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Inclusive Music, Drama and Art for Autistic Learners June 2025 Gone for final approval

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Jody O'Neill is the award-winning Director, playwright, actor, and mother on the autism spectrum. Her play, "What I (don't) know about Autism, has received critical Acclaim and is opening for the second time at the Abbey theater in Dublin and will be streamed online. Jody discusses how to play was designed to educate the public about autism, but also be an artistic work that all can benefit from seeing.
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"What I (Don't) Know About Autism" A Conversation with Irish Autistic Playwright Jody O'Neill - Uniquely Human: The Podcast

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Jody O'Neill is the award-winning Director, playwright, actor, and mother on the autism spectrum. Her play, "What I (don't) know about Autism, has received critical Acclaim and is opening for the second time at the Abbey theater in Dublin and will be streamed online.

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Neurofestivity | April 24 - 25 2026 - Cork Opera House

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Neurofestivity is a festival that will explore and celebrate neurodivergent art and artists in Ireland. Produced by Cork Opera House in partnership with University College Cork (UCC) and lead artist Jody O’Neill, funded by Cork City Council, the festival will take place on UCC Campus on April 24 – 25, 2026. Now in its second […]

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Piece together an artwork with family and friends

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The Creatability experiments include several musical instruments, a text-to-musical-speech toy and a music-to-visuals tool, offer a range of input and output modes for people to choose from. Having multiple interaction modes can make creative coding projects more accessible, expressive, or engaging; designing them often leads to new ideas and inquiry paths. There is scope for pupils to explore multiple interaction modes in creating their own projects too.

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The Creatability experiments include several musical instruments, a text-to-musical-speech toy and a music-to-visuals tool, offer a range of input and output modes for people to choose from. Having multiple interaction modes can make creative coding projects more accessible, expressive, or engaging; designing them often leads to new ideas and inquiry paths. There is scope for pupils to explore multiple interaction modes in creating their own projects too.

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Since 2009, coders have created thousands of amazing experiments using Chrome, Android, AI, WebVR, AR and more. We're showcasing projects here, along with helpful tools and resources, to inspire others to create new experiments.

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Keyboard Play Area

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A simple musical keyboard you can play with your face, body, mouse, or keys.

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A fun way to play with speech and music.

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Turn your home into an electronic music studio with AR Synth!

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Play a Kandinsky - Google Arts & Culture

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Emotions help us respond to the world around us - to make decisions, understand people, avoid danger, and survive. Emotions also help other people understand us.

Art can trigger emotions too. Over millennia, humans have depicted a vast spectrum of emotions in art that we can relate to our own experiences, which then trigger feelings within us. Can art therefore help refine our understanding of complex human emotions?

With scientists from University of California, Berkeley, Prof. Dr. Dacher Keltner and Alan Cowen, we conducted research on the emotions evoked by artworks through time and across cultures. We asked 1,300 people to describe how 1,500 paintings make them feel by choosing from different words.

The results revealed 25 different emotions that are associated with artworks that they viewed. We then plotted these feelings on an interactive map, grouping artworks that triggered specific emotions.

Enter this atlas of emotions and see how the colors, brushstrokes, shapes, and subjects make you feel.

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Art Emotions Map by Alan Cowen, U.C. Berkeley, in collaboration with Artists in Residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab: Nicolas Barradeau, Romain Cazier - Experiments with Google

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Since 2009, coders have created thousands of amazing experiments using Chrome, Android, AI, WebVR, AR and more. We're showcasing projects here, along with helpful tools and resources, to inspire others to create new experiments.

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Create melodies with the help of maestro composers.

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The game where AI judges your drawing skills

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In Rhythm with Nature - Google Arts & Culture

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Tap a rhythm to match a Beethoven piano sonata. A project in collaboration with Deutsche Grammophon.

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Don't Touch the Art - Google Arts & Culture

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How far can you fall through the gallery without touching the artworks!

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Say What You See - Google Arts & Culture

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Learn the art of image prompting with the help of Google AI.

