"M" is for motivate! Letter sound strategies for struggling learners

1.5 CPDs, Run Time: 45:01

Do you know children who struggle to remember letter sounds? Do you find that the children who need the most repetition are often reluctant to practice? Come try out fresh ideas for engaging children in practicing phonetic letter sounds. We will share games and variations with the sandpaper letters (both independent and social options), as well as multisensory, kinesthetic, and visual extensions to anchor and reinforce letter sounds. You will leave with a toolbox of strategies to help children enjoy learning, build confidence, and find success.

Cheryl Heatwole Shenk, MEd, is Montessori program director and lead teacher at Sacred Heart School in Camden, N.J. In 2015, Cheryl founded this Montessori program with sliding-scale tuition in her low-income community to give families access to Montessori education. She teaches, fundraises, and mentors for the expanded Montessori program. She received the 2021 Distinguished Service Award from Eastern Mennonite University. AMS-credentialed (Early Childhood).
Timothy Heatwole Shenk is lead teacher in a Montessori primary classroom at Sacred Heart School in Camden, N.J. He has some 15 years of teaching experience in an inner-city context, and in 2022 received his master's in education with a reading specialist certificate. In 2022, Timothy was awarded Eastern Mennonite University’s distinguished service award. IMC-credentialed (early childhood) - pending