Kids use kinesthetic phonics, standing for short vowel 'e'.  Kids sit for the consonants and stand for the vowels.

WHAT IS KINESTHETIC LEARNING?

Kinesthetic learning looks like play! Kids learn best kinesthetically- by moving, wiggling,  playing. Kinesthetic learning is directed play.

Children have an innate, enthusiastic love of learning. Learning takes place when the child is in an absolutely positive state of mind. Kinesthetic learning focuses on whole body and whole brain learning. All children start out as kinesthetic learners.

Academic curriculum is needed and can be learned kinesthetically in preschool.
In order to succeed, kindergartners are expected to come to school with many basic academic skills. But how to teach these skills to preschoolers?

We wiggle and move!- preschool and kindergarten age kids do what they do best. The curriculum is academic- reading, writing, math, science- and yet the method is kinesthetic- completely developmentally appropriate. In kinesthetic learning, there are no worksheets or fine motor skills used, which developmentally appropriate practice warns against using in the preschool years.

When kids are successfully motivated, they remember and enjoy the results, as do the parents!

Cody draws a triceratops from a plastic model.