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Free Downloadable Resources
Jump to DownloadablesThese resources support your Visualizing and Verbalizing instruction in developing the imagery-language connection for your students. We've got fun-filled lesson packets, tools, and a sample chapter from the Visualizing and Verbalizing Teacher's Manual to bolster your instruction.
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Videos
Jump to VideosCurious about how to use Visualizing and Verbalizing in your classroom? These videos provide an overview of select products and feature Teacher Tips on how to best integrate programs into your instruction.
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Tips for Instruction
Jump to Tips for InstructionWe know how busy you are! Our Tips for Instruction are designed for educators who are familiar with our programs or those who are interested in learning more about the imagery-language connection for reading, comprehension, and math.
Downloadables
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Supplemental lesson packets feature high-imagery stories, vocabulary, Higher Order Thinking questions, puzzles, and more! Sample chapters offer educators a sneak peek at our unique programs, all based on dual-coding theory, and helpful tips on how to incorporate the concept into instruction.
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Visualizing and Verbalizing Workbook Sampler
DownloadExplore Visualizing and Verbalizing Workbooks with this collection of stories for Grades 3 through 6.
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Soar into Summer!
DownloadLet’s boost reading, writing, and comprehension skills during an awesome summer break. These activities are also perfect to help reduce “Summer Learning Loss.” This packet includes activities for two popular children’s books, a few general topics, three Imagine That! Stories, and journaling activities.
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Imagine That! Sampler Grades 2-4
DownloadThis lesson packet features 12 engaging stories from the Fascinating People and Natural Wonders of the World books!
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Seeing Stars CVC Starter
DownloadSight words, real and nonsense words, decoding sentences: here are six lessons to improve phonics, decoding, spelling, and fluency.
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Inspirational Poster Set
DownloadSurround your students with reminders of dreaming big and supporting others. Our new posters are sure to inspire!
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Visualizing and Verbalizing® Manual - Chapter 2 Sample
DownloadThe Visualizing and Verbalizing® program develops concept imagery—the ability to create an imaged gestalt from language—as a basis for comprehension and critical thinking. Download our sample chapter to explore how the development of concept imagery improves reading and listening comprehension, memory, oral vocabulary, critical thinking, and writing.
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Imagine History - The Discovery of America Sample
DownloadExperience the richness of history with imagery to better comprehend it and embed it into memory! This sample chapter from Imagine History: The Discovery of America takes students on a journey through imagery to meet the early Americans. This groundbreaking book can be used specifically with the steps of the Visualizing and Verbalizing program or as a stand-alone resource. Most applicable for grades 3 and above.
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Imagine History - The Birth of America Sample
DownloadThis sample chapter helps students to visualize and understand the important process that led to the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. The Imagine History Series is written to develop the imagery-language connection for American history.
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Imagine History - The Battle for America Sample
DownloadThis sample chapter takes students on a journey through imagery to meet Aztecs, pioneers, and President Lincoln. The Imagine History series is written to develop the imagery-language connection for American history. It can be used specifically with the steps of the Visualizing and Verbalizing program or as a stand-alone resource. This book is written at a 5th grade level.
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Imagine History - The Rebuilding of America Sample
DownloadThis sample chapter paints a picture of America's "Great Melting Pot" when waves of immigrants were trying to start new lives in the U.S. The Imagine History series is written to develop the imagery-language connection for American history. It can be used specifically with the steps of the Visualizing and Verbalizing program or as a stand-alone resource. This book is written at a 5th grade level.
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Myths and Legends
DownloadSix intriguing stories from our new Myths and Legends book are accompanied by vocabulary practice, Higher Order Thinking questions, and puzzles. Written at a 5th-8th grade level, these high-imagery stories feature heroes, gods, and wonders for students to visualize and interpret.
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Vanilla Vocabulary Sampler
DownloadThis packet includes sample activities to develop vocabulary using strategies from the Visualizing and Verbalizing program. The packet includes workbook pages from Vanilla Vocabulary Level 1 and Level 2, along with a story from Ivan, King of the Neighborhood which lets students experience new vocabulary words in context.
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Seeing Stars® Manual - Sampler
DownloadDownload our sample chapters to explore how the Seeing Stars® program develops symbol imagery—the ability to visualize sounds and letters in words—as a basis for orthographic awareness, phonemic awareness, word attack, word recognition, spelling, and contextual reading fluency.
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On Cloud Nine® Manual - Chapter 2 Sample
DownloadThe On Cloud Nine® (OCN) program develops the ability to image and verbalize the concepts and processes of math. Download our sample chapter to explore how concept imagery and numeral imagery are integrated with language to improve both mathematical reasoning and mathematical computation.
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Talkies® Manual - Chapter 3 Sample
DownloadDownload our sample chapter to explore how the Talkies® program is the primer to the Visualizing and Verbalizing program for students who need simpler, smaller steps of instruction to establish the imagery-language connection.
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LiPS® Manual - Introduction Sample
DownloadThe manual describes the important questioning techniques that stimulate articulatory feedback for verifying sounds within words. LiPS identifies and classifies speech sounds as related units, labeling the articulatory feedback for application to phoneme sequencing tasks. (Sample is included in product description)
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Videos
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Imagine That! Stories
The V/V® Imagine That! Stories have nonfiction stories to develop imagery for oral and written language comprehension. These challenging, high-imagery stories introduce true and unusual topics for students to visualize and interpret.
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Visualizing and Verbalizing Workbooks
V/V Workbooks have high-imagery stories and questions that help students develop concept imagery for language comprehension and critical thinking. Each story is accompanied by workbook activities.
Tips for Instruction
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Eight Tips to Enhance Reading Comprehension Str...
Have you helped students improve their phonemic awareness, phonics, and word recognition, only to see them struggle with reading comprehension? Many students experience reading comprehension weakness despite having adequate decoding...
Eight Tips to Enhance Reading Comprehension Str...
Have you helped students improve their phonemic awareness, phonics, and word recognition, only to see them struggle with reading comprehension? Many students experience reading comprehension weakness despite having adequate decoding...
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Five Tips for Decoding
Learn why developing word decoding skills is essential for reading success. Explore effective strategies to support literacy growth in young learners.
Five Tips for Decoding
Learn why developing word decoding skills is essential for reading success. Explore effective strategies to support literacy growth in young learners.
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Six 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...
Six 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...
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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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Comprehension Weakness or Poor Listening? 5 Sig...
This article, written by Brilliana Rawlins, Manager of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes International Endeavors for Schools, was originally posted on the Council of British International Schools blog. Lindamood-Bell's evidence-based solutions are...
Comprehension Weakness or Poor Listening? 5 Sig...
This article, written by Brilliana Rawlins, Manager of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes International Endeavors for Schools, was originally posted on the Council of British International Schools blog. Lindamood-Bell's evidence-based solutions are...
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How to apply sensory-cognitive instruction to c...
Kellyn Ross was trained in Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) through Lindamood-Bell several years ago when she was a Special Education teacher. Today, as an Instructional Coach in the Monte Vista School District in Colorado,...
How to apply sensory-cognitive instruction to c...
Kellyn Ross was trained in Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) through Lindamood-Bell several years ago when she was a Special Education teacher. Today, as an Instructional Coach in the Monte Vista School District in Colorado,...
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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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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...
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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...
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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 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...