A sensory circuit prompt that children can use independently. It takes the children through the 3 different stages and uses Widgits to support understanding.

A useful poster to remind users about the three sections of Sensory Circuits and suggested activities for each. Can be used by adults to plan Sensory Circuits sessions or by a young person to choose the activities for their own Sensory Circuit.

This resource is a comprehensive toolkit designed to help class teachers implement strategies and activities that promote emotional regulation, focus, and a sense of calm among students in the classroom. Included Sensory circuit toolkit supported by Occupational Therapy recommended structure to support sensory regulation and focus. 2 pages of alerting, organising and calming activities for children to select and choose from. Approved by OSSME, a local charity supporting local autistic children and learners. Visuals created using Boardmaker 7.

Join Goldilocks on her adventures with this fully resourced, step-by-step multisensory story. A multisensory story is told using sensory stimuli (props). The story props are low budget, everyday items found around the home, garden, outdoor areas and in the classroom. This story includes themed, sensory extension activities that link to the EYFS Framework and areas of the KS1 National Curriculum making them the perfect resource for Special Education (aged 3-19) EYFS, Mainstream Primary, Speech & Language and EAL students. What are the Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling? Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture and topic in a fun and engaging way. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets. The activities in the stories are designed to promote communication skills: (eye contact, listening, shared attention & language development), self-confidence & well-being (trying out new ideas & skills, practicing self-care & independence and enjoying achievement), self-awareness: (asking for ‘help’, ‘again’ and ‘more’), present opportunities to explore cause & effect and build anticipation skills, promote physical development: (fine & gross motor skills), build knowledge about the environment & the world around us, to engage in scientific experimentation and mathematical concepts and to develop social & emotional skills: (turn-taking & sharing and teamwork). The sensory stimuli (story props) are a tool for the story explorer to explore and express their likes, dislikes and sensory preferences and to have the opportunity to make choices. This information can be used to identify motivators or items to calm and individual when anxious, tired or stressed, identify triggers, (some you may wish to avoid, others to work on building tolerance through desensitisation in a safe and therapeutic environment) and used in the writing of care plans to enhance areas daily life. Table of contents: Introduction Story Props Checklist How to Tell a Multisensory Story Goldilocks & The Three Bears Fully Resourced, Step-by-Step Multisensory Story Developing Comprehension & Understanding Storyboard Themed Listening Game Themed Sensory Bag Hard and Soft Themed Sensory Bin Oat Bear Art Raised Bear Salt Picture The Three Bears Kitchen - Oat Milk Recipe The Three Bears Bathroom - Oatmeal Facemask & Oat Bath Teddy Bears Picnic Let’s Explore…Bears! Make a Bear Habitat Bear Hugs FAQ Thank you for looking. You questions, queries, comments and feedback are always welcome!

This is a set of two printable sheets, one with no support and one with sentence starters to help students write about the impact of sensory impairments on a child’s development. I created this for students on the BTEC Child development course as part of their revision for Component 3.

This is the first unit of my Maths planning. It is intended to support staff working children with high and complex support needs in mainstream schools. It can be delivered to an individual or a small group of learners by a teacher or an LSA. For a free sample of maths planning see https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13242315 The activities are motivating and attention grabbing. Timings are not included, spend as long on a block as you feel your learner needs and revisit if necessary. Autumn Block 1 - Match, sort & compare - same & different and big & little. Autumn Block 2 - Block 2 measure & patterns - empty & full and patterns. Autumn Block 3 - Recognising and subetising digits 1 to 3. Autumn Block 4 - Shapes - recognising circles and triangles. Autumn Block 5 - positional language - on and in. At the end of each of the 5 blocks you will find assessment objectives linked to my Special Needs Skills Ranges and Objectives for Assessment https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/special-needs-skills-ranges-and-objectives-for-assessment-13234289 All printable resources such as symbols and ALD’s (Aided Language Displays) are included.