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Creative Voices: What Autism Means to Me I 7 Jan - 11 Feb 2023 - Flowerfield Arts Centre - Portstewart

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7 January – 11 February 2023 EXHIBITION LAUNCH: Please join us on Saturday 7 January at 1pm. All welcome. Presented by the Education Authority Aut

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Young musicians from Music Generation programmes in Limerick City, Limerick County, Cork City, Clare, Laois, and Waterford create musical connections at a special one-day improvisation workshop.
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Meet Music Generation's young community of traditional musicians performed for a national and international audience at St. Patrick's Festival Quarter 2023!
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In just one year, NOISE Music has reached close to 2,500 participants and continues to inspire aspiring DJs, rappers and young artists across South Dublin.
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Music Generation is delighted to publish its Annual Report 2021 and share the memorable moments, achievements and connections in 2021.
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Music Generation | Music Education Ireland

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Music Generation is Ireland's National Music Education Programme which helps children and young people access vocal and instrumental tuition locally.

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Disrupt Disability Arts Festival is a disability-led and disability-focused arts festival championing the creativity, voices, and perspectives of disabled artists.

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Transform Your Teaching
Lesson Planning Templates

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Social Media - Middletown Centre For Autism

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Movement breaks can be very regulating for some autistic children and young people, and can then facilitate improved engagement and attention. This music video recorded by Karen Diamond (Music Therapist) provides ideas for movement activities. The supporting visual resource will further clarify how to perform the animal walks.

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SENsory Atelier – Attenborough Arts Centre | University of Leicester

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We specialise in tailoring access for disabled children and young people with special educational needs (SEND), both in school through our SENsory Atelier programme, and out of school through our Inclusive Youth Arts programme.

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Irish theatre company working with artists with intellectual disabilities

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Creating Multi-Sensory Environments – Bamboozle Theatre

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  The revised edition of this highly practical guide to creating and using multi-sensory environments is packed full of ideas for low-cost, easy to assemble multi-sensory environments suitable for children of varying ages and abilities. Each creative learning environment is designed to be constructed in a classroom or school hall, encouraging creative thinking and learning, and development of social and emotional skills. Although of particular value for children with special educational needs or sensory impairments, they are more broadly designed to provide stimulating learning environments. This is an invaluable resource for teachers and other professionals in education.

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Oily Cart - Reimagining theatre for young audiences to make it more accessible.

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A sensory show delivered to your home. Explore the sunrise through poetry, shadow play and your senses. Oily Cart's statement a year into the Covid-19 pandemic Reimagining theatre to include all young audiences. Sensory theatrical wonderlands made for and with young people.

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What does Arts in Education practice look like? Read about the processes and partnerships behind current projects happening around Ireland.

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What does Arts in Education practice look like? Read about the processes and partnerships behind current projects happening around Ireland.

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AR Synth by Artists in Residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab: Jonathan Tanant and Christine Sugrue - Experiments with Google

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Try your hand at 'throwing' some clay inas you attempt to recreate historic pots from across the globe. Whether it's an aryballus from ancient Peru or an amphora from archaic Greece, take on the challenge of sculpting, painting and firing your replica and get scored for your pot's accuracy.

If you're playing on an Android device, you can even place the potter's wheel in your own home and try sculpting with Augmented Reality.

Team: Lingdong Huang, Caroline Buttet, Marylène Ricci

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3D Pottery by Lingdong Huang in collaboration with Artist in Residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab: Caroline Buttet - Experiments with Google

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Since 2009, coders have created thousands of amazing experiments using Chrome, Android, AI, WebVR, AR and more. We're showcasing projects here, along with helpful tools and resources, to inspire others to create new experiments.

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Play a cello inspired instrument with Viola the Bird and the help of machine learning! An experiment by David Li.

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Instrument Playground by By Simon Doury, Artist In Residence at Google Arts & Culture Lab - Experiments with Google

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Scan Sequencer Javascript takes a realtime web cam image and in turn makes real-time music. It works like a virtual keyboard, the vertical keyboard is recognizing a change of the color of pixels and make a trigger signal. The circles made by trigger signals move to from left to right and when they cross the middle threshold, they play a note.

It is written based on the p5js and tonejs libraries.

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Scan Sequencer Javascript by JeongHo Park - Experiments with Google

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Scan Sequencer Javascript takes a realtime web cam image and in turn makes real-time music. It works like a virtual keyboard, the vertical keyboard is recognizing a change of the color of pixels and make a trigger signal. The circles made by trigger signals move to from left to right and when they cross the middle threshold, they play a note.

