Multi-sensory at Home

1. Multi-sensory
Learning at Home
By: Sharen Ong
Educational Therapist

2. Overview
• Introduction
• Why is it important?
• Type of senses
• Activities to try at
home

3. Introduction
• Multisensory learning involves two or more senses within
the same activity.
• It taps into a child's natural learning style, helps children
focus better, and remember what they have learned.
• Young children naturally learn about their world by
observing, listening, and exploring with their mouths, hands,
and movement

4. Why is Multi-sensory Learning important?
Multisensory lessons are so impactful because no
matter the learning strength of each child (be it
auditory, visual, tactile, or kinesthetic) a multisensory
lesson will target the learning strengths of all students
at one time.

5. Type of Senses
• Auditory – through the sense of hearing
• Visual – through the sense of sight
• Tactile – through the sense of touch
• Kinesthetic – through body movement

6. Learn to spell in the
mud
• Make flashcards with a spelling word on each card.
• Pour some water on a patch of dirt in your yard and
arm your child with a stick.
• Have your child use the stick to spell the word in the
mud.
• Physically writing the words with his arm will help
add movement to activate the sense of touch. Your
child will also love playing in the mud!
• For example, the word Zoo. After showing the card,
the child writes on the mud, sing a song about the
zoo or animals; "We are going to the zoo", expand
by visiting the zoo or showing him/her images of
animals in the zoo.
• You may add in auditory triggers by singing a song,
making a sound or telling a story while writing the
word. Further enhancements may include
showing images or bringing your child to the place
with the item shown in the flashcard.

7. Recognize sight words with
balloons
• Help your child learn to recognize sight words quickly
with a balloon toss.
• Take some deflated balloons, and have your child
write the words he is learning on the balloons using a
permanent marker.
• Then, blow up and tie the balloons. Gather the
balloons in a pile on the floor, pick up one of the
balloons and toss it to your child.
• When he catches it, have him say the word on the
balloon out loud. Repeat this until you have tossed
all the balloons. Then, you can play again, or have
him toss the balloons to you.

8. Teach letters in the kitchen
• A good lesson for children learning the
alphabet and phonics is a kitchen
scavenger hunt.
• Give your child a letter, then have him
search through the fridge or pantry to
bring you an ingredient that begins with
that letter.
• When he has finished picking out foods
with all the letters you give him, he can
have a snack of his favourite item he
picked out to incorporate taste, too!

9. Video on Sight words practice
• Share video on screen

10. Q & A/ Parents' Sharing
• Do you have any questions?
• Please share with us your experiences working with your child at
home using multi-sensory approach
• You may contact me via email at SharenOng@theodyssey.sg