Multi-Sensory Tools – Spice up your teaching!

1. Phonics Pipes

Phonics Pipes allows students to practice phonics skills and spelling rules using a hands on approach. The pieces come apart to allow students to build a wide range of words from CVC to multi-syllabic! Students are able to practice skills like syllable types, 1-1-1 Doubling Rule, the FLSZ rule, and a wide variety of phonics rules!https://www.etsy.com/shop/OTTERREADING

2. Heart Word Pipes

Following Really Great Reading’s Heart Word Magic strategy, students are able to practice their sight words. Students sound out the parts of the words that are decodable and then learn “by heart” the parts that are not. https://www.etsy.com/shop/OTTERREADING

3. Math Pipes

Math Pipes allow students to practice math skills using a hands on approach! Students are able to practice count bys, addition/subtraction math facts, multiplication/division math facts, math properties, and a wide variety of other math skills!https://www.etsy.com/shop/OTTERREADING

4. Writing Pipes

Writing Pipes allow students to practice building strong sentences and paragraphs. Writing Pipes is aligned with Framing Your Thoughts by Project Read.https://www.etsy.com/shop/OTTERREADING

5. Joan Gerken’s Literacy Star

Joan Gerken is a Fellow in the Orton Gillingham Academy. I have had the privilege to be under her training and leadership during my journey in Orton Gillingham. She is amazing and I soak everything in that she teaches! This was a favorite tool of hers that I learned how to use during my training! https://alpcharlotte.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Comprehension-Joanies-Literacy-Star.pdf

6. Tacscreen

Tacscreen provides students a multi-sensory opportunity while using a touchscreen! I love that this allows my students to use a device and not lose that tactile experience! Definitely one that I reach for again and again! https://www.tacscreen.com

7. Keynote and Stylus

I used Keynote daily during remote learning! It allowed me to interact live with my student and provide immediate feedback during my lessons! The stylus let my student write directly on the iPad. Keynote has a variety of tools to spice up your lesson from animation, pictures, media, and sound. Definitely one I use over and over again!

8. Poppers

I love using poppers to allow my students to count sounds and syllables in words! I also have them use it to count words in sentences during dictation practice!