Big Bang Pictures
Bob The Builder Story (place
mouse cursor over green hand pointer)
Five Sharks Swimming
Song (place
mouse cursor over green hand pointer)
Mystery Egg (press
switch when a visual cue appears)
Note: more activities are available with
a small subscription fee at
www.helpkidzlearn.com
Fun Collection of Musical Videos
After starting the video, place the
mouse cursor on the arrow.
Song Activities from
Priory Woods School:
Choose Switch Version.
To make an online version bigger on
the screen, hold down the control key
and use the mouse scroll wheel to
resize.
5 Little Speckled Frogs
5 Naughty Monkeys
5 Little Ducks
10 Fat Sausages
If you have the ability to download,
the downloaded versions of the above
activities will fill the computer
screen.
Priory Woods Downloads Click on the activity, then click on
the download icon.
Simple song and video scenes
from Priory Wood School
Hiyah Activities:
These may be played online or
downloaded.
Click arrow in middle to start, then
click on Full Screen (square at bottom
right), then move the mouse until you
see a right arrow sign (toward bottom of
screen).
Nursery Songs & Stories -
Includes favorites such as Wheels on The
Bus and Old MacDonald.
Children’s Rhyming Verses
- Many selections including Ants Go
Marching, Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star, Rain Rain Go Away, much more.
About Colors and Shapes
SenSwitcher
Simple animations with sounds. Choose
3 Press or 5 Press activities.
Click “Launch”, then choose
background and foreground colors and
select other options.
Literactive Nursery Rhyme Stories
Choose the "Read" option and place the
mouse cursor on the next page arrow.
Aven's Corner Keys Game
- funny sounds with random objects
Plug switch into "Space".
Fireworks
More Fireworks
Kiz Club Online Stories that are Read
Aloud
Click a book to be read, then place the
mouse cursor over the next page arrow.
Simple Games from Papunet
“Follow the Figure” or “Follow the
Animal” are nice for visual tracking.
Click on the Settings to customize
the activities. (You may need to plug
the switch into "Space" for the Find the
Vegetable or Find the Animal
activities.)
Switch Accessible Videos for
Older Students
SpecialBites Online Switch Games
These repeat the same pictures and sound
clips with each activation.
SpecialBites also has some free
downloads available to registered users.
Tarheel Reader
Select a book, select a voice, then
choose “Read Book”. Place the mouse
cursor on the “Next Page” button.
Burst the Balloon from
Special Needs Software
Place the mouse cursor on the handle
Bus Game -
from Special Needs Software. Gradually
build a picture of a bus and hear it
drive away.
MightyBook Knock Knock Jokes
Place the mouse cursor over the "Play"
button.
KidzHelp Books
Multimedia online books written by
kids for kids.
Press F11 to get into or out of Full
Screen mode.
StoryPlace Online PreSchool
Stories
Some, but not all of the online
stories work with a single switch. Place
the mouse cursor over the next page
arrow. Stories work when the arrow stays
in the same location throughout the
whole story. For example, Color The
Rainbow and Five Little babies work, but
Time To Fight a Fire does not work with
a switch.
Nick Jr. Stories
Dave The Brave
Rumble, Grumble, Gurgle & Roar
Once the story you choose is loaded
and started, place mouse cursor over
“Next Page” arrow.
To make a book bigger on the screen,
hold down the control key and use the
mouse scroll wheel to resize.
ZiggityZoom Read Aloud Stories
Choose sound on and place the mouse
cursor over the next page arrow.
OwlieBoo Pressing Keys Activities
Choose from the pressing Keys
activities.
Christmas Holiday Stories
Choose “Hear Story” version for story to
be read aloud.
Pick a story and get the first page
started, then place the mouse cursor
over the next page arrow.
Sesame Street Games
Pick song games such as Wheels on Bus
or Old MacDonald or Peek-A-Boo Games
Plug into "Space" or "Enter".
Balloon Bang
Plug switch into "Click", "Space" or
"Enter"
CBeebies TeleTubbies Counting
Plug switch into "Space"
BBC CBeebies
Some of these activities require timing.
Some need the switch plugged into
"Space".
Shiny Learning Games
Most games require timing. The
easiest are
Fly Swatter,
Shiny Press To Move, and
Sink The Pirate Ship.
Single Switch Music Choices
Fisher Price Online Activities
Click on the
"infant" selections on the left side of
screen. Choose any activity.
Plug switch into "Space".
Knee Bouncers
Very limited free activities.
Subscription required for full access.
My
Media Player - Create Your
Own Cause-Effect Switch activities
Is PowerPoint
installed on your computer?
If yes, following are sites
with engaging PowerPoint activities
(with sound) that
will advance with a single switch when
run in Slide Show view.
Ann Brundige Studio
Children's Hospital Boston
(Choose Children's Songs or Speckled
Frog)
Pete's Power Point Station (preschool)
Pete's Stuff (all ages)
PreKinders Songs
Talking Book Library
(choose Read-Only option)
4Pete's Sake (PC
utility for PowerPoint that helps for
students who press their switch too
often or for when students may want
option of going backward or forward -
from oneswitch.org
Or...Make
your own Talking Books in PowerPoint!
Here's How:
Handout by Richard Walter
Tutorial from the ATTO Project at the
University of Buffalo
Making PowerPoint Accessible Books
Handout from SET-BC
Single Switch Activity Ideas
without using a computer:
Classroom Switch Activity Ideas from
Plano Independent School District