Free Switch Activities for Learners with Severe or Profound Special Needs

Updated 11/18/2012
New: Doorways Online, Sensory Stories, Fisher Price Infant Games, Ian Bean

This is an update of the post listing online switch activities for learners with multiple or significant special needs. The activities listed are chosen because they can be used with switches, they are simple and they are enjoyable. The activities listed are free. Some activities may require set up by an assistant before switch use. Although care has been taken not to include switch activities with any violence or graphic images teachers and others still need to check activities for age and general appropriateness before use.

Cause and Effect (and Press to Play):

• Fisher Price Infant Games*
• Help Kidz Learn*
• Hiyah*
• Ian Bean* (Downloads)
• Kneebouncers*
• Priory Woods Videos Revamped*
• Learning Tools (scroll down)*
• Owlie Boo* (any of the activities under "Pressing Keys" with switch set to space bar or enter)
• Rock Paper Scissors
• Mother Goose
• Bugs
• Musical Monkey
• Transportation
• NGFL Snap Matching Activity (teacher must set up, but arrow over the "Snap" button)
• SEN/Switcher*
• Sensory Stories (Downloads)
• Shiny Learning
• Balloon Bang
• Christmas Singing Sheep
• Press to Move
• Silly Books (look for the "click through books" and set mouse arrow over "next")
• Special Bites*
• Build a Snowman
• Christmas Stocking Magic
• Discover What is in the Garden
• Humble Brussel Sprouts
• Penalty Shoot Out One Switch Wonder
• Roast the Turkey
• Rudolph Gets a Fright
• Rudolph Melts the Snowman

Single Switch Scanning/Timed Single Switch Response (sites may include some cause and effect games as well):

• A Sliding Puzzle for Helen (download)*
• Bullseye
• CBBC*
• CBeebies*
• Cow Jumped Over the Moon 
• Doorway Online
• Pelmanism (memory)
• Same or Different?
• Moving Targets
• ePlayground (four completely accessible games)
• Help Kidz Learn*
• Ian Bean* (Downloads)
• Learn about the Rainforest
• Mother Goose
• Jack Be Nimble
• My Switch Games by Scott McKay*
• NGfL Switch Coloring*
• Papunet*
• Priory Woods Kids Only*
• Penalty Shoot Out (Soccer)
• 10 Fat Sausages
• African Sounds
• Bugz
• Farmyard Sounds
• Find Out About Shapes
• 5 Little Ducks
• 5 Little Speckled Frogs
• 5 Naughty Monkeys
• Tooting Reindeer
• SEN/Switcher*
• Shiny Learning *
• Blast the Pirate Ship
• Car Crusher
• Crazy Chicken
• Fireworks
• Fly Swatter
• Special Bites*
• Baseball Switch Game
• Baseball and Spikeys
• Baseball and Pumpkins
• SwitchedOn Games Bowling 
• Switch Music 
• Switch Recycle Sort
• Tar Heel Typer (online switch keyboard) 
• The Great Fish Race (download only)

Two Switches (unless otherwise noted you must click in the area of the game and then use tab and enter to play):

• Accessible Book Launcher*
• Bug Memory
• Fruit Memory
• Space Memory
• Sensory House (tab and enter)*
• Special Bites* 
• Tar Heel Typer (online switch keyboard)

Subscription Sites with Free Trials

• Busy Things is a switch accessible site for young children out of the UK.  You can try it out for free for two weeks.
• Help Kidz Learn has moved to being a subscription service except for 10 games in the Early Learning.  Subscriptions are $16 for home or $159 for schools.  They DO take PO's.
• Switch Climber* (costs $14.95 a month and you can "try-before-you-buy" with a free two week subscription.) 

Also be sure to check out Game Base and One Switch for other (usually more advanced) switch games.

*Those sites with a star have multiple activities to try out!  Wednesday's With Sam lists these by activity instead of website if that is useful for you.