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Chrome Music Lab: Song Maker by Google Creative Lab + Use All Five - Experiments with Google

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Visual Thinking Routine around Art

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Experience hidden worlds in Eden Project’s Invisible Rainforest

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Struggling with Transitions - Art Therapy Strategies — Grounded Gem

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The main concern of parents and teachers is about transitioning. Getting home from school, logging onto a class in the morning, in between subjects, the list goes on. It was because of these tough transitions that the scratch art cards were designed and created. A fun art activity became a transitio

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MusiQuest is a creative new way to learn music

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MusiQuest turns music education into an adventure through a vibrant world of songs. Make songs, take lessons, and learn to love and understand how music works! MusiQuest's curriculum is completely interactive, empowering students to apply musical concepts through creation. When kids make songs that they're proud of, you should see how they shine!

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The cloud platform where musicians and fans create music, collaborate, and engage with each other across the globe

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UltraBox is a mod of BeepBox that aims to combine every other beepmod into one.

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When using thinking routines as strategic vehicles in which to scaffold the thinking of our learners, we need to consider as teachers where we (both teacher and learner) are at in the phases of development continuum. Is this the first time you have used this routine? Or have you been using it regularly for a while now? Or is it so ingrained your learners use it without realising it?
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The answers to these questions will depend on the routine you are using and how often it is used within your educational context. It is therefore conceivable that a learner could be at varying phases at the same time for different routines. Examine the stages of development below:

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What are thinking routines and why should I incorporate them into my classroom?

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The Ultimate Guide to Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

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Resources and guides breaking down what is universal design for learning, why implement UDL, and how to get started with UDL. Your essential guide to UDL.

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Explore the fundamentals of music via Ableton's interactive website. Experiment with beats, melody, harmony, basslines, and song structure in your web browser.

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Have you heard of the artist Lichtenstein before? If you do not recognize the name, you will likely recognize some of his art work. We learned a bit about him this month and did some Lichtenstein art with bubble wrap.

Who is Roy Lichtenstein?

Lichtenstein is well-known for his pop art in comic book style. His onomatopoeia word art is something that most people would recognize as well! Since he was copying comic book style, he also copied the printing texture used in these images. The comic books used a style of printing called Ben-Day Dots. Lichtenstein copied that in his images by enlarging and exaggerating them. Portraying Lichtenstein art with bubble wrap seemed perfect!!

How to Do Lichtenstein Art with Bubble Wrap

For this project, I printed off some of Lichtenstein's art work to look at and let them decide what they wanted to make. Mostly they just got creative with different ways to paint on and print with the bubble wrap. My son made a stamp out of bubble wrap and stamped shapes on his paper. My daughter painted in stripes. My younger son copied Lichtenstein's flag art work. I enjoyed doing his sunset and the Pop word art!

To make my sunset one, I painted a large section of bubble wrap blue and printed it onto the paper. Then did a smaller section in a wave-like pattern with red paint. Once the bubble print dried, I painted over to make the rest of it.

I love it when my kids are inspired to take their own creative spin on things! They really enjoyed this project.

Don't have bubble wrap readily available? You can order it in bulk online or buy it at office supply stores.

This last one is my favorite! For this word pop art one, I did it in layers. I printed first with bubble wrap and painted around it, then layered with different pieces of cut paper. It was fun to put together!! I also outlined the white with a black marker to make it stand out.

More bubble wrap process art inspiration:

No-Mess Baby Bubble Wrap Painting from Arty Crafty Kids
Bubble Wrap Fish Thank You Cards from Play & Learn Every Day
Bubble wrap autumn tree craft by Messy Little Monster
Fused Bubble Wrap Snowflakes by Mum in the Mad House
Sensory Stomp Painting with Bubble Wrap by Views From a Step Stool
Bubble Wrap Trees for Every Season by To Be a Kid Again
Bubble Wrap Wall Printing by Wee Warhols

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Have you heard of the artist Lichtenstein before? If you do not recognize the name, you will likely recognize some of his art work. We learned a bit about him this month and did some Lichtenstein art with bubble wrap. Lichtenstein is well-known for his pop art in comic book style.

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Circle Paintings with Kinders | Deep Space Sparkle

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Line twenty containers of colorful paint, add in fat brushes, cover two tables with craft paper and you have the set-up for a perfect day. Circle paintings

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Disclaimer: Since discovering Instagram and my love for it, I've gotten super bad about snapping photos with my camera and simply using my phone. So what you have in this blog post are phone photos and for that, I apologize. If you'd like to see me overshare my art room happenings (as well as just my hot mess of a life), you can find me here.
In my last post, I shared what we did for the art station portion of Field Day...when I thought it was going to be rained out. The night before Field Day, while I was head scratching what we could do, I thought creating a collaborative canvas painting would be fun (this is what happens when your brain is fried, y'all). So I pulled this giant canvas out of my closet and went to town.

