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Day 2: Auditory Activities for Teaching Reading

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Today, we’re focusing on auditory activities for teaching reading as a part of my 5 Days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading. Of course, these activities are not solely auditory, but that’s a good thing.  Remember, we want to integrate as many of the sense as we can to help this reading thing “stick.” This post may contain affiliate links. …
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Day 1: Kinesthetic Activities for Teaching Reading

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Today is day 1. We are discussing kinesthetic activities for teaching reading as a part of my 5 Days of Multi-Sensory Teaching for Reading. Today, I want to focus on kinesthetic activities that you can do with your child. Kinesthetic {also known as tactile} is a way to get your child moving and doing; using his body in some form…
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5 Days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading

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This week, I’m excited to bring you 5 Days of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading! I hope you’ll follow along as I think you’ll LOVE the ideas shared each day.   What is Multi-Sensory Teaching? Simply put, multi-sensory teaching is teaching that is done in such a manner that it appeals to the fives senses. Instead of just telling someone…
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Before They Read: Introducing Words {Part 2}

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Last week, we explored activating prior knowledge with reading. Today, we’re going to explore introducing vocabulary words to readers to help them better engage with reading.   In Part 1 of this 2-part post, I focused mainly on tapping into prior knowledge before and during reading to help with comprehension. Today, I want to focus on introducing words. The two…
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Top 10 Ways to Keep Kids Reading and Writing This Summer

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This week, I’m so excited to join 25+ other bloggers from Kid Blogger Network as we post our Top 10 Ways to keep kids learning while school’s out!  Please click HERE to see all the topics or follow along on our School’s Out Pinterest Board. A few years ago {in my “former life” as a classroom teacher}, I was shocked…
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