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My student teacher in San Jose proved me wrong about flashcards
She had this kid with dyslexia practice sight words by tracing them in sand, and after 4 sessions he jumped two reading levels. Has anyone else seen a non-digital tool beat an app for a specific learner?
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mason.mary6d ago
Is it just me or does it feel like we keep forgetting that our brains are attached to bodies? Like we spend so much time trying to teach kids through screens and apps but ignore how much they learn through actually touching stuff. I notice this with my own kids too. When my daughter struggled with math facts I got her a set of those little plastic counters and she finally got it because she could move them around with her hands. It's like the physical movement helps lock the info in your brain somehow. The sand thing is genius honestly because it hits both the touch and the sight and the motion all at once. We've gotten so obsessed with digital tools that we forgot about the whole point of learning which is making connections in a real world way.
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patricia_lee13d ago
Oh man, that's awesome! I totally get it. My nephew had the same issue with sight words and we tried this thing where he'd write them in shaving cream on the table. Something about the tactile feel just clicked for him way better than any app ever did.
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