• Tips for Instruction

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    3 Tips for Developing Sight Word Vocabulary

    Nanci Bell working with a student on sight words. The complex skill of reading requires the integration of auditory, visual, and language skills. Word recognition (orthographic processing and instant recognition...

    3 Tips for Developing Sight Word Vocabulary

    Nanci Bell working with a student on sight words. The complex skill of reading requires the integration of auditory, visual, and language skills. Word recognition (orthographic processing and instant recognition...

    Seven Essential Strategies to Strengthen Langua...

    by Margaret TownerWhat do you picture for "See ya"? A teacher stood at her 4th-grade classroom door to say goodbye to her students. "See ya!" she said. Maribel looked at her...

    Seven Essential Strategies to Strengthen Langua...

    by Margaret TownerWhat do you picture for "See ya"? A teacher stood at her 4th-grade classroom door to say goodbye to her students. "See ya!" she said. Maribel looked at her...

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    How to Deliver an Effective Visualizing and Ver...

    Tip 1: RELEVANT QUESTIONING IS THE ESSENCE OF GOOD V/V. The quality of your questioning is the difference between concept imagery developing quickly and accurately, and concept imagery remaining weak...

    How to Deliver an Effective Visualizing and Ver...

    Tip 1: RELEVANT QUESTIONING IS THE ESSENCE OF GOOD V/V. The quality of your questioning is the difference between concept imagery developing quickly and accurately, and concept imagery remaining weak...

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    How to Deliver an Effective Seeing Stars Lesson...

    Tip 1: DRIVE THE SENSORY BUS. Use language to directly and explicitly stimulate the sensory input of symbol imagery. For example, the language "What letters do you picture for the...

    How to Deliver an Effective Seeing Stars Lesson...

    Tip 1: DRIVE THE SENSORY BUS. Use language to directly and explicitly stimulate the sensory input of symbol imagery. For example, the language "What letters do you picture for the...

    A young child smiling and writing in a notebook

    7 Best Practices to Improve Reading and Compreh...

    Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) Our sensory-cognitive programs are often a critical missing piece in English Language Development. By adding the overlooked component of explicit sensory-cognitive instruction, we have seen evidence...

    7 Best Practices to Improve Reading and Compreh...

    Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) Our sensory-cognitive programs are often a critical missing piece in English Language Development. By adding the overlooked component of explicit sensory-cognitive instruction, we have seen evidence...

    A young student raising his hand with a question

    Word Problems Made Easy

    By Nanci BellWhy can’t everyone think with numbers? What cognitive processes do some have that others do not? Some individuals easily understand the concepts underlying math processes. They quickly perform...

    Word Problems Made Easy

    By Nanci BellWhy can’t everyone think with numbers? What cognitive processes do some have that others do not? Some individuals easily understand the concepts underlying math processes. They quickly perform...

    Imagine History Book Series

    Help Your Students Love History!

    Like many of you, I’ve had the privilege of teaching children and adults over the years. Time and again, when I asked my students what they visualized for history, I...

    Help Your Students Love History!

    Like many of you, I’ve had the privilege of teaching children and adults over the years. Time and again, when I asked my students what they visualized for history, I...

    A venn diagram: Entire circle is comprehension. Three circles inside the large circle include Auditory: Phonological processing and word attack; Visual: orthographic processing and word recognition; Language: contextual reading and vocabulary

    How to Apply Concept Imagery to Increase Vocabu...

    “It is impossible even to think without a mental picture.” - AristotleIn the field of reading, educators work with struggling students to develop phonemic awareness, sight words, and fluency. Many...

    How to Apply Concept Imagery to Increase Vocabu...

    “It is impossible even to think without a mental picture.” - AristotleIn the field of reading, educators work with struggling students to develop phonemic awareness, sight words, and fluency. Many...

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    How to Deliver an Effective LiPS Lesson: 3 Tips...

    The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Program has been used effectively for over 30 years in developing phonemic awareness as a foundation for word reading, spelling, and speech. A key difference...

    How to Deliver an Effective LiPS Lesson: 3 Tips...

    The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Program has been used effectively for over 30 years in developing phonemic awareness as a foundation for word reading, spelling, and speech. A key difference...

    A teacher helping a young student read

    Strategies to Improve Comprehension

    The Imagine That! Stories are a great supplement to the Visualizing and Verbalizing® program. They are also used with Seeing Stars® and LiPS® students to develop fluency and comprehension. These...

    Strategies to Improve Comprehension

    The Imagine That! Stories are a great supplement to the Visualizing and Verbalizing® program. They are also used with Seeing Stars® and LiPS® students to develop fluency and comprehension. These...