I've had this canvas for years. I had started a painting on it years ago and never did anything with it. So I simply painted over it with a cream color paint (cuz that's all I had on hand) and used watered down black acrylic paint to create this. Why watered down acrylic? Because it has better viscosity that way. I began by sketching out four wavy lines across the canvas. Then I wrote out the letters of our school. Once I was happy with the placement, I painted it with a flat brush and called it a night.

Along with our other painting station, I let the kids go to town on this. My only "rule" was that one color go in one space...and TRY to stay within the lines. As you can see above, that was a struggle. But it was field day, we were wound up and I knew I could lean up the lines by simply going back over them. So no worries.

This was after the first day. I was tempted to leave it this way...and then I added the little pattern on the top and thought it would be fun for the kids to add patterns the following day.

Again, so sorry for the grainy photo. My only rule for the patterns was that the kids had to pick one pattern and color and stick with it. For the dots, they used wine corks dipped in paint (fave part of the day? A kid saying, "oh my mom has TONS of these!" Ha!) and thin brushes for the designs. Again, other than that, little direction was given. This was on the last day of school where I had free choice centers set up around the room. This just happened to be one of them.

Once dry, I went back over the black to once again clean up the edges. Then I thought it might be fun to add some white highlights to make the letters pop. Look, even the edge got painted!

The admin had no idea we were creating this painting. When I was sharing it with them, our school librarian saw it and LOVED IT. It was decided that this painting would go in the library for everyone to see. AND I'm really excited to share that now the librarian and I are collaborating to create an entire ALPHABET WALL in this style! The kids will kick off the new school year painting a canvas for each letter in the alphabet to showcase in the library. Y'all I'm so stoked! This project was so easy, colorful, happy and fun. I'm looking forward to making more. LOVE to hear if you give this a go!

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In the Art Room: A Collaborative Painting for Field Day!

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An elementary art teacher blog with art projects and lessons, DIY projects and outfit photos as well as clothing I have made myself.

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How to Create Family Fun with Art - Innovation Kids Lab

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Get the whole family involved in a fun art project and create a family keepsake to hang in the house. This project is quick and requires minimal materials (plus, you can win some of the materials by entering the giveaway at the end of the post). You can find time for this project no matter how […]

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Paper Roll Tree Collaborative Art Project - The Craft Train

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Make a gorgeous work of collaborative art with this decorated paper roll tree project, based on a project from the book Art Workshop for Children by Barbara Rucci. You might also like these 30 paper roll craft ideas It’s been a real pleasure to review the new book, Art Workshop for Children, by fellow blogger Barbara Rucci of Art Bar Blog. I genuinely love her blog so I was expecting the book

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James Rizzi ~ Pop Art Buildings

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Roy Lichtenstein Pop Art for Kids - Sunrise Template Included! - Messy Little Monster

10 Roy Lichtenstein Art Projects for Kids

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Encouraging kids to learn about the world is so much fun with art. Here's a colorful way to explore rangoli designs with kids as you learn about India. Rangoli designs are often used to decorate the entry to homes during Indian festivals including Diwali.

Rangoli is one of the most popular art forms in India.
Here's how you can make your own Rangoli at home!
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Rangoli Design Ideas for Kids

Rangolis are special patterns made usually from rice flour and sugar or materials such as cereals, pulses, grains, sand or beads. They combine dots, lines, flower designs to create colorful designs on the ground in homes in India and throughout the world, especially at Diwali time.

The motifs used are usually taken from nature or geometric patterns using lines and shapes, drawn around a grid of dots. Rangolis are particularly popular around festivals such as Diwali - the Hindu festival of light.

Materials for Rangoli

How to Make Rangoli Art Designs with Kids

1. Place Salt into ziplock bags and then squirt in two drops of Food Coloring . Shake the bag until all of thesalt is colored. Continue until you have made all of your desired colors. Allow to coloring to dry before using for best results.

2. Apply small thin layer of glue onto the Rangoli design that you have drawn or printed. Then sprinkle the desired colored salt onto the areas.

