Using concrete images when presenting abstract concepts

My September goal has been to use concrete images when presenting abstract facts.

How have I been able to use this recently?

• Heggerty Phonemic Awareness practice- using hand gestures to show the position of the target sounds has been very helpful for students. Positional words can be tricky and confusing for young learners, so having the hand gestures is very helpful.
• SIPPS- When practicing oral blending and segmenting it is really helpful for the students to use the graphic organizers of sound placeholders in the program.