By Sarah Schwartz — June 19, 2025
“For some elementary school students, reading lessons are an opportunity to get messy and get out of their seats.
Kids learning how to map letters to sounds might trace A’s and B’s in sand or shaving cream on their desks, trace letters in the air, or stand up and form the shapes of the letters with their bodies.
It’s a type of teaching called multisensory reading instruction. Some states, including Alabama, California, Florida, Mississippi, and North Dakota, recommend or require it by law for students with dyslexia.”