In this instructional video, Gina from The Autism Helper demonstrates how to transform the visual materials from Sarah’s adapted book “There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly” into hands‑on story props and language activities for young or special‑needs learners. She walks through the process of enlarging the book’s images via screenshots, printing them, and attaching them to inexpensive brown paper bags to serve as tactile objects that can be held or placed on a character’s arm during the narrative. Gina offers practical classroom management tips, such as keeping props organized to prevent them from being ripped or becoming distractions. She then shows how to repurpose the book’s worksheet by cutting it in half to create a matching activity (e.g., match the bird, match the dog) and a receptive‑language board where children are prompted to “touch spider,” “touch fly,” or identify moving objects. The video emphasizes using these props to sustain attention, reinforce core language concepts, and enrich literacy time with interactive, multisensory experiences.
