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Activities Using A Single Switch
(that advance with a single click)

Unless otherwise indicated, the following activities work with a switch plugged into a left mouse "click " switch interface option.
If students are using two switches for other activities, use only the student's "select" switch for these activities.

 

 

Games from Inclusive Technology (HelpKidzLearn website):

Big Bang Patterns

Big Bang Pictures
Christmas Presents

T-Rex Build Up and Knock Down

Big Bang Colors (Use "Space" setting on switch interface)

 

Songs from Inclusive Technology (HelpKidzLearn website):

Five Little Firefighters (place mouse cursor over green hand pointer)

Five Little Monkeys

Five Sharks Swimming (place mouse cursor over green hand pointer)

 

 

Stories from Inclusive Technology (Samplers from their commercial software products):

Twelve Story Choices including Bob the Builder

 

 

Curriculum 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.

 

Talking StoryBooks from Priory Wood School
Choose a Book, then put the mouse cursor on the next page arrow.

 

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.

 

Shiny Learning Games:

Fly Swatter

Shiny Press To Move

Sink The Pirate Ship

 

Simple Games from Papunet

“Follow the Figure” or “Follow the Animal” are nice for visual tracking.

Click on the Settings to customize the activities.

 

Single Switch Music Choices! - NEW!

 

SillyBooks.net - NEW!
Choose the "Click-Through" versions and place the mouse cursor over the "next" button.

 

Kiz Club Online Stories that are Read Aloud

Click a book to be read, then place the mouse cursor over the next page arrow.

 

Tarheel Reader

Select a book, select a voice, then choose “Read Book”. Place the mouse cursor on the “Next Page” button.

 

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

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.

 

Nanogames Single Switch Online Dice

Triptico Online Dice

Use with traditional board games or other activities requiring dice.

 

Triptico Four Choice Spinner – Customize it!

Triptico Eight Choice Spinner - Customize it!

Triptico Sixteen Choice Spinner - Customize it!

 

ZiggityZoom Read Aloud Stories

Choose sound on and place the mouse cursor over the next page arrow.

 

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"

 

Fisher Price Learn ABCs
Plug switch into "Space"

 

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