Multisensory Teaching Techniques

It is extremely important that Dyslexic people use multisensory techniques whenever possible.  The combination of using multiple senses increases the chance of retaining the new information received.  Most Dyslexic people find it challenging to retain information, so anything that will help with the petaintion, is desirable. Many people ask me what multisensory really means, so I am providing a list of how we incorporate multisensory tools into our Orton-Gillingham based programs.

HEARING:

• Phonemic Awareness Activities
• Isolating Sounds,Syllables and Words
• Blending Words Together
• Processing Separate Sounds

SEEING:

• Sound-Symbol Associations Using Color Coded Tiles for Letters and Letter Groups
• Color Coded Print
• Color Overlays
• Diacritical Markings of Words
• Color Coded Spelling Aids
• Visualization for Spelling Sight Words
• Sight Word Learning Aids with Drawings and color definition
• Reading Controlled Texts

KINETIC (FEELING):

• Touch and Say Technique
• Slowly Blend Technique
• Finger Spelling
• Finger Writing 
• Air Writing
• Writing on Shaving Cream
• Snake Lettering
• Letter Tiles