Sensory Circuits resource: a toolkit designed to enhance classroom learning through three distinct circuits. Sensory Circuits Resource with examples, planned circuits and images Alerting Activities: Energise students with jumping jacks, running, and skipping to stimulate their senses and prepare for learning. Organising Activities: Promote coordination and spatial awareness with balance beam walking, animal walks, and obstacle courses. Calming Activities: Guide students to relaxation with deep breathing, gentle rocking, and sensory bottles to reduce stress and anxiety. Clear instructions and colorful images make implementation easy. Perfect for teachers, therapists, and caregivers supporting students with diverse sensory needs. Elevate your classroom experience and empower your students to thrive with Sensory Circuits. ** Work designed through research and understanding of Jane Horwood’s book on Sensory Circuits**

A sensory food play scheme of work, focusing on reducing anxiety around food and encouraging the exploration of new textures. Includes assessment sheet.

This teaching resource includes sensory extension activities linked to excerpts of Robert Burns Poems. This story presents a wonderful opportunity to connect individuals to literature, Scottish culture and the exploration of the rhyme and rhythm in poetry. A multisensory story is told using sensory stimuli (props). The story props are low budget, everyday items found around the home, garden, outdoor areas and in the classroom. This story includes themed, sensory extension activities that link to the EYFS Framework and areas of the KS1 National Curriculum making them the perfect resource for Special Education (aged 3-19) EYFS, Mainstream Primary, Speech & Language and EAL students. What are the Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling? Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture and topic in a fun and engaging way. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets. The activities in the stories are designed to promote communication skills: (eye contact, listening, shared attention & language development), self-confidence & well-being (trying out new ideas & skills, practicing self-care & independence and enjoying achievement), self-awareness: (asking for ‘help’, ‘again’ and ‘more’), present opportunities to explore cause & effect and build anticipation skills, promote physical development: (fine & gross motor skills), build knowledge about the environment & the world around us, to engage in scientific experimentation and mathematical concepts and to develop social & emotional skills: (turn-taking & sharing and teamwork). The sensory stimuli (story props) are a tool for the story explorer to explore and express their likes, dislikes and sensory preferences and to have the opportunity to make choices. This information can be used to identify motivators or items to calm and individual when anxious, tired or stressed, identify triggers, (some you may wish to avoid, others to work on building tolerance through desensitisation in a safe and therapeutic environment) and used in the writing of care plans to enhance areas daily life. Burns Night Table of Contents Introduction How to tell a Multisensory Story Story Props Checklist Burns Night Full Poem Burns Night Fully Resourced, Multisensory Poem ‘Bessie and her Spinning Wheel’ ‘To a Mouse’ Sensory Bin ‘Winter’ ‘One Night as I did Wander’ ‘The Whistle’ ‘Lines on the Fall of Fyres’ ‘Ye Flowery Banks’ ‘The Dusty Miller’ Burns Supper Invitation Burns Supper Mud Kitchen (Including Burns Supper Recipes) Scotland Sensory Flag Scottish Dancer Craft Activity Vegetarian Haggis Recipe Burns Night Sensory Ideas & Inspiration FAQ Your questions, queries, comments and feedback are always welcome!

Lesson includes powerpoint and resources for component 3 in the 2022 Health and Social Care course Lesson content how physical abilities and sensory impairments affect an individuals health and wellbeing

These sensory circuits checklists support independence for children when engaging in this intervention by providing alerting, organising and calming tasks that the child can tick off themselves. Comes with 6 different pages in total, some including equipment and some without.

