In this activity you can listen along to a story about the HMS Implacable. We have also provided some suggestions for a sensory tray to help you explore and play with water in your home. These sensory activities have been developed to support individuals with PMLD, SLD and sensory processing difficulties.
You could add your own items to the tray too.
You will need
This is a guide and will depend which activities you decide to try. You may also want to switch out some of these for other items you have at home.
- Shallow dish
- Water
- Toy boat, or try making your own origami boat. Click here to have a go
- Materials to try floating and sinking: coins, corks, rubber, plastic bottle (filled or empty), tea-bags etc
Make sure to do this activity somewhere where water won't cause any damage!
Listen along to this story by Olivia Armstrong.
Depending on your child, you could watch the images in the video, just listen along, or even download the transcript and read it for yourself.
Scroll through the below activities and try some of them out as you listen to the story. Or, make up some of your own activities.
Did you enjoy this story?
You can listen to this story again and again and try different activities each time.
You could create your own sensory experiences for the story, or perhaps next time you will just listen to the story and watch the pictures. There is no right or wrong way to enjoy this story!
Sensory Activities
Sensory stories and activities created for PMLD, SLD and neurodiverse children