Purpose:
Children learn through
every pore of their bodies, and we should be using that knowledge when we
teach them. Being able to experience the letters through their senses
and/or movement (having a kinesthetic experience) helps children to remember
the letters and how they are formed.
Materials/Advance Preparation:
- letter tracers
- scissors
- sandpaper
- cotton balls
- poster board
- glue
- To make rough feeling letters: Trace letters onto
sheets of sandpaper and cut them out.
- You will also need to trace the same letters onto
poster board.
- Glue the sandpaper letters to the poster board
letters.
- The next set of letters are soft feeling
letters. Trace the letters onto the poster board and cut out.
- Pull the cotton balls apart and glue onto the letters
cut from the poster board.
Directions:
- Give the letters to the children and encourage children to trace the letters with their
finger while saying them out loud. As a child says the letter, help
her or him to think of words that begin with that letter. Be sure to echo
their choices back to them.
- As they improve, encourage children to say words on their
own. You may want to give hints and describe objects for them to guess.
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Multi-Sensory Letters 3