A Bonfire Night Sensory Experience - A sensory activity for PMLD students

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A Bonfire Night Sensory Experience is an activity all about Bonfire Night. It gives a script and list of ideas an resources for creating a stimulating sensory experience for your PMLD students. This activity to works really well if you have access to a sensory room, but can easily be set up in your classroom. Students get the chance to smell, hear, see and taste lots of different sensory stimuli related to Bonfire Night .
This resource if available to download from the TES website for free, just click on the link below

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