Holi A Sensory Story and Bumper Teaching Pack

Celebrate the magic and colour of the festival of Holi 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?

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.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prepare to Celebrate (Gathering Story Props)

How to Tell a Multisensory Story

Holi Full Poem

Story Delivery Ideas

Holi- A Multisensory Exploration

Skills and areas of Learning Promoted During the Multisensory Storytelling Session

Holi Themed Sensory Bag

Holi Themed Sensory Pot Pourri Bag

Holi Themed Sensory Umbrella

Holi Themed Sensory Tent

Holi Themed Sensory Bin

Using Dyes and Food Colouring to Colour Sensory Bin Fillers

Holi Themed Listening Game

Indian Music

Sensory Paint

How to Make Powdered Chalk

Taste Safe Powder Paint

Balloon Splatter Art Activity

Primary Colour Mixing Ziplock Activity

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Let’s Make…Holi Powder Paint

Jackson Pollock Themed Art

Scented Paint

Paint Bombs & Cinnamon Stick Painting

Paint Splatter Picture

Colour Sorting

Thandai Recipe

Holi Ideas & Inspiration

Q & A