{"id":31426,"date":"2020-04-07T00:05:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T05:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/differentdream.com\/?p=31426"},"modified":"2020-04-07T00:05:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T05:05:30","slug":"sensory-easter-activities-for-kids-with-special-needs-and-disabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/sensory-easter-activities-for-kids-with-special-needs-and-disabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensory Easter Activities for Kids with Special Needs and Disabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_post_title featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; title_font=&#8221;||||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#42313A&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;40px&#8221; meta_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#B4DBC0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;50px||50px||false|false&#8221;][\/et_pb_fullwidth_post_title][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_image src=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9mZWF0dXJlZF9pbWFnZSIsInNldHRpbmdzIjp7fX0=@&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.3&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;src&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243;]<p><em>Sensory Easter activities can be a powerful way to make the Easter story accessible to all children. Guest blogger Mark Arnold joins Different Dream readers this Holy Week to share some of his favorite sensory Easter activities. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Easter is one of the most important times in the Christian calendar and is a key point in the children\u2019s and youth work teaching programming. It&#8217;s a time to remember, to be thankful, and to celebrate what Jesus has done for us all. But the big story of Easter can be difficult for some children and young people with special needs to understand. How do we help everyone to be able to engage with Jesus\u2019 sacrificial death on Good Friday and his life-giving resurrection on Easter Sunday?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Children learn best when their senses are engaged, whether through things for them to touch and feel, look at, listen to, taste, or smell.<\/em><\/strong> Let\u2019s look at some sensory ideas that tell the Easter story, but that will also give kids ways to access other complex themes to engage with throughout the year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Let young people feel large nails, 6-inch or 9-inch ones if you can find them, as well as a piece of rough wood as you tell the Good Friday story. (Make the story appropriate for the age group.) Your an also hammer the nails into the wood as you talk. The sound of the nails being struck provides another strong sensory input. (<em>Warning:<\/em> Loud noise can be painful for some children, so headphones may be helpful).<\/li>\n<li>Have essential oils or dried spices for the children to smell to represent the spices that were used as Jesus\u2019 body was wrapped in linen.<\/li>\n<li>Get some strips of white linen or cotton. The children can wrap them around their hands, arms, or legs and feel them.<\/li>\n<li>Put large pebbles or cobble stones in the freezer so that they are very cold to touch. Use them to represent how cold the tomb was where Jesus&#8217; body was laid.<\/li>\n<li>Give each children a cold stone and bring the children to build a tomb. Then remove the stone over the doorway and place a tea light inside to light it up. Use a bright flashlight to represent the sunrise on Easter Sunday. Have flowers for the children to smell, representing the garden where Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene.<\/li>\n<li>Have children share the happiest news is that they have ever heard, just as Mary Magdalene, Peter and John shared their exciting news with the other disciples and followers. Then give them some chocolate to taste as they celebrate the good news together that Jesus is alive!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These sensory Easter activities make the more accessible to the children and young people and build their understanding. If our Easter teaching uses as many of the senses as possible, children and young people will learn and be brought into the story. We can help every child, including children with special needs or disabilities, to understand and respond to this most wonderful and life transforming message. And we can use these ideas to help us to do similar sensory teaching every other week of the year too!<\/p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][et_pb_row_inner _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243;][et_pb_column_inner saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.4.2&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#b4dbc0&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;20px|20px|20px|20px|false|false&#8221;][et_pb_blurb title=&#8221;@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9hdXRob3IiLCJzZXR0aW5ncyI6eyJiZWZvcmUiOiJCeSAiLCJhZnRlciI6IiIsIm5hbWVfZm9ybWF0IjoiZGlzcGxheV9uYW1lIiwibGluayI6Im9uIiwibGlua19kZXN0aW5hdGlvbiI6ImF1dGhvcl9hcmNoaXZlIn19@&#8221; image=&#8221;http:\/\/differentdream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mark-Arnold-2017.jpeg&#8221; icon_placement=&#8221;left&#8221; image_max_width=&#8221;100px&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;800px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.9.2&#8243; _dynamic_attributes=&#8221;title&#8221; header_font=&#8221;Rubik|500|||||||&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#44465f&#8221; header_font_size=&#8221;14px&#8221; header_line_height=&#8221;32px&#8221; body_font=&#8221;Rubik||||||||&#8221; body_text_color=&#8221;rgba(0,6,69,0.6)&#8221; body_link_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; custom_css_main_element=&#8221;font-weight: 