If you are teaching your student the letters and sounds of the alphabet, you might want to consider adding in some fun multisensory learning activities. Multisensory activities engage more than one sense at a time and gives students an opportunity to really engage and connect with what they are learning. This means seeing, saying, hearing, and moving with the letters and sounds in the alphabet. Try this Q-Tip Alphabet Activity with your student. They will love it!
Materials Needed:
For this alphabet activity you will need the following items:
- Whiteboard
- Whiteboard markers
- Q-Tips (cotton swabs)
Getting Started:
Start out by writing several letters of the alphabet on the whiteboard. Only write down the letters that the student has already learned. Focus on the target concept.
How to Play:
- Give your student a Q-Tip.
- Call out a letter sound that is written on the whiteboard. For example /p/.
- Have your student find the letter p on the whiteboard and write over the letter with the Q-Tip using the correct letter formation.
- As the student writes over the letter, it gets erased.
You can strategically pick out letters that are difficult for your student or letters which might confuse them such as b’s and d’s.
You can also switch things up by calling out the letter names, instead of the letter sounds.
Do you want to see this Alphabet Activity in Action?
Watch our favorite Teacher, Miss Renee demonstrate this alphabet activity for you.
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Karina Richland, M.A., is the author of the PRIDE Reading Program, a multisensory Orton-Gillingham reading, writing, and comprehension curriculum that is available worldwide for parents, tutors, teachers, and homeschoolers of struggling readers. Karina has an extensive background in working with students of all ages and various learning modalities. She has spent many years researching learning differences and differentiated teaching practices. You can reach her by email at info@pridereadingprogram.com or visit the website at www.pridereadingprogram.com