Chinese New Year - A Multisensory Exploration & Sensory Themed Extension Activities
Explore the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of Chinese New Year with this bumper teaching pack which includes 'Chinese New Year,' a fully resourced, step by step multisensory story plus themed, sensory ideas and activities.
This resource connects individuals to literacy, culture, history, and topic through the senses and is aimed at supporting:
1. Students (aged 3-19) following pre-formal/sensory, semi-formal or formal pathways in special education schools and settings. The story and activities support the areas of the Engagement Model and link in with many other areas of learning (see 'Skills Promoted During this Multisensory Story' below)
2. EYFS students - This resource includes activities and ideas that link to areas of the EYFS Statutory Framework.
3. Year 1 students in non-SEN/mainstream education - This resource includes activities and ideas that link to areas of the National Curriculum KS1.
4. EAL students - The rhythm and rhyme in the stories supports literacy skills and builds comprehension and understanding.
5. SALT students - This resource supports the promotion of language and communication skills.
6. Activity Coordinators and support workers working with adults in care settings.
7. The story and activities and fully resourced step-by-step guides so can be delivered and enjoyed by grandparents, parents, siblings, carers.
Table of Contents
Sourcing the Story Props
How to Tell a Multisensory Story
Chinese New Year – A Multisensory Exploration
Skills Promoted During this Multisensory Story
Chinese New Year Themed Listening Game
Chinese New Year Themed Sensory Bin
Chinese New Year Themed Sensory Bag
The Great Wall of China
Terracotta Warriors
'Five Oxen' Sensory Art
Chinese Landscape Ink Painting
Chinese Lanterns
Chinese Music
The Great Race
The Great Race PMLD (Multisensory Version)
Chinese New Year Guided Relaxation Adventure
Chinese New Year Lucky/Unlucky Gifts
Chinese Music
Dragons
Spring Clean Your Classroom
Chinese New Year Sensory Ideas & Inspiration
What is a 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.
Skills Promoted During this Multisensory Story
- Created a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer.
- Explored culture and the festival of Chinese New Year.
- Promoted communication skills: Eye contact, listening, shared attention and language development.
- Explored and expressed likes, dislikes and sensory preferences.
- The opportunity to make choices and rejections.
- Creative arts and crafts.
- Poetry: Listening to rhythm and rhyme.
- Promoted self-awareness: Asking for 'Help', 'Again', 'More', 'Stop', 'No'.
- Explored cause and effect: Torches/lights.
- Promoted physical development: Fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, manipulation, and control.
- Independence Skills: Dressing/cleaning/polishing.
- D&T nutrition: Explored and tasted new foods/baking skills (weights and measurements).
- Explored musical instruments.
- Physical development: Dragon dance.
- Promoted social skills: Turn-taking, sharing, waiting, and listening to other peoples' ideas.
- Personal, social, and emotional development: Self–confidence/trying new skills/celebrated achievement.
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Explore the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of Chinese New Year with this bumper teaching pack which includes 'Chinese New Year - A Fully Resourced, step by step Multisensory Story' plus themed, sensory ideas and activities aimed at supporting the five areas of the engagement model, and promoting creativity, independence, building communication skills, and supporting other areas of learning linking to curriculum subjects and topics.
Perfect for students (aged 3-19) following pre-formal/sensory, semi-formal or formal pathways, and EYFS to Year 1 students in mainstream education.
Table of Contents:
Prepare to Celebrate (Gathering Story Props)
How to Tell a Multisensory Story
Chinese New Year – A Multisensory Exploration
Developing Comprehension & Understanding
Chinese New Year Themed Listening Game
Chinese New Year Themed Sensory Bin
Chinese New Year Themed Sensory Bag
The Great Wall of China
Terracotta Warriors
'Five Oxen' Sensory Art
Chinese Art
Chinese Music
The Great Race
The Great Race PMLD Multisensory Version
Chinese New Year Guided Relaxation Adventure
Chinese New Year Lucky/Unlucky Gifts
Chinese Music
Dragon Dance
Spring Clean Your Classroom
Chinese New Year Sensory Ideas & Inspiration
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?
1. Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences.
2. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture and topic in a fun and engaging way.
3. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets.
4. 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).
5. 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.
Your questions, queries, comments and feedback are always welcome!
Thanks for looking:)
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