Join Little Red Riding Hood on her adventures with this fully resourced, step-by-step multisensory story. A multisensory story is told using sensory stimuli (props). The story props are low budget, everyday items found around the home, garden, outdoor areas and in the classroom. This story includes themed, sensory extension activities that link to the EYFS Framework and areas of the KS1 National Curriculum making them the perfect resource for Special Education (aged 3-19) EYFS, Mainstream Primary, Speech & Language and EAL students. What are the Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling? Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture and topic in a fun and engaging way. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets. The activities in the stories are designed to promote communication skills: (eye contact, listening, shared attention & language development), self-confidence & well-being (trying out new ideas & skills, practicing self-care & independence and enjoying achievement), self-awareness: (asking for ‘help’, ‘again’ and ‘more’), present opportunities to explore cause & effect and build anticipation skills, promote physical development: (fine & gross motor skills), build knowledge about the environment & the world around us, to engage in scientific experimentation and mathematical concepts and to develop social & emotional skills: (turn-taking & sharing and teamwork). The sensory stimuli (story props) are a tool for the story explorer to explore and express their likes, dislikes and sensory preferences and to have the opportunity to make choices. This information can be used to identify motivators or items to calm and individual when anxious, tired or stressed, identify triggers, (some you may wish to avoid, others to work on building tolerance through desensitisation in a safe and therapeutic environment) and used in the writing of care plans to enhance areas daily life. TABLE OF CONTENTS Story Props Checklist How to Tell a Multisensory Story Little Red Riding Hood Full Story Little Red Riding Hood Fully Resourced, Rhyming Multisensory Story Developing Understanding & Comprehension Story Map Little Red Riding Hood Listening Game Little Red Riding Hood Sensory Bag Little Red Riding Hood Sensory Bin Let’s Explore…Wolves! Mirror Mirror Reflections Self Portrait Ideas & Inspiration Red Woodland Activity Ideas & Inspiration Nature’s Weather Stations Edible Flowers

‘I woke up this morning and to my delight A carpet of snow had fell in the night I put on my gloves, scarf, and a hat And followed the tracks of a bird and a cat’ Step into a season of sparkle and sensory joy with this fully resourced and facilitated winter sensory story with learning objectives to help you plan, differentiate and assess. This resource has been created to support inclusive, multisensory engagement, inviting sensory learners to explore the season of winter through the eight senses, the five primary senses: sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell and three body-based/internal senses: vestibular, proprioception, and interoception, by weaving together tactile props, sounds, scents, tastes and movement. Rooted in a commitment to accessibility, sensory engagement and meaningful communication, each couplet offers a sensory prompt guiding the story participant through a journey where they can explore and connect in a space where every sense is welcome. Facilitators are invited to adapt the resource to reflect their learners needs and preferences as a flexible guide to celebrate each learners presence, agency, and voice enabling them to experience winter through a multisensory lens. This pack includes: A fully resourced sensory story with facilitation guidance Learning objectives to help you plan, differentiate and assess -Sensory rich winter themed activities to keep your learners busy all season including a winter sensory bin, winter clothes exploration, expanding and condensing water bottle experiment, feed the birds activity, outdoor winter sensory journey plus grab and go ideas! Your questions, queries, comments, and feedback are always welcome. Thank you for looking

Child to choose one activity to complete from each category in the order as stated on the board. This supports then to be grounded and ready for the transition that follows. Instructions are included.

Step Aboard for A Sensory Journey with A Train Ride Through India! Join our main character on a train ride to India and immerse learners as they explore the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of India bringing vibrant culture to life in an accessible and engaging way. Included in the Teaching Pack • A Fully Resourced, Step-by-Step Sensory Story – Engage sensory learners with an interactive journey thorough mountainous tea plantations and the wildlife park. Listen to the temple bells ringing and experience a monsoon. • Sensory Exploration Activities – Explore spices, themed listening activities, sensory bins and bags, role play, Asiatic lions and decorate a sensory Indian flag. • Tailored for All Learning Needs – Aimed at sensory learners of all ages with additional needs following pre-formal, semi-formal, and formal pathways incorporating activities that promote the five areas of the engagement model, creativity, independence, building communication skills, and supporting other areas of learning linking to curriculum subjects, themes, and topics. Links to the EYFS Framework and ideal for SALT and EFL students. • Low-Cost, Everyday Story Props – Found around the home, garden, classroom, and outdoor areas. The Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling: • Strengthens communication skills, confidence, and well-being • Encourages sensory exploration and engagement • Supports independence, teamwork, and self-awareness • Enhances curriculum learning through creative and interactive activities All aboard for a learning experience that inspires curiosity, connection, and discovery! Get your ticket to adventure today!

