Stories to read with your Sensory Discovery Pack
There are so many uses for the items found in your Sensory Discovery Pack. Using them to help bring story time to life with your vision impaired child brings another dimension to the items. If you don’t have a pack, just look around the house for similar items and use your imagination!
Here are a few story suggestions to get you started, most should be available from your local library.
The Wind Blew by Pat Hutchins
Great for: incorporating the chiffon scarf or a fan to represent the sensation of the wind
Listen on YouTube
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Great for: using the shiny space blanket and colours from the light-up toy to create a shiny under the sea scene
Listen on YouTube
A Dot in the Snow by Corrinne Averiss
Great for: using the shiny space blanket to create an icy scene
Listen on YouTube
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Great for: using the different pack items to create sound effects and feels, e.g. the fibres on the light could be the swishy swashy grass, stumble trip on the crunchy space blanket or the chiffon scarf for the wind.
Listen on YouTube
Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt
Great for: directions with the shaker or exercise ball
Listen on YouTube
Whatever Next! By Jill Murphy
Great for: using your space blanket to create a rocket | incorporating your Warmies cuddly toy
Listen on YouTube
Polar Bear Polar Bear, What Do You Hear by Bill Martin, Jr.
Great for: learning animal noises
Listen on YouTube
Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney
Great for: actions and snuggle time with your Warmies toy
Listen on YouTube
Stomp, Dinosaur, Stomp! By Alex Ayliffe and Margaret Mayo
Great for: using the space blanket and egg shaker for sound effects
Listen on YouTube
The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr
Great for: sensory play with play dough
Listen on YouTube
The Lion Inside by Rachel Bright
Great for: using the gold side of the space blanket to create a safari scene
Listen on YouTube
The Tickle Book by Ian Whybrow
Great for: incorporating sensory items for textures, sounds, animal noises and tickles
Listen on YouTube
Tiddler by Julia Donaldson
Great for: creating an under the sea scene with your space blanket
Listen on YouTube
Don’t Wake the Dragon by Bianca Schulz
Great for: interactive bedtime with your Warmies soft toy and sound effects
Listen on YouTube
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson
Great for: interacting with the story using shaker, chiffon scarf and space blanket for sound effects
Listen on YouTube
Good Night, Tiptoe by Polly Dunbar
Great for: night time routine with Warmies soft toy
Listen on YouTube
Ten Tiny Toes by Caroline Church
Great for: blanket time, counting and actions using the chiffon scarf along with body parts
Wind by Carol Thompson
Great for: sound effects with the space blanket and egg shaker. Use the chiffon scarf for a wind effect
Off to the Park by Stephen Cheetham
Great for: tactile book | exploring textures and sounds
Toddle Waddle by Julia Donaldson
Great for: exploring sounds
Dinosaur Roar! By Henrietta Stickland and Paul Stickland
Great for: sounds, textures and opposites
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Great for: reading alongside taste safe play
Chocolate Mousse for Greedy Goose by Julia Donaldson
Great for: reading alongside taste safe play
Laura’s Star Paperback by Klaus Baumgart
Great for: reading in your dark den with sensory light-up toys
