour & rainbows using their senses perfect for a Spring or weather theme. Our multisensory rainbow bucket activity gives you loads of ideas of what you might like to include in your bucket to help your learner learn about the wonder of rainbows. Makaton …
What A Wonderful World’ is a beautiful song by Louis Armstrong. We have created a sensory story from this song’s words, brilliant for a Spring or Summer theme or an activity anytime at home. There is a brilliant video for the song available on YouTube, ‘What a Wonderful World’ by Loius Armstrong, and an illustrated …
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HAPPY SENSO is a gel with multi-sensory properties. It stimulates multiple senses all at once, and its intensity can be varied by applying it in several ways. You can hear, feel, smell and see it. There is also a cooling effect on the skin. An excellent product for sensory stimulation. It’s fun to use, makes …
A film about autism
Using a Step by Step Communicator with a smart speaker is a great way for children & young people with complex learning difficulties & disabilities to choose and listen to music independently.The Step by Step Communicator is a voice recording device with levels. You can pre-record sequential messages to be used at certain times of …
After the success of our sensory firework bucket, we made one for Christmas.In our Christmas bucket, we put a small artificial Christmas Tree, tree decorations with a good tactile shape and colour such as candy canes, and shiny plastic baubles, we added shiny white tinsel and bells, battery-powered Christmas lights, indoor snowballs, fir cones, and …
‘Anatomy of Touch’ is a five part series available on BBC SOUNDS, it explores what touch means to us and how the need for touch has changed due to COVID 19.
Twinkle Twinkle Christmas Tree is a brilliant, sensory cause & effect app. Simply tap the screen to decorate the Christmas tree with ornaments & twinkly lights. You can add snow, change the background and shake the iPad to make the ornaments swing. This app is available for FREE from the App store & the Google …
This neon orange Christmas tinsel is £1.99 from The Range. Tinsel is a wonderfully tactile material… under fluorescent lighting, this neon orange tinsel looks visually brilliant ! A super sensory resource for under £2
If you don’t have Ultraviolet lighting in your sensory room, or you want to create a glow in the dark environment at home these ONFORU lightbulbs are the perfect solution. They fit into any standard e27 lamp holder & once switched on cast a large area of blacklight, making anything within a few meters fluoresce. …
A Picture Book & Guide about Recognising & Understanding Difference https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mummy-Autistic-Recognising-Understanding-Difference This original and imaginative book has been created by five-year-old Heath. In it, Heath illustrates his understanding of his autistic mother Joanna, giving insight into the different ways in which autistic and neurotypical people understand language. In his simple and uncomplicated style, accompanied by …
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Download this the fantastic Cause & Effect Sensory Lightbox App for your laptop for FREE from https://www.senteacher.org/downloads/sensory/79/Free-Cause-And-Effect-Software-Sensory This sensory app can be set up to be used with a switch or touch screen .You can purchase the Cause & Effect Sensory Lightbox app for apple devices from the App store for £3.99 and from the …
Visit the sensory play category of our Sensory Soup website to see how to make your own ‘Bonfire & Firework’ sensory bucket. https://sensorysoup.co.uk/downloads/category/sensory-room The activity download gives you loads of ideas on what sensory materials to put in your bucket & where to get them from. This would be a wonderful activity for your leaners …
If you have a projector in your sensory room & are running a theme in there to celebrate Halloween, these ambient environments found on YouTube, would make be great enchanting visuals on a blank wall, keep the sound up to for fabulous sounds of cauldrons bubbling, fires crackling, ghosts, heavy rain, thunder and spooky music. …
I am always on the hunt for simple yet stimulating cause & effect apps, that are in keeping with seasonal topics. Here are a few apps for your leaner’s iPads that celebrate Halloween & Bonfire MEBOP SPOOKY Have fun with this spooky Halloween sounds and images, featuring skulls, eye balls, candy & more. With a …
‘The Ultimate Spinning Light’ by Richard Hirstwood I stumbled across this amazing spinning light idea by Richard Hirstwood some time ago and have been itching to make one ever since ! Having just discovered the fabulous book ‘Walters Wonderful Web’ I thought this spinning light would be a great resource to use for the part …
