UV light whether lights or torches are best in a darkened room eg a sensory room but a darkened area/ dark den/ tent/den in a classroom with a UV torch will work. (Buy from Ebay). It is exciting, motivating, visually clear and fun. Aimed a people who attend special schools or who like sensory resources.

Sensory Ideas for the BFG. The dream catching lends itself to sensory jars and bottles. Aimed at special school.

Cloth play can be with any cloth, lycra, parachute or scarf. The list is to give you a starting point of practical ideas of what you can do with 1 simple piece of equipment. Although aimed at special school pupils, parachute games in particular enable differentiation, our pupils may enjoy the wafting sensation and participation element and more able pupils may be following cognitive criteria.

This is only relevant if you have one. I don’t, hence no photo. But 1 school did and these are their ideas.

Aimed at anyone using a sensory room. It is a good for helping with the concept of this is me, and body awareness.

At Westhill College we had a talk by the librarian; he did 101 ways to use a book and I liked this idea. So, when I run a sensory course people brainstorm ideas and I add them to the list. This is aimed at anyone who uses a sensory room, specifically a projector that shows effect wheels.

Pupils using sensory rooms. Practical ideas for a mirror ball. The mirror ball jut needs a light source. I use pin spots but you can use a torch.

Aimed at anyone needing a sensory curriculum/ pupils in special education. Learning objectives eg respond to sensory stimulation, consistent responses to express preferences, to touch a textured ball, to be massaged with a tactile ball (proprioceptive feedback). This is a list of practical ideas relating to tactile balls!

Aimed at special school pupils. Fantastic, mesmerising, motivating piece of kit. This is a list of ideas of things to with your fibre optics.

Aimed at sensory beings who receive information about their environment from the sensory clues around them. In a sensory room put just the bubble tube on and listen, look and feel. Consider temperature/condensation/vibration. This is a list of ideas made by people who have been on my Sensory Ideas course.

Pupils in special schools. It is a list of ideas. Objectives- build up a sound bank, object permance, observe water running through, experience massage.