Multisensory learning is learning that involves two or more of the senses within the same activity.
Like adults, children take in information about their world in a variety of ways:
Auditory (through their ears)
Visual (through their eyes)
Tactile (through touch)
Kinesthetic (through body movements)
This process occurs naturally, starting even before birth. Babies learn about the world by observing, listening, and putting everything within reach into their mouths. Toddlers try to touch or grab everything they see, and preschoolers ask what sometimes seems like millions of questions. All of these children are learning in a very natural way; we rarely have to teach them how to do these things.
When young children use multiple senses to process new information, they learn by doing what they do best – investigating, exploring and discovering!
Like adults, children take in information about their world in a variety of ways:
Auditory (through their ears)
Visual (through their eyes)
Tactile (through touch)
Kinesthetic (through body movements)
This process occurs naturally, starting even before birth. Babies learn about the world by observing, listening, and putting everything within reach into their mouths. Toddlers try to touch or grab everything they see, and preschoolers ask what sometimes seems like millions of questions. All of these children are learning in a very natural way; we rarely have to teach them how to do these things.
When young children use multiple senses to process new information, they learn by doing what they do best – investigating, exploring and discovering!