Multi-sensory instructional reading techniques have shown to be extremely effective for students who suffer from dyslexia. Current research reveals that phonics training and phonics-based computer reading programs can actually rewire crucial neural circuitry in students who have trouble learning to read.
Using a multi-sensory teaching approach means helping a child to learn through more than one of the senses.
- Visual: What the student sees
- Auditory: What the student hears
- Auditory-Digital: The student’s own self-talk
- Kinesthetic: What the students touches or handles
Most teaching in schools is done using either sight or hearing (visual or auditory sensations). The child’s sight is used in reading information, looking at diagrams or pictures, or reading what is on the teacher’s board.
Since multi-sensory reading techniques and strategies stimulate learning by engaging students on multiple levels, it makes sense to take advantage of the many online resources available to help teachers use this teaching model.
I discovered a site today, called The Resource Room, that offers lessons, ideas, articles, and links for multi-sensory learning.
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