Join the Three Little Pigs on a Multisensory Adventure with this fully resourced, step-by-step multisensory story and themed extension activities. TABLE OF CONTENTS Story Props How to Tell a Multisensory Story The Three Little Pigs Full Story The Three Little Pigs, Fully Resourced, Multisensory Story The Three Little Pigs Listening Game The Three Little Pigs Sensory Bag The Three Little Pigs Sensory Bin Sensory Mud Brick Wall Rubbings Building Site Role Play Lego Therapy Building Towers Stick House Den Building A multisensory story is told using sensory stimuli (props). The story props are low budget, everyday items found around the home, garden, outdoor areas and in the classroom. This story includes themed, sensory extension activities that link to the EYFS Framework and areas of the KS1 National Curriculum making them the perfect resource for Special Education (aged 3-19) EYFS, Mainstream Primary, Speech & Language and EAL students. What are the Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling? Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture and topic in a fun and engaging way. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets. The activities in the stories are designed to promote communication skills: (eye contact, listening, shared attention & language development), self-confidence & well-being (trying out new ideas & skills, practicing self-care & independence and enjoying achievement), self-awareness: (asking for ‘help’, ‘again’ and ‘more’), present opportunities to explore cause & effect and build anticipation skills, promote physical development: (fine & gross motor skills), build knowledge about the environment & the world around us, to engage in scientific experimentation and mathematical concepts and to develop social & emotional skills: (turn-taking & sharing and teamwork). The sensory stimuli (story props) are a tool for the story explorer to explore and express their likes, dislikes and sensory preferences and to have the opportunity to make choices. This information can be used to identify motivators or items to calm and individual when anxious, tired or stressed, identify triggers, (some you may wish to avoid, others to work on building tolerance through desensitisation in a safe and therapeutic environment) and used in the writing of care plans to enhance areas daily life. Thank you for looking:) If you have any questions please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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Some young children and individuals with special educational needs and disabilities dislike or even have a fear of certain types of weather e.g. Thunder and lightning or very windy weather. The weather is a constant and changing presence in our lives, therefore it is important to help individuals build a sensory tolerance and understanding of the different types of weather conditions and how they affect us. Many of the clothes and items used for taking precautions in different weathers often have textures and smells that may be overwhelming for an individual with sensory processing needs e.g. wearing hats and sunglasses and tolerating wearing sunscreen in hot weather or wearing or a waterproof jacket and wellingtons in the rainy weather. This resource aims to address these sensory challenges through a fully resourced, step-by-step multisensory story. Repeated exposure in a safe environment can help to desensitise and familiarise the sensory experiences associated with the weather for the sensory explorer. This resource includes fun and motivating, sensory extension activities that will build communication skills and connect the sensory explorer to science in a way that is meaningful to their lives. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Health & Safety Story Props The Weather – Full Poem How To Tell a Multisensory Story The Weather Step-by-Step Multisensory Poem Weather Themed Listening Game Weather Themed Sensory Bag Weather Themed Sensory Bin Seasonal Weather Boxes Weather Themed Art & Craft Record the Weather The Weather Forecast Weather Observation & Scientific Exploration Project a Rainbow Rainbow’s End Treasure Hunt Weather Activity Ideas & Inspiration FAQ

This is a sensory story I created for my topic 'seasons'. This was written for a PMLD/ CLDD class. I have written it with the sentence, the sense, the sensory experience and what I and my TAs are looking for and observing throughout the sessions. Repeat story throughout the term to enable the child to develop anticipation, investigation, awareness, preference and much more. Could also be used in an EYFS KS1 class.

A4 poster that could be displayed in a staff room or circulated among staff. Shows some of the common sensory problem areas that students with autism, and other sensory difficulties, may experience. Not exhaustive but a clear starting point. Poster shows a boy and girl of around UKS2 age.