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Elkonin boxes are just one of the many multisensory methods we use to help struggling readers. Watch how this student blends sounds into words, corrects her errors, and spells new words using this strategy. Multisensory reading and writing instruction are not used beyond Kindergarten in most schools, even though children who struggle with reading and writing NEED lots of multisensory techniques well into the upper elementary years. With weekly intervention sessions using research-backed multisen