Kinesthetic/Consonants
Consonant Drama
Have the students say the letter. Then have them say a word that begins with that letter. After that have them say the sound that letter makes. Then have them act out that word.
For example, B, bounce, buh. Then they bounce. Or r, run, ruh.
This way they are learning the letter, the sound of the letter, and they are doing an action with their whole body.
Resource:
 | Contributor: Jill Johnson |
| Mail: johnsoji@pluto.dsu.edu |
Title: Consonant Twister
Divide the classroom into small groups. Have a spelling word (or other word you are studying in your classroom) printed out with one letter on a sheet of paper, and the words taped to the floor. Each group will get one word. I would suggest having a rug or large sheet of paper covering the words. When you say go, the students will uncover their word, and must cover each consonant with a part of their body (hand, foot, arm) but leave the vowels uncovered. The group that covers their consonants the fastest wins. The groups can rotate so that each group gets a chance to try each word.
| Contributor: Brandi Lentsch |
| Mail: lentscbr@pluto.dsu.edu |
Title: Stepping to Consonants
Idea: Stepping to Consonants
To help the kinesthetic learner understand consonants in words have them step to each consonant. For the initial consonant sound in a word the child can take one step forward. For the next consonant sound in the word the student can take one step to the right. For the next consonant sound they can take one step backwards, a step to the left for the next, and so on. This may help the student feel the movement of themselves in space for each consonant sound and thus remember the consonants better.
Resource:
http://readinginstruction.com | Contributor: Andrea Klein |
| Email: ajo_klein@hotmail.com |