Play & Create
Sensory play and creative activities that use simple materials and sensory experiences to explore, make and create.
BONFIRE NIGHT SENSORY SESSION
This ‘Bonfire Night’ sensory session includes a simple sensory story about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night today. After sharing the story, your learners …
A LITTLE BOOK OF FARM INSPIRED SENSORY SCIENCE
A Little Book of Farm-Inspired Sensory Science is a collection of four activities that use different farm-related products or materials—mud, corn, milk, vegetable oil, potatoes, compost, and grass seed, with …
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RAINBOW FAIRY CAKES
A Rainbow-themed sensory cooking activity perfect for complementing a Rainbow, Spring or Weather topic. Follow a simple recipe with learning experience ideas to make a blue sky cake mix, then …
RAINBOW PAINT POP ART
A super sensory art activity using frozen Rainbow paint pops, frosty cotton wool Clouds and blue paint Raindrops, a perfect art session to complement a Rainbow, Spring or Weather theme. …
WINTER WEATHER PARCHUTE Session
A collection of five fun, sensory and inclusive Winter-themed Parachute Games with instructions that can be played alongside a musical PowerPoint or YouTube Video with pictures. Winter Winds Heavy Rain …
Scarecrow Sensory Art
Scarecrow Art is a process art activity using materials you would use to build a Scarecrow. Perfect for sharing one-to-one or as a collaborative art project in a Tuff Spot …
A LITTLE BOOK OF MAGIC
The Sensory Soup, ‘Little Book of Magic,’ contains four simple magical experiments, perfect for a magical theme Magic Cauldron Bubbles A magical mixture to create bouncing bubbles Tears of Frog …
Jack & The Beanstalk Sensory Play
This sensory play & literacy activity supports the re-telling of the famous Fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk, where he chops down the Beanstalk to escape the Giant. Follow the …
‘The Colour Monster’ Story Dough
‘The Colour Monster’ Story Dough is a playdough activity around the Colour Monster storybook. This activity gives you ideas on interpreting the story with your sensory learners using different coloured …
SHIVER ME TIMBERS PIRATE STORY DOUGH
Learners with profound & multiple learning difficulties very often need to be supported to enable them to access the world around them. We need to ensure that our most complex …
AROUND THE WORLD PLAYDOUGH
Have lots of sensory fun squishing, squashing, tapping, pressing, stomping, rolling & chopping with our five exciting playdough recipes from around the world. To support each scented playdough recipe, we …
Honey Flapjack
A simple flapjack recipe using honey, a perfect sensory cooking activity for a bumblebee theme. Makaton signs & Widgit symbols to support communication & learning are included with this activity.
Sensory Bumblebee Painting
Create honeycomb prints & bumblebees with this sensory Spring art activity, brilliant for bumblebee & gardening topics in the classroom To support communication & learning, Makaton signs & Widgit symbols …
Rainclouds Sensory Water Play
Where does rain come from?…this water play activity is a fun way for sensory learners to learn about clouds & rain. Makaton signs & Widgit symbols to support communication & …
Build A Cloud
‘Build A Cloud’ is a completely edible sensory play activity. Squish, squash, roll, splat and smear a range of white textured foods to create a sensory cloud. To support communication …
Digging For Worms Edible Sensory Play
This activity includes a recipe for creating edible sensory mud & ideas on how to use the dirt for sensory learning & play. Additional insect symbols can be cut out …
Sensory Rainbow Painting
A simple sensory art activity to complement a rainbow, Spring or weather theme. To support communication & learning, Makaton signs & Widgit symbols have been included in this download.
Valentines Marbled Hearts
A messy sensory art activity using shaving foam & paint to create love hearts for a valentine. To support communication & learning, Makaton signs & Widgit symbols have been included …
Valentines Sensory Foam Play
A simple recipe using ingredients from the kitchen cupboards to create a sensory foam play experience for Valentine’s Day. To support communication & learning, Makaton signs & Widgit symbols have …
Spaghetti Worms Art Lesson
Learn about Earthworms with our sensory lesson plan, then have lots of fun getting messy with paint & wiggly worms. Makaton Signs & Widigt Symbols to support this activity are …
Easter Nest Cakes
Celebrate the arrival of the Spring & Nesting season with this wonderfully simple cooking activity with only three ingredients. To support communication & learning, Makaton Signs & Widgit Symbols are …
Melting Snowman Messy Play
Mix cornflour & water to create a magical white mixture, perfect for a melting snowman sensory play activity. This download comes with instructions on how to make your melting snowman, …
Rainbows & Clouds Sensory Play
Create clouds & learn about colours with this super sensory messy play activity, using coloured spaghetti & foaming soap. Visit our website’s resource section to download FREE Makaton signs & Widgit symbols …
Popcorn Snowballs
Make edible winter snowballs with this fun & simple sensory cooking recipe. To download FREE Makaton sings & Widgit symbols to support this activity, please visit our website’s resource section.