Tapping Sticks
Students learning sight words with Quadrant Word Taps Activity Flip Books. Warm-up begins with dots and then progresses to high frequency words.
Why does the Quadrant Word Tap Activity Work?
Children see the activity as fun which lowers stress and increases the odds of information being transferred to long term memory.
The auditory and visual systems work together to activate more learning pathways.
Using rhythm and tapping is a trauma-informed practice shown to calm and help with focus.
Creating an environment that is safe and optimized for learning is a polyvagal-informed practice.
Novel activities make the brain pay more attention. The brain doesn’t pay attention to boring stuff.
Reading & Movement Flip Books Teamed with Quadrant Word Tap Flip Books
Partner reading has never been more fun as students learn about how their brains work and why movement helps with learning. Quadrant Word Tap Flip Books go together with the reading movement 100, 200, and 300 Flip Books. Both activities work on learning high frequency (red) words.
