A mark making dance told to a simple story about dinosaurs. Simple short sentences with rhymes to make it fun and fast. Encourage the learners to copy the moves of the dinosaurs with the bodies then to retell these moves with their mark making tools. Space on the page to trace the pattern then to free hand practice the pattern. Can be used as a prompt on the board for group drawing or printed out for individual mark making dances. I have a similar dinosaur movements sensory story that will go well with this activity.

A power point for shape identification. Themed around birds for the upcoming national bird watching week. Starting with a video of a starling murmuration the learners will calm and ready themselves for learning as they watch the birds form different shapes in the sky. Going through the power point the children will see binoculars which will then disappear to show a murmuration of birds in different shapes. A circle, a triangle, a square, a rectangle, a diamond and a hexagon. The learners can use the provided printable to point and say which shape they see in the sky. Once the learners have shared their answers an outline and name of the shape will show the answer so they are self mark and correct if needed. The final two pages can be printed to be used as a matching activity matching the murmuration shapes to the outlines. Follow up activity idea the learners using tea leaves on light board to shape their own murmuration shapes using the printable stencils.

An interactive write dance themed around different bird calls. (Useful for national bird watching week.) Each page has an image of a different bird with their sound and a short action rhyme about their sound. Each page has a hand movement for the learners to strengthen and warm up their hands ready for writing. Each page has a mark making pattern to mimic the sound of the bird and a rhyme of how to write it. This can be followed from a powerpoint or printed to be used 1:1 allowing the learners to trace the mark making pattern and then a space for them the draw the pattern independently.

Santa has fallen asleep, the house hold items make noise to wake him up. an interactive sound story for young learners. using common items like paper to rustle, a ticking clock and stomping boots items around the house try to wake up Santa in a repetative rhyme story. Children can use the items to make noise. When they do not work the children must join in and shout louder and louder to wake up Santa so he can continue to deliver presents.

A mark making fine motor skills retelling of the Gingerbread man story. A simple retelling of the story, each page includes a short line and picture from the story including a dance/movement prompt to work on gross motor skills and a prompt to move mark making tools to the story. A mark making prompt to trace and space to free hand copy.

A mark making fine motor story based on the nativity story. Each page includes a picture with a simple line to the story, a prompt of how to move hands and body to the story working on gross motor skills. A mark making prompt to turn that dance into a mark making pattern. One to trace then space to free hand.

A mark making story to be used to celebrate Remembrance day. Visuals matched to a movement rhyme to encourage the learners to move their hands and bodies, working on gross motor skills before putting those actions into a writing rhyme to form writing patterns. An area to trace the writing patterns and then space to freehand the pattern. Can be used on a screen to demonstrate with the learners mark making on a big sheet or printed out for an individual mark making book.

A simple movement/ mark making story for fireworks. With a picture story with actions to match, a mark making pattern to trace then space to free hand write the matching mark making pattern. Made using real images, widget symbols and mark making patterns. Can be used as a power point slides or printed for individual writing story book. See it (picture) Do it (movement rhyme) trace it (mark making patterns) and write it (space for free hand copying the patterns).

An illustrated sensory story using all five senses to explore Halloween. Written and used by a specialist ASD teacher in a primary school to enhance literacy sessions with autistic learners. Would support any pre/early readers.

Halloween sound bingo, power point with a sound on each slide and 3 images to choose the matching one to the sound. A choosing board to print to play along as a group. Noises include cats, ghosts, laughter, doorbells, owls, witch’s laugh.

Simple illustrated story of Rama and Sita to be told to celebrate Diwali. Supported with widget symbols to support emerging readers. Can be used as a powerpoint or printed to make a book. Symbols to match to the story to assess comprehension.

A simplified version of Monkey Puzzle supported with widget symbols to aid reading. Additional symbols throughout to support comprehension and symbols to answer questions and teach the words yes/no. Individual communication boards to be used to engage listeners and monitor comprehension while reading.

An adapted simplified version of Ashley Brayan’s Beautiful Blackbird. Used to celebrate folklore from black culture for black history month. Adapted by a special needs teacher the story has been shorted and adapted to simple language to make it suitable for younger audiences and learners with asd. Text is supported by pictures and widget symbols. Space to personalise it with photos of your learners being kind/ helping others etc to make the message more personal.

An interactive game where children work together to look or listen to their number being called to collect their puzzle pieces. Pictures show the animals of the jungle all mixed up. Sorted the numbered puzzle pieces by recognising your number to collect all your pieces. Can be used alongside the book Monkey puzzle or will fit to any jungle theme. four simple puzzles included to be printed, cut and laminated in four parts. Developed and used by a special needs teacher who used it to teach number recognition with ASD students. We enhanced by using sound buttons for the children to say when they saw their number to increase communication opportunities.

A simple mark making dance based on the colour monster. Using different styles of music and different mark making patterns to match the emotions of the story. each slide has it’s own colour, mark making patterns a style of music to move the pens to.

Interactive role play phones for the children to call the different animals in the jungle. Used as part of Monkey puzzle theme but can be used for any jungle topic. When the number is dialed correctly the sound button will make the sound of the animal they are trying to ring. last two pages can be printed to be used as follow up independent activity to write the numbers on their individual mobile phones using the jungle phonebook as a guide. Can be used for number recognition/ number matching or number formation.

An original sensory story exploring the change of seasons from summer into autumn then winter. Cosy images and picture supported text for reading support. Each slide has a prompt to suggest how to add a sensory element to the story covering all senses. (These can be deleted before presenting). Print into a book or read on screen in powerpoint. Repeated refrains, simple language and sensory supports. Written an used by a special needs teacher with young and ASD learners in mind.

Power point story with text and widget assisted symbols to support emergent readers. Sound effects for each page and a sensory input for each page of the story. Visual boards to support comprehension to show what the learners can see or hear as you explore the story.