Good Sensory Learning Blog

Are you searching for fun, holiday-based activities that can be used to strengthen early literacy and linguistic skills? Celebrate learning this St. Patrick’s Day with my Following Directions Activities—a festive and effective way to build essential language and listening skills. These multisensory exercises do more than bring seasonal fun to the classroom; they strengthen students’ receptive language abilities, sharpen attention to detail, and improve their ability to interpret linguistic nuances—the subtle cues and phrasing that can often trip up learners. By actively engaging with these playful, holiday-themed tasks, students learn to listen carefully, think critically, and respond with precision. The...

It’s wonderful when giggles of joy and excitement ring through the classroom as young students eagerly learn the skills needed to be proficient readers. Learning centers or reading centers are often the place where this can happen, but the trick to tickling your students attention often lies in multisensory, interactive activities or games. Here is a fun phonemic awareness activity I designed that you can make with old recycled pill or vitamin containers and other common household goods. It’s a wonderful learning center idea that will help students blend phonics sounds into words.   Materials and setup:      ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog entitled, How to Use Zoom in 2020 for Video Tutoring, but this week, I wanted to share with you five fun, educational games I created for my students that you can play while conducting lessons or tutoring online with Zoom! What are Five Fun, Free Learning Games for Zoom Sessions? Here are some fun, educational games I created to be played with the Zoom group chatbox.   Category Race:  One person comes up with a category, such as Superheroes.  A timer is set for 1 to 2 minutes.  Players type in as...

Developing language processing skills, critical thinking, mental flexibility, verbal reasoning and sequential processing abilities is foundational in any elementary education. But when lessons are fun, memorable, and motivating too, you can engage even the most discouraged learner. I created Making Connections - Compound Word Games to turn compound word lessons into brain-teasing puzzles that ignite the attention of all learners.  Learning specialists, homeschoolers, teachers and parents can now help young learners develop these skills with ease! These fun puzzles can be quite challenging, so this product can also be used as a brain- teasing, morning warm up or literacy center...

🦃 Celebrate Thanksgiving with Fun, Multisensory Language Activities This colorful Thanksgiving digital download (PDF) offers a collection of engaging, printable activities that strengthen vital language processing skills while keeping students excited about learning. Designed with both fun and function in mind, these activities target skills such as: Listening comprehension Following oral and written directions Understanding homework and test questions Interpreting multiple-choice items When students connect learning with creativity, they build lasting confidence and critical thinking skills — and this festive Thanksgiving set makes that process both meaningful and memorable. 🧩 What’s Included This holiday-themed publication includes three unique activities that...