Module teaching and integrating language skills lesson 1

Tactile Learners
Tactile learners learn physically by touching and manipulating objects.
Tactile learners respond well to:
drawing
songs with gestures
playing board games
making models (e.g. with play doh or lego)
craft activities
feeling in the bag activities
following instructions to make things
Tactile learners need to feel and touch – without this they won’t internalize new vocab / structures as easily. Let them touch and feel everything! When using flashcards, always pass them around (you’ll see the tactile learners really come to life at this point). Have lots of objects available to teach new vocab (cars, plastic fruit, animal toys, blocks, colored paper, etc.) so when you teach new words you can let your students touch and play with the objects.
Use puppets for role playing structures and let your students touch, cuddle, tickle and even use the puppet themselves. Also, try setting up feeling type activities – place an object in a bag and have students feel and guess what it is, use blindfolds and have students feel things or find their way around the classroom.
Let your tactile learners express themselves by drawing and making things. Have them draw a scene with new vocab that they have just learned, or build and make things with lego or play doh. Crafts are also a great way to teach and reinforce new vocab.