Multisensory instruction plays a HUGE part in the Orton-Gillingham approach and how I make tutoring sessions engaging and effective!
But what is multisensory instruction?
When a teacher uses multisensory lessons, students are engaging with the material in more than one way! They are having learners use more than one sense!
For example, students might be learning a new sound by saying it aloud (verbal), seeing the letter and/or picture (visual), and writing it with their finger on sandpaper (movement/tactile). This is amazing for our brain!
This kind of instruction can be especially beneficial to children who are struggling learning to read and write.
Ideas to use at home:
Writing sounds…
- in the air using their dominant arm and big movements
- in sand or colored rice (use a cookie sheet, paper plate, or low container)on foam or scrapbook paper
- on the carpet
- in the car on the back of the seat
- in shaving cream (can be messy but also cleans your table at the same time!)
- on sandpaper
- in Jello powder
- any fun surface!
* I provide my tutoring clients with sandpaper, bumpy paper, foam paper, and colored sand/rice/Jello powder.