*If you're applying to the ground just simply design and the sweep up once complete after the festival, no glue needed.

3. Apply glue to additional areas once you've applied the first color. Continue until you have filled all of the rangoli art design in. You can blow any additional colored sand off in between colors.

4. Allow image to dry. Mount onto recycled cardboard for additional support. When complete this is a fragile piece of art. However, it provides such an opportunity to develop fine motor skills and an appreciation of Indian culture it's so worth it.

Printable Rangoli Designs

We used a printable versionof a Rangoli as a beginner for my kids. On our sidewalk and doorway for Diwali though we do use some Rangoli stencils and also I have my kids create their own designs with sidewalk chalk.

Take a peek on Pinterest to see all the gorgeous way to create your own Rangoli or see a few video tutorials of hand made rangoli designs .
Click now of 8 Easy Diwali Crafts for Kids
Rangoli Books for Kids

Click on images for more details about these Rangoli Products that I recommend as you explore this Art form from India. Here are a few fun books too to learn about Rangoli.

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Rangoli Stencils

Rangoli Stencils are available to purchase through the markets in india but luckily you can also find them on amazon. Our favorite is the one featured here with the footprints.
Rangoli Powders Rangoli Activity Ideas from Amazon
Rangoli Stencils
Have you noticed the recent growing trend many Mandala designs available?

Here's a few videos of how to make Rangoli Art at home with colored sand.
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Diwali Activities for Kids

I'm sharing this Diwali inspired post today as part of a series of posts from bloggers and the Multicultural Kid Blogs. Click Here to visit the other ideas that they've shared for Diwali.

Kids Activity Ideas for Diwali from The Educators' Spin On It

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Explore indian art with this Rangoli craft idea for kids using salt and food coloring. A colorful way to explore rangoli designs as you learn about India and Diwali.

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With Brad leaving the house as the sun comes up each morning and me leaving for tutoring the moment he walks in the door 4 days a week, sometimes it feels as though we don't get enough time as a family. Luckily, this weekend we've done a pretty good job of making the most of our time together. After yesterday's movie afternoon and family sleepover, this afternoon we decided to crafty with a simple life-sized self-portrait project.

Gracen and I have done this project before, so she knew exactly what to do! After carefully tracing her little body on a length of drawing paper, we added some details with pencil.

Then it was time for the fun part! Last time we did the project we used crayons, stickers, and wool to decorate, so this time we went with straight up watercolour paints.

And while painting a life-sized drawing might seem a little overwhelming to Miss G on her own, painting it as a whole family was fun! We each sort of concentrated on one area first, then helped each other out afterwards...

{Looks just like her, right?}

Before long, we were done.

Grae would still like to cut her paper self out in the near future, but at the moment she's hung on her bedroom door and looking fine. ;)

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Life-Sized Self-Portrait {a family project} - Mama.Papa.Bubba.

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With Brad leaving the house as the sun comes up each morning and me leaving for tutoring the moment he walks in the door 4 days a week, sometimes it feels as though we don't get enough time as a family. Luckily, this weekend we've done a pretty good job of making the most of...

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Multi-Sensory Stories | St. Michael's House

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St.Michael's House Home Teaching Department have made Multi- Sensory Stories by text and video to support Early Services at home during Covid-19. We understand children are missing their Home Teaching services and we hope to reintroduce services shortly. Our Early Services Supports Click on the below links to find St.

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Home | Bag Books provides multi-sensory books and storytelling for people with severe or profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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Bag Books: a UK-wide charity making multi-sensory books for children and adults with Severe Learning Disabilities or Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. Multi sensory storytelling and training for special needs teachers, librarians and adult day centre staff. Watch a film about our award-winning charity.

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Welcome to TACPAC - Communication through touch and music Parents Parent and Carer more Teachers Teacher in Special School more NHS NHS Occupational Therapist more New

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Sensory Storytelling Guide Webinar for teachers and Parents

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What book is this transport sensory story based on?

This transport story is based on the lovely children's tale The Railway Children by E. Nesbit. The book is set in 1905 and follows three children, Bobbie (Roberta), Peter and Phyllis, who move to the countryside near a railway from London after their father suddenly has to go away for a long time.

The children have several different adventures and meet lots of new people before they are finally able to be reunited with their father, who has been wrongfully imprisoned.

