How to make reading lessons more multi sensory

[MistyMountain]

I am going to be doing blend phonics with dd. I am going to go over each rule until she knows it but I want ideas on what I can do with each word list we are working on beside writing them on the board and having them read them and using readers so they really stick.

[nansk]

Well, you can adapt some of the O-G techniques (also used in Spalding and SWR). See the word (visual), say it (aural), tap the syllables (aural + kinesthetic) and write it either on paper or in the air (also kinesthetic).

[joysworld]

We play word go fish, word memory, word fishing, word hunt, ect. We do that until she knows that word family down pat.

[FO4UR]

Letter magnets, building the words out of play-doh, "writing" in sand/saltbox, writing in fingerpaints (kids go crazy and want to do this everyday though:lol:), sidewalk chalk...

[ALB]

We play word go fish, word memory, word fishing, word hunt, ect. We do that until she knows that word family down pat.

 

These sound interesting! Can you describe "word fishing" and "word hunt"?

[ssavings]

You could buy just the tiles from AAS and use those.

 

Make a bingo game out of the blends. Write the blends on a grid, then call the sounds for the blends like a bingo game.

 

Blend hop-scotch. Write one blend on each square of the hop-scotch and have DC say each blend as its landed on.

[joysworld]

I make a fishing pole with a magnet on the end, and then I make fish with different words on it. She goes fishing, and the fish she catches, she reads.

 

For word hunt, I write the words on index cards, and hide them around a room. She then hunts for them, and when she finds them she reads them.

 

I'll also set different goals sometimes. For example, instead of just having her read a word, I'll have her sort the fish according to word families, or blends, long/short vowels, etc. Same with word hunt.

[JDages]

I have 2 who really struggled/struggle with phonics/ etc. I have found that connecting stories to what they need to learn helps. Also we write with chalk, on the whiteboard, in the salt box and say the sound or word at the same time as writing it. This all helps.

Jennifer in PA

[kristinannie]

We use The Struggling Reader games. We love them!!! I can't believe how quickly my son has picked up the phonics rules using these games. I also love the Whizizzle Phonics games.

[kristin0713]

Have her write them, not just read them. Check out SWR or AAS. The entire program is multi-sensory, which makes it all click more easily in the brain.

[ElizabethB]

You can also have her "write" them with magnetic letters on a cookie sheet or magnetic white board. You need at least 2 sets, 3 is better. I like to do both oral and written spelling, depending on ease of writing, "written" can be mostly with tiles or magnetic letters, but should be with actual handwriting occasionally.

 

And, my phonics concentration game is a fun way to get in extra practice, the numbers on the bottom correspond to both Blend Phonics and my online phonics lessons:

 

http://www.thephonicspage.org/On%20Phonics/concentrationgam.html

[4Kiddos]

- I made a "pea board" for my sons. I took glue and wrote on a piece of cardboard the letters. I put split peas on top of the glue so that I now have split pea letters. (Similar to the sandpaper letter that SWR has). You could make your own sandpaper letters with real sand but I used split peas because it is what I had. My son writes, says, and traces the letters with his fingers all at once.

 

- We also use a "salt box" like another person had said. I just use a large flat bottomed tuperware container. My son traces the letter/word in the salt, says it, writes it in the air, etc.

 

- To work on blending, we play a game "Make a Word Lego". I took the single Duplo legos and masking tape and wrote a letter on each lego on the masking tape with a Sharpie. (Make sure to write them on the side of the Lego so you can read the word when you stick three or more together. It will not be an up-to-down reading but a left to right like real reading). I put all these Legos in a little basket and my son rummages around until he can make a word with them. I have just started with CVC words from his little readers- at, cat, bat, mat, etc.

 

- We also play another game where I have written out the letters on index cards. My son makes the word and them jumps from the first letter to the end letter in the word saying the sounds as he goes. So, for example, he will pick out the cards T, C, and A. He will arrange them into C A T and then yell K- jump- A- jump- T. Then he runs from C to T and says CAT!

 

-Can you tell I have boys?:willy_nilly::D

 

I would check out SWR if you want a multi-sensory program. They also have a Yahoo Group that has tons of ideas on how to work with the phonograms, blending, etc. You can also check out the program sites that go along with SWR- Morning Star Learning and another I can't remember but I will try and find. They have ideas there too!

 

Hope this helps!

[ALB]

I make a fishing pole with a magnet on the end, and then I make fish with different words on it. She goes fishing, and the fish she catches, she reads.

 

For word hunt, I write the words on index cards, and hide them around a room. She then hunts for them, and when she finds them she reads them.

 

I'll also set different goals sometimes. For example, instead of just having her read a word, I'll have her sort the fish according to word families, or blends, long/short vowels, etc. Same with word hunt.

 

Ooh, those are great ideas! My ds will love that. Thanks!

[MistyMountain]

Thank you for all the ideas. I have been doing air writing with her with seeing stars but since she only is up to simple cvc words and blends I will just do it with the blend phonics lessons instead of the way outlined in that book. I will also have her write them out with her fingers and chalk, play some of the games with her and use letter tiles. I would do AAR with her if it was out but level 1 doesn't go far enough. I plan on using that with ds. We do have AAS but she needs a faster pace for reading instruction. I think I have a good plan for her now using blend phonics, the readers and games that go with it and I See Sam books. Now if only my printer would arrive so I can print out what I need.