400;&#8221; border_radii_image=&#8221;on|100px|100px|100px|100px&#8221; border_color_all_image=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; box_shadow_style_image=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_vertical_image=&#8221;20px&#8221; box_shadow_blur_image=&#8221;40px&#8221; box_shadow_color_image=&#8221;rgba(68,70,95,0.27)&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<p><em>Mark Arnold is the Additional Needs Ministry Director at Urban Saints, a leading national Christian children\u2019s and youth organization. He is co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, a national and international advocate for children and young people with additional needs or disabilities. Mark is a Churches for All and Living Fully Network partner, a member of the Council for Disabled Children and the European Disability Network. He writes an additional needs column for Premier Youth and Children\u2019s Work (YCW) magazine and blogs at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theadditionalneedsblogfather.com\">The Additional Needs Blogfather<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0He is father to James, who has autism spectrum condition, associated learning disability, and epilepsy. To find out more about how Mark\u2019s work can help you, contact him at: marnold@urbansaints.org or @Mark_J_Arnold.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? You can receive more great content by subscribing to the monthly Different Dream newsletter and signing up for the daily RSS feed delivered to your email inbox. 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Guest blogger Mark Arnold joins Different Dream readers this Holy Week to share some of his favorite sensory Easter activities. <\/em>\n\nEaster is one of the most important times in the Christian calendar and is a key point in the children\u2019s and youth work teaching programming. It's a time to remember, to be thankful, and to celebrate what Jesus has done for us all. But the big story of Easter can be difficult for some children and young people with special needs to understand. How do we help everyone to be able to engage with Jesus\u2019 sacrificial death on Good Friday and his life-giving resurrection on Easter Sunday?\n\n<strong><em>Children learn best when their senses are engaged, whether through things for them to touch and feel, look at, listen to, taste, or smell.<\/em><\/strong> Let\u2019s look at some sensory ideas that tell the Easter story, but that will also give kids ways to access other complex themes to engage with throughout the year.\n<ul>\n \t<li>Let young people feel large nails, 6-inch or 9-inch ones if you can find them, as well as a piece of rough wood as you tell the Good Friday story. (Make the story appropriate for the age group.) Your an also hammer the nails into the wood as you talk. The sound of the nails being struck provides another strong sensory input. (<em>Warning:<\/em> Loud noise can be painful for some children, so headphones may be helpful).<\/li>\n \t<li>Have essential oils or dried spices for the children to smell to represent the spices that were used as Jesus\u2019 body was wrapped in linen.<\/li>\n \t<li>Get some strips of white linen or cotton. The children can wrap them around their hands, arms, or legs and feel them.<\/li>\n \t<li>Put large pebbles or cobble stones in the freezer so that they are very cold to touch. Use them to represent how cold the tomb was where Jesus' body was laid.<\/li>\n \t<li>Give each children a cold stone and bring the children to build a tomb. Then remove the stone over the doorway and place a tea light inside to light it up. Use a bright flashlight to represent the sunrise on Easter Sunday. Have flowers for the children to smell, representing the garden where Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene.<\/li>\n \t<li>Have children share the happiest news is that they have ever heard, just as Mary Magdalene, Peter and John shared their exciting news with the other disciples and followers. Then give them some chocolate to taste as they celebrate the good news together that Jesus is alive!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nThese sensory Easter activities make the more accessible to the children and young people and build their understanding. If our Easter teaching uses as many of the senses as possible, children and young people will learn and be brought into the story. We can help every child, including children with special needs or disabilities, to understand and respond to this most wonderful and life transforming message. And we can use these ideas to help us to do similar sensory teaching every other week of the year too!\n\n<em><img class=\"size-full wp-image-29408 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/differentdream.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Mark-Arnold-2017.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/>Mark Arnold is the Additional Needs Ministry Director at Urban Saints, a leading national Christian children\u2019s and youth organization. He is co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, a national and international advocate for children and young people with additional needs or disabilities. Mark is a Churches for All and Living Fully Network partner, a member of the Council for Disabled Children and the European Disability Network. He writes an additional needs column for Premier Youth and Children\u2019s Work (YCW) magazine and blogs at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/theadditionalneedsblogfather.com\">The Additional Needs Blogfather<\/a>.<\/strong>\u00a0He is father to James, who has autism spectrum condition, associated learning disability, and epilepsy. To find out more about how Mark\u2019s work can help you, contact him at: marnold@urbansaints.org or @Mark_J_Arnold.<\/em>\n\n<em>Do you like what you see at DifferentDream.com? You can receive more great content by subscribing to the monthly Different Dream newsletter and signing up for the daily RSS feed delivered to your email inbox. 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