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All students can learn but we all learn in different ways. These sensory tools will help make learning more tactile and offer much needed sensory breaks. In our classroom, we are focusing on identifying our letters and numbers. Hands-on practice is more effective than just offering different worksheets. My students need to move a lot and these new items would be used in different center activities. For instance, the sandpaper letters can be used to feel the letters with their fingers or they can put paper over them and do a letter rubbing. After all that hard work sometimes we need a break before moving on to another strenuous learning activity. That’s why the sensory materials are a must in my classroom.

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All students can learn but we all learn in different ways. These sensory tools will help make learning more tactile and offer much needed sensory breaks. In our classroom, we are focusing on identifying our letters and numbers. Hands-on practice is more effective than just offering different worksheets. My students need to move a lot and these new items would be used in different center activities. For instance, the sandpaper letters can be used to feel the letters with their fingers or they can put paper over them and do a letter rubbing. After all that hard work sometimes we need a break before moving on to another strenuous learning activity. That’s why the sensory materials are a must in my classroom.

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