Category: Visualizing and Verbalizing
Arizona Addresses K-3 Literacy Needs Based on the Science of Reading
December 15, 2020
The Seeing Stars®, Visualizing and Verbalizing®, and LiPS® programs are now approved interventions for the Arizona Department of Education Move On When Reading (MOWR) program. Arizona’s MOWR policy is designed to provide students with evidence-based, effective reading instruction in kindergarten through third grade in order to position them for success as they progress through school, […]
Teaching in a Virtual Environment
September 17, 2020
Shared by Dorit Battaglia, First Grade Teacher, Central Union School District My students are excited to become better readers even though we are distance learning! I am able to utilize the skills I learned from the Lindamood-Bell in-person and online workshops. The biggest bang for our buck was receiving Seeing Stars, Visualizing and Verbalizing and […]
Visualizing and Verbalizing® and Seeing Stars® Programs Re-Endorsed by Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE)
April 22, 2020
The Council of Administrators of Special Education (CASE) has officially re-endorsed Gander Publishing’s Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® and Seeing Stars® programs. CASE is an international professional education organization affiliated with the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC), whose members are dedicated to the enhancement of the worth, dignity, and uniqueness of each […]
How to Apply Concept Imagery to Increase Vocabulary
February 3, 2020
“It is impossible even to think without a mental picture.” – Aristotle In the field of reading, educators work with struggling students to develop phonemic awareness, sight words, and fluency. Many students have success in increasing their decoding skills, yet they may still struggle with background knowledge, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. They often continue to […]
Intensive Summer Literacy Program Creates Reading Rock Stars
August 30, 2019
“Eager and enlightened” was how one Jamaican student felt after receiving instruction from teachers trained in the Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V)® and Seeing Stars® programs. Over the past three years, more than 150 teachers from across the island of Jamaica have received Lindamood-Bell professional development and coaching in V/V and Seeing Stars to increase literacy […]
How One District is Comprehensively Increasing Reading Achievement for Students with Dyslexia
July 17, 2019
Fort Smith Public School District, in Arkansas, turned a state dyslexia mandate into an opportunity to fundamentally restructure how reading instruction was provided across their entire district. In 2017, school leaders began a partnership with Lindamood-Bell to address the needs of struggling readers and students with dyslexia and to provide a solid foundation for all […]
Word Problems Made Easy
February 23, 2018
By Nanci Bell Why 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 math calculations, mentally or on paper, and have an innate sense of whether or not an answer is correct. But for others math is […]
Strategies to Improve Comprehension
April 17, 2017
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 high-interest and engaging stories include graded reading levels to develop the imagery-language connection for listening and reading comprehension. Here are some helpful hints to improve […]
Early Literacy Program Sees Success with Seeing Stars and Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) Programs
January 24, 2017
Through an Early Literacy Grant, Cañon City Schools in Colorado trained teachers in Seeing Stars and V/V to improve reading and comprehension skills. Results after only one semester show that students are progressing faster than expected. Lucky Us! to have Cañon City Schools as a partner in our mission to make a difference for ALL […]
7 Best Practices to Improve Reading and Comprehension for Your English Learners
January 10, 2017
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 of an acceleration of language and literacy skills for many English Learners. Here’s how our programs work: Oral Language Development Learning a language is a […]
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