This is a handy resource with 12 Makaton signs about feelings on a A4 sheet. The signs include: Sad Happy Scared Tired Angry Excited Worried Ill Cold Hot Hungry Thirsty Please check out my other resources to explore more Makaton signs on handy A4 sheets.

Start Sequencing comprises a photocopiable sheets of 2, 3 and 4-picture sequences and 5 sets of attractive, full-colour pictures. It provides essential practice in sequencing events and is excellent for improving visual perception skills. This flexible resource provides ample opportunity for language development, and can also be used for sentence work and story writing. Previously available through Easylearn.

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.

A note from the author: I use this scheme of work my Drama class at a Special School and proved very popular and great for allowing the students to advance in their P levels. The students loved the characters, creativity and the sense of adventure. Will obviously need to be adapted for individual needs of the students. Please do comment on my resources so that I can continue to update and expand them. If you need any more information/clarification please comment and I will update my resources ASAP!

Social story about the importance of wearing your glasses. Includes spaces to personalise the story with photos of the child wearing their glasses and of other people the child knows wearing their glasses. The point of a social story is to use a patient and reassuring tone to teach children about social situations in a way that can be easily understood. Social stories can be useful for any child who is struggling to understand a situation or concept or needs help to understand a social skill or social cue, expectations, perspectives, common responses or is troubled about an upcoming event but social stories are particularly useful for children on the autistic spectrum for whom social cues can be challenging and who often suffer anxiety if they do not know what to expect from a situation. These books should be used over and over to reinforce the point so I would suggest either putting the pages into a display book or laminating and binding them. Clipart images courtesy of Kari Bolt Children’s Illustrator

A simple, photo based retelling of this Aesop fable designed for sensory students with PMLD or SLD across all age ranges. Optional links to music and short videos from YouTube are embedded in this PowerPoint. The story includes ideas for different sensory props to include and involve your students.

This resource was prepared for a PMLD KS3 SEN class of eight students. Curriculum Topic: Wildlife - Endangered Species For this powerpoint story you will need: A toy bumble bee (a fun project could be to create your very own bee toy/s in an Art lesson) 2-3 garden flowerpots (more or less depending on the size of the group) 2-3 toy balls (If you can only resource one then students could pass it to each other) A selection of coins (this is a nice numeracy opportunity) Activate a fan using a switch box and jelly switch. For more able students, they can press the on/off button on the fan and explore different wind strengths Bubbles! Disco lights, if you don’t have these fairy lights can work or torches with different coloured plastics/acetates stuck to the top of them to create different colours Chocolate spread on a spoon as a taster - or real ice cream if it’s a hot day can be great! (Ensure that you check for allergies/nil by mouth before offering) Vibrating massage tool or vibrating snake (this offers a wonderful sensory experience) Pharell’s ‘Happy’ song, or an agreed class favourite song and the disco lights - have a dance, have a twirl! A dark sheet to place over students, indicating night time This sensory story was delivered once a week for a half term and by the final couple of weeks students were beginning to anticipate elements of the story. A nice small group activity. Personal Development: Communication and Interaction Social, Emotional and Behavioural Cognition and Learning Physical and Sensory

Shapes - A Multisensory Exploration PLUS 130 Shape Themed Activities Explore the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of shapes with this fully resourced, step-by-step, multisensory story PLUS 130 shape themed activities that link to areas of the curriculum. Table of Contents The Benefits of Sharing Multisensory Stories How to Tell a Multisensory Story About the Front Cover Story Props Checklist ‘Shapes’ Full Story ‘Shapes’ Fully Resourced, Step-by-Step, Multisensory Story Shape Sorting Activities Sensory Art Mark Making Jackson Pollock by Harbour House Re-Create the Artwork of Koloman Moser Backhausen Re-Create the Artwork of Piet Mondrian Tiles and Mosaics Owen Jones Tessellation Spotlight on … The Vine Campus, Leeds City College The Vine - Andrew Masullo The Vine - Flags The Vine - Kandinsky The Vine - Beatriz Milhazes The Vine - ‘The Last Word’ Collaborative Art Seven Hills School, Sheffield ‘Church Windows’ - Oak Field School Shape Monsters Shape Monsters - St Andrew’s School Shape Monsters - Wilson Stuart School Shape People - Henrique Figuiera Shape House Shape Fill 3D Shape Activities 3D Shape Printing - Churchill Park Academy Frozen Shape Exploration Ice Cube Painting Chocolate Box Shapes D & T Food Science D & T Cookery D & T Nets Games Literacy Maths Resources Shapes in Music Musical Shapes Musical Shape Shakers Shape Songs P.E Team Body Shapes Shape Yoga Poses Shape Obstacle Course Sensory Shape Themed Activities Shape Themed Sensory Bag Shape Themed Sensory Bin Shapes in the Environment Shape Walks Worksheet Ideas 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.