This sensory story helps children to explore the sensory experiences within the book.

Alongside your children, you'll look at torch light, hear the sound of tearing newspaper, hear train noises, look for red flags and celebrate the happy ending.

How can I use this transport sensory story with my children?

This sensory story is a lovely way to support your children to engage with The Railway Children and to imagine what it would be like to be a character in the tale.

This resource is teacher-made and ready to download in just a few simple clicks. On the sheet, you'll see clear instructions with everything you need to say and do to lead the lesson, as well as any resources you need to prepare.

Scenes from the book covered in this sensory story include:

Moving to the Three Chimneys

Waving to the trains

The accident on the train-track

Rescuing Jim

Bobbie, Peter and Phyllis' father returning home

If you enjoyed using this sensory story with your children, check out this Goldilocks and The Three Bears Sensory Story next.

You might also want to try this The Cautious Caterpillar Sensory Story.

What is a sensory story?

A sensory story is a way to make stories more accessible for children with Special Educational Needs. Stories are not overly long and as a line from the story is read, children are able to have a sensory experience which is relevant to the story.

For example, in a sensory story about a meal, children might see, feel, taste or smell different foods from the meal while they are read a line from the story about that particular food.

Sensory stories will come with clear instructions telling you what resources you will need and when to use them. They'll also give each line and the order in which they need to be read.

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This transport story is based on the lovely children's tale The Railway Children by E. Nesbit. The book is set in 1905 and follows three children, Bobbie (Roberta), Peter and Phyllis, who move to the countryside near a railway from London after their father suddenly has to go away for a long time.

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These special education songs are available from a variety of albums. Use these songs for reinforcing good behavior, staying active, assisting with transitions, encouragement, dance therapy, sign language, recognizing emotions, and teaching social skills.

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Tropical Rainforest Ecosystem Diorama: Hello! Today I will be showing you how to make a Tropical Rainforest ecosystem diorama. It looks hard to make but it is fairly simple. Hope you have fun learning!

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Drama Resource - Creative ideas for teaching drama

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Creative ideas for teaching drama including free newsletter and lesson plans

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Age: 5 to adult
Players: Whole Group
Time: 10-20 minutes
Skills: Storytelling, Sound making, Listening
The group is conducted to create a sound picture or "soundscape" using their voices and bodies.
The leader or one member of the group acts as conductor, whilst the rest of the group are the 'orchestra'. Using their voices (and body percussion if appropriate!), the group "paints" a sound picture of a particular theme, for example the seaside, a city, a jungle. The leader controls the shape of the piece by raising her hand to increase the volume or bringing it to touch the floor for silence.
(Below you can hear a sound picture created by a group of teachers at one of our Primary Drama INSET courses.)

One way to do this is to allow everybody to choose their own sound - discuss what types of sound might be appropriate before you start.

Or, if it is a very large group, or very lively, you can divide the participants into sections, giving a particular sound for each section, then conduct them accordingly.

The group should bear in mind contrasting and complementary sounds and try to be aware of natural peaks and troughs in the piece - or the conductor can try to create these.

Soundscapes can easily be used as part of an improvisation or performance

If you already know how to make soundscapes (it's not difficult!), then here's some ideas for using them online and socially distanced.
Socially Distanced
When there is risk of viral spread, it's not recommended that students make soundscapes indoors, even socially distanced as the aerosol effect can lead to infection. However, socially distanced outdoors is safer, especially if they are further apart than normal. For full details, see Singing in times of COVID 19
Online
This is obviously safe. Soundscapes online work best with smaller groups as the sound quality deteriorates with more speakers. However you can ask participants to demonstrate their sound ideas individually before they make them together. Students could also work in breakout rooms. Give each group a slightly different task so that when they return, they can share what they have done with the rest of the class. For example, with the theme of a jungle, each group could make the sound of a different part of the jungle. Or if you are using a picture as a stimulus, each group could work on a different part of the picture.

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Age: 5 to adult Players: Whole Group Time: 10-20 minutes Skills: Storytelling, Sound making, Listening The group is conducted to create a sound picture or "soundscape" using their voices and bodies. The leader or one member of the group acts as conductor, whilst the rest of the group are the 'orchestra'.

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Almost every fin whale recordings available on the Internet is pitch-shifted to enter the human hearing frequency range. Here, I decided to remain faithful to the original recordings. And now, please turn your subwoofer on…

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