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Welcome back to day 3 of Multi-Sensory Activities for Teaching Reading, a 5-day series I’m doing with many other bloggers from iHomeschool Network. If you’ve missed any of the posts from this week so far, please click here or on the image above. In today’s post, we’re going to focus in on visual activities you can do with your reader.
30+ Visual Activities for Teaching Reading
1. Label your house– use the labels to help them with reading and writing, we use our labels A LOT {I think I’m actually going to be adding Spanish labels under each label next year as well}
2. DVDs- some of our favorites are LeapFrog, books related to movies {like Charlotte’s Web},
3. Youtube- here’s a link to some of our favorite ABC youtube links
4. TV Shows- we mainly stick with PBS and love Sesame Street, Word World and SuperWhy. Older kids {through 2nd grade} may enjoy Between the Lions, Word Girl, and Electric Company. All these shows teach reading/phonics concepts.
5. Reading apps- you can visit my app Pinterest board to find some
6. Display and use a word wall
7. Use a spelling dictionary {The Measured Mom}
8. Jot down and pre-teach words before reading that you know may be tricky for your child to read
9. Play classic games such as dominoes {No Time for Flashcards}, Go Fish {Teach Mama} or Memory Match
10. Start with Word Families– word families are a great way to help kids SEE the shared pattern between words
11. Word Study– If you’ve followed me long enough, you know I’m head over heels in love with word study. Kids can SEE the relationship between words and their patterns {you can find more word study/phonics activities on my Pinterest board}
12. Sight Words You Can See– what a great sight word program for kids that are visual
14. Word-Wac-Woe {like Tic-Tac-Toe}
16. Ready-Made Color by Sight Word- I have one for lessons 15-31 of Reading the Alphabet.
17. Secret Sight Word Game– great for those sight words that are visually similar and confusing for kids
18. Sight word puzzles- You can find sight word puzzles- BOB Book Set 2 Printables, Reading the Easy Way, and Reading the Alphabet
19. Making Words
20. Flip a Word {like the ones from my Set 1 BOB Book printables}, Spin a Word {The Measured Mom}, Roll a Word, Slide a Word {I Can Teach My Child}, or Build a Word {Make, Take & Teach}; just make it visual! 🙂
21. Rainbow Write words
22. Take a picture walk through the book- great for supporting comprehension and predicting {Teach Mama}
23. Use pictures to create stories or make predictions, which is similar to a picture walk, but can be done with a single picture from a magazine or painting {Stay at Home Educator}
24. Encourage learning about environmental print for those younger kids {Pre-K Pages}
25. Point out letters and words in real life situations- Point out the T in Target or help your child figure out the meaning of a word from its context when watching a show on TV
26. Use Big books- We have a good collection of big books. My prekinders especially love to look through them.
27. Give them visual aids, like this list of question words posted in my homeschool room or a chart to help them read directions {free printable}
28. Use graphic organizers to help with comprehension and retelling
29. Use anchor charts {My Comprehension Pinterest board is full of these!}
30. Make sure they can see the pictures when reading a book
31. Read poetry together, help them make mental images in their heads
32. Have them create a comic strip as they listen along to the book being read aloud {Comprehension Instructional Activities, The Struggling Reader}
33. Teach concepts about books {front, back, etc.}
34. Teach them concepts about print {try this list from A to Z}
35. Use a craft to teach them concepts of print {Enchanted Homeschooling Mom}
36. Concept of print/word- help them rebuild sentences from a text, pointing to the text as they read
What other visual activities have you used to teach your child to read? I’d love to hear them!
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~Becky
Awesome list, Becky!! So many great activities. Pinning.
Thanks, Malia!
Great ideas. I totally agree. Environmental print is especially huge. It provides models for children’s writing, helps them internalize correct spellings of commonly used words, and inspires their own writing through environmental printing.