Primary and secondary colours introduced in a fun way with stars. Worksheets for your to printout and use to help introduce a group big or small to the idea of colour and understanding that there are primary colours and secondary colours and with mixing primary colours you can make secondary colours. Extra copies created with the different spelling of colour and color. Great for young people of people with learning disabilities.

5 Individual lesson plans for teaching Non-Contact Boxing to beginners. Included in addition to the lesson plans are a brief module outline including example outcomes. This resource was originally used for students with SEN; they found the module the most motivating activity they had done in PE. This resource could work with KS3 & KS4 pupils in addition to pupils in non-main stream schools.

This resource includes lessons plans that can be used for teaching Boxing for GCSE PE. This pack includes: Lesson 1: Stance, Attack & Defend Lesson 2: Punching Combinations & Guard Lesson 3: Rear-Hand Punch Lesson 4: Boxing Tactics Lesson 5: Scoring in Boxing Lesson 6: Boxing Assessment 1 Lesson 7: Boxing Assessment 2 Medium Term Outline GCSE Boxing Rules Test Boxing Teacher Assessment sheet These lesson plans could be used for students in Year 9, 10 and 11 who are sitting GCSE PE. Similarly the nature of these lessons means that they can be taught in multiple settings with multiple numbers of students. These sessions are taught as non-contact and teach the skills of Boxing

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.

EXPLORE IT (1) - is a 20 page workbooklet for Special Education students filled with tasks about the sounds and music around us. EXPLORE IT is all about how we use multi-media and technology around us to explore different ideas, themes, events using different sounds and music and how it can make us aware of our surroundings and encourage us to listen. Key topics include: every day sounds, sounds & emotions, memories, music styles, song lyrics, favourite songs, artists, visuals etc. This workbooklet is filled with active, visual and practical tasks for special education students and offers staff flexibility about who delivers the workbooklet and how many tasks are completed. See also the corresponding literacy EXLORE IT (2) - FILMS & DOCUMENTARIES and EXPLORE IT (3) - TECHNOLOGY & APPS workbooklets. With an easy-to-follow format, a non-specialist teacher or teacher aide can deliver this workbooklet with confidence, add ideas and many student will self-direct their learning. This workbooklet also includes a Student Learning Checklist and Assessment for Learning Feedback sheets.

A total of 8 Unit outlines for teaching a range of PE activities to students with SEND. Each Unit Outline includes examples of specific targets for students to achieve the delivery of the activity (e.g. Boxing). Each topic can be taught over a time period of between several weeks and a term (depending on the ability of the class). Topics include: Boxing, Dance, Gymnastics, sessions for students with complex needs, Health related fitness, Goalball, Bashball & Athletics. For lesson plans to accompany these Unit Outlines please look at the rest of my shop.

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PowerPoint presentation on the rationale behind our decision to ensure all children contribute to their Annual Review through a the use of video, embedded in a multimedia presentation. Also covers the strategies we used to introduce it. More about it here: http://www.switchitmaker2.com/reviews/reviewscoming.htm#willow Although we used Switch It Maker 2 for our presentations, you could use any presentation software: PowerPoint, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Prezzi, etc.

The interesting and appealing cutting activities in this book are excellent in the classroom as a diagnostic tool, to improve fine-motor skills and to encourage independent work. Sheets link well with topic work and are perfect for pupils with dyspraxia and others who need to to improve eye and hand co-ordination. Start Cutting follows the developmental progression of cutting: tasks range from short snips to cutting combinations of straight and curved lines. Pupils really enjoy cutting out the missing parts to complete each attractive picture. Previously available through Easylearn.

This guide considers the challenges of teaching science to pupils with vision impairment. It is a guide to practical approaches, essential equipment, working safely and learning and teaching resources, for Science teachers of blind and visually impaired students.