Blog: Orton-Gillingham Weekly

Multisensory Monday: Listening Centers

Posted by Brainspring on 16th Feb 2015

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  I’m bringing you another idea from on the road…well, on the plane to be exact, so I had to get creative and come up with an idea that doesn’t need any sup … read more

Short Vowel Activities to Get Students Moving

Posted by Brainspring on 12th Jan 2015

Vowel Intensive The short vowel activities in the video are fantastic adaptations to the basic Vowel Intensive in Phonics First.  A Vowel Intensive asks the students to focus on differentiating betwe … read more

“Funny Mix” Game Review

Posted by Brainspring on 9th Dec 2014

Hi everyone, I’m giving another post of Multisensory Monday ideas from Dite this week.  Not only does she have an idea of her own, she was kind enough to point out that Starfall has a story call … read more

Sleep-Wake Consonants Game from Dite

Posted by Brainspring on 3rd Nov 2014

Hi everyone, I didn’t get to share Dite’s idea in my post yesterday.  I absolutely love her activity though, so I am sharing it as its own post. I also wanted another chance to remind you … read more

Multisensory Monday- Mismatch Word

Posted by Brainspring on 14th Sep 2014

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  I am at the airport right now, waiting to catch a plane to train a new group of teachers in Phonics First.  Thankfully, the Detroit airport has free wirel … read more

Multisensory Monday- C or K?

Posted by Brainspring on 27th Jul 2014

Hi everyone, Welcome to Multisensory Monday!  Today’s activity is for practicing when to use c or k at the beginning of a word.  This is my favorite kind of multisensory activity to do because it is s … read more