{"id":11613,"date":"2024-03-07T12:53:35","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T12:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?p=11613"},"modified":"2024-03-12T16:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:54:29","slug":"creating-story-sacks-for-sensory-stories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/news\/creating-story-sacks-for-sensory-stories\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating story sacks for sensory stories"},"content":{"rendered":"

Karen has shared her tips on the use and creation of ‘story sacks’ to support children with accessing stories through all of their senses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Story sacks – read my way<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

“When reading a book with a child, including characters, objects and sensory elements helps bring the story, characters and concepts to life for all children but especially useful for children with a visual impairment.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Story sacks help create a physical dimension to the book and enables children to make sense of what is going on in the story.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

“They encourage children to play and explore the action within the narrative, it allows them to think creatively and provides them with opportunities to create and think critically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Many standard story sacks simply contain the main characters in the book, which is a great start. But don’t stop there! When choosing the toys to represent the characters be mindful of too many soft toys and plastic ones often look and feel the same. Look for the action in the narrative and find objects to explore what the characters are doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Adding a super sensory element helps engage multiple senses, so the child can play and learn in their preferred way. A super sensory story is a story told using a combination of words, objects and sensory experiences. This is important because sensory stimulation is central to our cognitive development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“When picking a book to create a sensory story sack consider;<\/p>\n\n\n\n