The Power of Multi-sensory Learning:
A New Old Way for Kids to Learn Spanish
Imagine a group of children being guided through a museum. As they walk, they listen to the guide's comments, look at the exhibits, stand on tiptoes to get a closer look, maybe climb excitedly on replicas of old fighter planes or dig carefully in a sandbox for "dinosaur fossils." The combination of listening, looking, and moving around creates a lasting impression—things connect to each other and become memorable parts of a rich and engaging experience.
Field trips or museum trips don't seem like cutting-edge educational policy, but they work a lot like the educational tools and strategies of what is known as multi-sensory learning. Multi-sensory learning takes advantage of the way our senses—hearing, sight, and touch, primarily—reinforce one another while learning. Each sense builds toward a more complete experience of a concept or idea. Because multi-sensory learning gives you more than one way of experiencing something, it's ideal for children who naturally engage multiple senses in both learning and play.
It is also ideal for the creation of the type of immersive environment that is so crucial for learning a second language.
Part of the power of language is that it is not just words—and certainly not just words on a page. It's communication, the heart of how we all relate to and interact with one another. Language is alive! Learning a language, whether it's your first or your fourth, requires that you experience it consistently and in many ways, using different parts of your body and brain. Read more.
Sincerely,
Katie Lagana
Early Advantage |