In previous posts we have talked about the importance of organizing activities that enhance communication (see here), vocabulary development (see here) and the importance of multi-sensory activities (see here).
The sensory box is an activity/game that combines all of the strategies mentioned above. The activity can be differentiated according to the student's learning profile (see here).
For the activity we will need:
1) a box where we will hide the objects that aim to activate our 5 basic senses (smell, sight, taste, touch, hearing).
2) the visual aids ( smell, see, taste, touch, hear symbols) placed outside the box.
The adult to model the activity:
taste
look
smell
hear
touch
Student’s turn:
1 symbole outside the box- Student to choose and pick the visual/symbol
Student's turn:
2 symbols outside the box- the student to choose/request for the sense they want to explore.
Student's turn
all symbols outside the box- student to choose/request for the sense they want to explore.
Student's turn
All four senses at the same time
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