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Posted by Ceanna MacGregor on the 9th December, 2025
With the holidays rapidly approaching, here is a collection of Christmas-themed accessible activities, games and resources for you to explore.
At My Kind of Book, you will find the Christmas sensory story ‘Wake Up Santa!’
Download for free and watch a video of Ailie Finlay telling the story.
In the Rhyming Multisensory Stories December Teaching Ideas Calendar, there are sensory stories along with ideas for resources and activities.
December Teaching Ideas Calendar.
Ian Bean at SENict has a free Accessible Advent Calendar with a different Christmas-themed accessible activity revealed each day. The activities are accessible by touch, mouse, switch and eye gaze.
Download the calendar to your Windows PC:
SENict Christmas Advent Calendar.
If you create a free membership account, you will gain access to even more Christmas activities.
On the Singing Hands YouTube channel, there is a playlist of Christmas songs.
Makaton Signed Christmas Songs.
And over on the Makaton YouTube channel, there is a different Makaton Christmas treat every day as we count down to Christmas.
Makaton Countdown to Christmas 2025.
On the Ace Centre website you will find a great selection of Christmas activities, including printable symbol resources and a video demonstrating how you can make your own switch adapted Christmas tree lights!
Ace Centre Christmas Resources.
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Monarch Reader is a free website where you can find and create accessible books. Search Christmas-related keywords to explore readymade books or create a free account and make your own!
AAC Gameplay has free, simple, accessible games made from YouTube videos. Select ‘Find a Gameplay’ and search key words related to Christmas. Browse some Christmas-themed Gameplays at the link below or create a free account to make your own Gameplays using your favourite YouTube videos.
AAC Gameplay: Christmas-themed Gameplays.
Add some Christmas fun to your smart speakers at home by using a voice output device. You could try asking your smart speaker where Santa is, to turn on the Christmas lights or play some Christmas songs depending on which controls you have linked to your home devices.
If you use Grid 3 or Grid for iPad, you will find lots of tips and links to download gridsets in their recent blog post:
Using Grid for richer connections this Christmas.
You can also search Online Grids for more Christmas-themed activities.
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Get into the festive spirit with this simple Grid of a Christmas scene with links to 5 YouTube videos.
Grid Christmas Scene with Video Links.
Click the following images in the grid for the related video:
1. Santa – Santa Live Cam.
2. Fireplace – Fireplace video with fire crackling sounds.
3. Window – Window with falling snow outside.
4. Christmas Tree – Super Simple Christmas Songs.
5. Wreath – Song ‘That Time of Year’ from the short, animated film ‘Olaf’s Frozen Adventure.’
Note: Internet connection required to play videos. As these video links open YouTube in a web browser, individual videos are not locked down, therefore adult supervision is recommended to avoid young people exploring other related videos.
If you have a Boardmaker subscription, search for activities using the keyword ‘Christmas’ to find lots of printable and interactive resources.
Similar to the Grid scene with links to videos mentioned above, this Boardmaker Christmas Scene has the same YouTube video links.
Boardmaker Christmas Scene with Video Links.
Note: Internet connection required to play videos. As these video links open YouTube in a web browser, individual videos are not locked down, therefore adult supervision is recommended to avoid young people exploring other related videos.
If you use TD Snap, there is a YouTube player pop out feature. Using the same video links as mentioned above, this is a pageset with some ready-made Christmas scene video links. Select ‘Add to My Stuff’ and you can import the page to your TD Snap.
TD Snap Christmas Video Links.
Note: Internet connection required to play videos. As these video links open YouTube in a web browser, individual videos are not locked down, therefore adult supervision is recommended to avoid young people exploring other related videos.
On the HelpKidzLearn website, there are two Christmas packs with a range of Christmas activities and resources, free to download.
Free Christmas Activities for Students with SEND.
If you have a HelpKidzLearn subscription you can also explore their range of Christmas-themed Games & Activities, Inclusive Stories, and ChooseIt Maker activities.
Download the free Widgit Christmas Pack for lots of symbolised worksheets, activities and games. Download the PDF or InPrint 3 file.
Miss Aird is sharing accessibility tips and tools for iPads for each day of Advent. You can follow along on her YouTube channel.
Accessibility Advent 2025 Playlist.
Looking for some fun (and funny) Christmas cracker jokes to tell with AAC devices? Click the following links for Grid and TD Snap pages full of Christmas-themed jokes.
Grid Christmas Cracker Jokes by Smartbox.
TD Snap Core First 8x10 Christmas Cracker Jokes.
TD Snap Motor Plan 66 Christmas Cracker Jokes.
TD Snap Motor Plan 40 Christmas Cracker Jokes.
TD Snap Motor Plan 30 Christmas Cracker Jokes.
Happy holidays!
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