Special Ed

Oyster Boy – Sensory Story I used this story with my pmld learners. We made puppets of the characters first and used these through the story…

Oyster Boy was a very sad boy [point to all the boys and sign boy]

He wasn’t much fun, or full of joy. (sign happy)

He was all soft and squishy in a very hard shell, [pass around a bag full of egg, followed by a sea shell to feel]

And following him around was an odd fishy smell! [pass around tuna in oil to sniff]

One day in the park, he met Staring Girl [point to all the girls and sign 'girl']

She told him her real name was Merle. (sign ‘name’ and ‘M’)

They walked and they talked, and soon became friends,[sign 'walk', 'talk' and 'friends']

And said they would meet every weekend.

On Saturday, Mummy boy went to the park.[sign 'saturday' and 'boy']

Because he was dead, he went in the dark! [turn out light]

As he walked with his dog, all through the night,[sign 'walk', 'dog' and 'night']

Suddenly, he saw a very bright light! [sign 'light', then strike long match, let it burn for a moment, then light candle]

“oh no!” Stick boy screamed, [big mack scream]

Match girl, beside him, was on fire it seemed! [move candles around, sign 'fire']

Stick boy began to jump and shout,[sign 'jump', big mack shout "quick"]“Quick! Get the fire men to put her out!”Oyster boy and Staring girl ran over to see[sign 'run' and 'see']

what the happy ending would be. (sign ‘finish’ for end)

They watched as mummy boy was hosed,[pour water onto bandages or mummy boy]

Perhaps he was hot, they supposed.[sign 'hot']

But no, with a great shout,

The fire men used mummy boy to put the fire out![drop wet bandages or mummy boy onto the candle]