Valentine’s day is upon us – time to get those squishy heart cushions out of the cupboard for your Valentine’s Sensory Story… …or is it? Valentine’s Day is here again…queue fluttering hearts or eye rolling – depending on your disposition!…
Hints and tips for sensory stories
Our first Accessible Book and Story Festival (in September) will have a focus on sensory stories. As we plan the festival we have been thinking about the fundamentals of sensory storytelling. In this second of three blog posts we consider…
Here at My Kind of Book we are busy organising the first ever Accessible Book and Story Festival which will take place in September 2024. The focus of the festival will be sensory stories – and this has sent us…
Here are my top five list of sensory props for Springtime. Natural objects such as flowers, buds and leaves are great to use in Springtime sensory stories…but here are a few other things to try: 2. These stretchy ‘noodles’ are…
Another list of my favourites for you – and hurray for autumn – the sensory season! Autumn provides us with so many sensory props: conkers, leaves, blackberries, apples…but here are a few others to add to the mix: 1) ‘Crinkle’…
Here are some fun props to add to your seaside stories along with the buckets and spades, shells and sun lotion! These props would be useful for many sensory stories set at the beach. 1) Squishy seal A nice plump…
An unusual sound is great for getting people’s interest in a sensory story. There are some noises that I love to include in my stories. My feeling is that if you know a noise will help a story along shoehorn…