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Subject: Multisensory approach Author: Deborah Whiteley [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 05:55:14 02/15/11 Tue Multi sensory or holistic approach (MSA) is the approach to help a child learn through more than one of the senses, especially touch and movement, kinetic. This will help the child establish clear memories of letters, words and numbers. My daughter and I mixed some cornflour and water on a tray to a smooth consistency and practiced numbers and the letters p, q, b and d by running our fingers through the mixture. NW loved the mess and the idea that it was fun, different and “allowed”. School don’t use a MSA so we try to invent different ways to remember letters etc in a more unconventional way; We practice the harder letters and number combinations in the air first - using a lovely big movement. She's also had problems putting on her shoes this morning, confusing her left and right feet, so we held up both hands in front of her face, palms facing out and made and ‘L’ shape with the left hand and an inverted ‘L’ with the right hand. She walked away testing if the ‘L’ on the left hand actually kept working and that it could show her which way to walk or march. We then practiced marching ‘left,right’ with great delight as she chanted. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]