1. Multisensory Instruction
A Parents Guide

2. How Do Children Learn?

3. “20 to 30% of the school-aged
population remembers what
is heard;
40% recall visually the things
that are seen or read;
Many must write or use their
fingers in some manipulative
way to help them remember
basic facts;
Other people cannot internalize
information or skills unless
they use them in real-life
activities such as actually
writing a letter to learn the
correct format."
~Marie Carbo, Rita Dunn, and Kenneth Dunn (1986) Teaching students to read through their
individual learning styles. Prentice-Hall, p.13.

4. A Visual Learner
Needs to
See It!

5. An Auditory Learner
Needs to Hear It!

6. A Kinesthetic Tactile Learner
Needs to Do It! or Touch It!

7. Multisensory
instruction
engages all the senses and
reinforces the strengths of
every child.

8. What’s in Your Toolbox?

9. Describe materials in your
home that support
visual learners
auditory learners
tactile learners
kinesthetic learners

10. Multisensory
instruction
combines two
or more
senses.
True or False

11. Store bought
materials are better
for instruction than
teacher made
materials.
True or False

12. Children should
always sit still and
listen when learning
new things.
True or False

13. A visual learner does
not like to hold or
touch new materials.
True or False

14. Do your materials
…appeal to all senses?
…make noise?
…provide tactile experiences?
…engage the active learner?

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Visual
Child
Auditory
Child
Kinesthetic
Child
Tactile
Child
See It! Hear It! Do It! Touch It!