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You may hear your primary student talk about "pounding & fingertapping" their words at school. Pounding & Fingertapping is a multisensory approach where different senses are utilized so a child is internalizing the phoneme/grapheme (sounds & letters) relationship and how they work together to form words.
According to IMSE-Journal, "Pounding is the technique that helps students identify the syllables within a word" and "Fingertapping is the multisensory strategy that teaches students to segment sounds in words by using their fingers as a representation of each phoneme (sound)."
Students engage in seeing, touching, hearing, and moving and this helps to create deeper connections for students.
Right Handed
Right Handed
Students who write with their right hand pound and fingertap with their left hand (their off hand). They will use their pinky, ring finger, and middle finger to tap the sounds in the word. So, if the word is cat, then they would pound and say the word cat at the same time. When they hear that it is one syllable they will then tap the sounds /c/ /a/ /t/. After, students will be able to write and spell the word correctly.
Left Handed
Left Handed
Students who write with their left hand pound and fingertap with their right hand (their off hand). They will use their thumb, pointer finger, and middle finger to tap the sounds in the word. So, if the word is cat, then they would pound and say the word cat at the same time. When they hear that it is one syllable they will then tap the sounds /c/ /a/ /t/. After, students will be able to write and spell the word correctly.
Fingertapping in action...
Fingertapping in action...
The picture shows students fingertapping in their classroom. The student in blue is a left-handed writer and so he is tapping with his right hand, using his thumb, pointer finger, and his middle finger.
The student beside of him is a right-handed writer, and you can see she is tapping with her left hand and using her pinky, ring finger, and her middle finger.
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