The Rainforest A Multisensory Adventure Teaching Resource Plus Extension Activities

Join our explorer on their adventures as s/he explores the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and textures of The Amazon Rainforest with this fully resourced, step-by-step multisensory story/teaching resource plus sensory, rainforest themed activities!

 

This is a very special resource as all the artwork has been contributed by autistic artists from Manaus in the Amazon Basin and other regions of Brazil.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Galeria Aut

Denise Teperine

The Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling

How to tell a Multisensory Story

Story Props/Resources Checklist

The Rainforest Full Story

The Rainforest Fully Resourced, Step-by-Step Multisensory Story

Rainforest Sensory Art

Henry Rosseau

Rainforest Leaves

‘Eterno Amor’

‘Amazonia’

‘Arvore da Vida’

‘Tribes of the Amazon’

The Sensory Rainforest

Rainforest Slime Recipe

Rainforest Sensory Mud Recipe

Rainforest Crafts

Rainforest Leaves Foil Embossed Greetings Card

Rainforest Leaves Wax Picture

D & T

Design a Rainforest Home

Leafcutters

Planet Earth

Rainforest in a Bottle

Starry Night in a Bottle

Snappy Caiman Counting Crocodiles

D & T Healthy Eating

The World Around Us

Planting Beans

Will it Grow?

Tree Seeds

Rainforest Products

Rainforest Compost

Growing Potatoes from Peelings

The World Around Us – Creatures of the Amazon

Creatures of the Amazon Through the Senses

Endangered Species

Animal Tracks

The Spider’s Larder

Rainforest PE

Rainforest Adventure Obstacle Course

Rainforest Science – The Role of the Rainforest

Oxygen

The Water Cycle

Make a Rain Guage

Erosion

Decay

Rainforest Science

The Power of the Sun Experiment

The Ice Caps Experiment

Water Pollution Experiment

Greenhouse Gas Experiment

Culture & Tradition – The Tribes of the Amazon

The Achuar Tribe

The Yanomami Tribe

The Huaorani Tribe

The Kayapo Tribe

The Mascho Piro Tribe

The Matses Tribe

Music

Make a Rainmaker

The Sounds of the Rainforest

Role Play

Can you Survive a Night in the Rainforest?

 

 

What are the Benefits of Multisensory Storytelling?

1. Storytelling creates a bond between the storyteller and the story explorer enhancing and enriching experiences.

2. Rhyming Multisensory Stories connect the individual to literature, culture, and topic in a fun and engaging way.

3. The stories form a base on which to scaffold learning enabling the student to work on personal goals and individual targets.

4. The activities in the stories are designed to promote communication skills: (eye contact, listening, shared attention & language development), self-confidence & well-being (trying out new ideas & skills, practicing self-care & independence and enjoying achievement), self-awareness: (asking for ‘help’, ‘again’ and ‘more’), present opportunities to explore cause & effect and build anticipation skills, promote physical development: (fine & gross motor skills), build knowledge about the environment & the world around us, to engage in scientific experimentation and mathematical concepts and to develop social & emotional skills: (turn-taking & sharing and teamwork).

5. The sensory stimuli (story props) are a tool for the story explorer to explore and express their likes, dislikes, and sensory preferences and to have the opportunity to make choices.
This information can be used to identify motivators or items to calm and individual when anxious, tired, or stressed, identify triggers, (some you may wish to avoid, others to work on building tolerance through desensitisation in a safe and therapeutic environment) and used in the writing of care plans to enhance areas daily life.

Your questions and queries are always welcome

Thank you for looking:)