Minibeasts Sensory Story and Sensory Rich Activities SEND PMLD

Dive into the fascinating world of minibeasts with this immersive, hands-on learning experience aimed at sensory learners of all ages. This pack is designed to spark imagination and exploration through interactive storytelling, sensory activities, and explorations.

🦋 What's Inside?

'Minibeasts' - A fully resourced, step by step sensory story.

Ideas for setting up minibeast themed sensory bags and bins

Spider’s Web Craft Activity: Get creative and weave your own web, learning about the magic of arachnids.

Minibeast Hunt: Venture outdoors to discover real minibeasts in their natural habitat!

Make a Wormery: Observe the fascinating world beneath the soil with an easy-to-build wormery.

Wildflower Pellets: Attract pollinators and contribute to biodiversity with beautiful wildflowers.

Bonus Sensory Story: Experience ‘A Very Hungry Caterpillar’ specially adapted for sensory engagement.

Outdoor Learning & Inspiration: Fun-filled ideas to make outdoor education exciting and memorable.

Minibeast Fun Facts: Learn intriguing facts about the secret lives of bugs!

This resource is aimed at supporting students and sensory learners of all ages following pre-formal/sensory, semi-formal or 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.

This teaching pack is tailored to accommodate students’ individual learning needs through differentiated, themed, sensory extension activities linking to the EYFS Framework and areas of the KS1 National Curriculum making it the perfect resource for Special Education, Mainstream schools and settings, Speech & Language and EAL students.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
The Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling
How to Tell a Multisensory Story
Using Sound Effects in Multisensory Storytelling
Story Props Checklist
Minibeasts - Full Poem
Minibeasts - A Multisensory Exploration
Minibeasts - Story Bag
Minibeasts - Sensory Bin
Spider's Web Craft Activity
Minibeast Hunt
Make a Wormery
Wildflower Pellets
Adapting 'A Very Hungry Caterpillar' into a Sensory Story
Outdoor Learning Ideas & Inspiration
Minibeast Fun Facts

About the Story Props
The story props are low budget, everyday items found around the home, garden, outdoor areas and in the classroom.