I’ve used the hopscotch game before. One variety is to put the vowels or words in each box and ask the student to hop to the vowel that usually says /a/ as in cat or to hop to the square that shows the ending sound in top. Velcro balls will stick to carpet samples that you have attached to the wall or floor and taped words or letters to as well.

Multisensory learning and instruction is so important. I work with special needs students and find that they learn better when using all the areas than just one.

My kids are all hands on, and these are some great ideas! My youngest who is using AAR 1 is having some trouble with b and d letter reversal. The download shows some good ideas that I think will really help!

My children loved writing in salt. We used to keep a Tupperware full just for that. Engaging kinesthetics in learning really kept their attention.

This is such a helpful article! Thank you!

This is why I love All About EVERYTHING! I found this program a few years back when my second child wasn’t picking up on reading as quickly as his older sibling. I love how this program utilized all forms of learning just like my little man needs!

I am in awe of this program. We have only tried All about Reading (level 2) so far but plan to purchase All about Spelling for this next year. I am telling everyone one I meet -hairdressers, parents at parks, etc. I love learning along with my daughter. I loved explaining to a stranger why “two” has a silent ‘w’.

This is our third reading program to try. The first we tried had all the pieces but taught phonics but in a haphazard way so that activities didn’t match the lesson. The order seemed random too so that the logic was lost.

The second one did better with the order and logic of phonics but it didn’t have dedicated readers to emphasize the lesson. I had to search for readers that ended up having its own order and methodology.

It is awesome that this program did it right! I really appreciate the hard work that went into this program. This doesn’t happen without your whole heart being put into it.

Your blog is awesome too so much free helpful information.

I really wish I could have found it sooner so hopefully my random talks with strangers will help someone else start here first.

Love these ideas! My daughter with cancer struggles with reading and spelling. All About Learning has been a great resource to help her become a proficient reader.

Thank you for your free resources! I was looking into All About Reading for our son, and when talking with his speech therapist about teaching phonics this coming year, she mentioned using the Orton-Gillingham approach! I had already been perusing your site, so I felt like I was a step ahead of the game!

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I like the methods mentioned here. Another interesting way I found children like is to bake cakes or make pancakes in the shape of the letters or words

This is very exciting for me and the children. English is my second language and you open a new world to me. Thank you so much!

The kinesthetic component of AAR has turned reading lessons from an anxious, uphill battle into the favorite subject of the day. Thanks for these extra ideas and resources!

I have a 9yr.old with APD. Learning to read was such a struggle, he hated it.He would literally punch himself in the head & say this stupid brain.Since I discovered AAR & AAS my son loves to read & spell.Now we have the problem of not wanting to move on with other subjects.I have to say it is a good problem to have.I have tears of joy in my eyes as I write this reflecting on how far he has come.We are now half way through level 4 and I feel that his reading is actually advanced (if we were to compare).My son went from hating to read to wanting to be a librarian so he can be around books all day.Be encouraged mamas.

I am loving everything that I have purchased so far from All About Learning Press. I love that you keep educating parents as well to help us better teach our children and support them in their learning. As a former public school teacher I am well versed in the kinesthetic learning, but it was exciting to see in your idea list the mention of Wikki Stix! My daughter just received some in a party goodie bag. She is just learning her letters with your Pre- Reading Level. I had not thought to use this gift to help her with her letters. What perfect timing! Thanks for the idea!!

Hope you use some of these this summer.

Thank you for these great ideas! Review is definitely one of the dreaded activities in my house, but these ideas will make it so fun!

Incorporating sketches helps keep my artistic child engaged. I have been known to have a kinesthetic learner do push-ups for each letter of the word! 😄

I have begun doing simple obstacle courses that include somersaults, cartwheels, & our climber, in which our kiddo has to pick out cards that make the sound I assign at the start of the course. I included the cereal-box feed-the-puppy idea from this site, so she feeds the puppy her card at the end. She thinks it’s a blast!

My son is 4.5 years old. When he 1St turned 4 we began the following activity. I took single stacking mega/duplo blocks & wrote a letter on each block. All vowels were done on same color blocks. Constants were put on any other colors. We then hid the entire alphabet of blocks out in the yard somewhat in the open. (Object was to find them relatively easily & quickly.) He would run around & find the blocks. Each time he found a block he brought it to me, told me the name of the letter, sound it made & a word that started with that letter. He had already mastered 90+% of his letters & sounds before we began this game. So after I was sure he had mastered them all we added a new level to the game. We no longer hid the vowels. Instead, after he found a few letters (doing the earlier steps with each) we began using the new letters to create 3 letter words that he chose & helped to create. He LOVES playing this game! The joy on his face when he’s able to make words on his own is equivalent to that of Christmas morning & he’s having fun while he learns. We are making priceless memories playing together, he’s learning and we are both having fun while we do it!

I need more ideas for older kids that are a little farther along than writing letters. I have one that can’t sit still.