Sensory story

Have you heard of multi-sensory storytelling? It's a fun way to support engagement and interactions with the story you're reading, as well as vocabulary development! "The cross-study results are clear: a greater number of sensory experiences support early lexical acquisition and recognition" (Seidl et al., 2023).

Make sensory bags to go along with one of our favorite storybooks, Going on a Bear Hunt!

Sensory Friendly storytimes can be daunting to plan, but this lesson plan gives you everything you need to get started!

Enjoy some hands-on sensory earning about the Creation Story with this Creation Story Sequencing Sensory Bin.

Hands-on retelling of the classic Little Red Hen story! What a great, sensory filled way to bring a classic story to life with preschool and kindergarten kids! #booksandcrafts

As with anything in schools, there are a number of planned learning intentions or outcomes that link with sensory stories.

Bring the classic story to life! With this We're Going on a Bear Hunt sensory activity children will experience the book in a whole new way.

When engaging in craft activities, it is important for young children to have adult supervision at ALL times. It is also recommended to use supplies that

Just wanted to send a big thank you for the sensory storytime this morning! It was terrific! … My four-year old LOVED it and I think I’m even more excited than he is as the event stirred up a lot of great ideas for activities I can do with my kids at home! Thank you thank you!!! This wonderful feedback was given to me by a grateful mom after I did my first Sensory Storytime for children with autism and other developmental disabilities. She and her son have attended every sensory storytime…

Sensory squish bags provide the perfect mess-free quiet time sensory activity. Besides the mess-free sensory play, squish bags encourage hands-on exploration and make for great learning tools to spark conversations and build vocabulary with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.