Children love to be read to so a great way to expose children to a plethora of wonderful language that can build those verbal skills is by having them listen to stories online or on their iPods. Listening to oral stories can also strengthen visualization skills in young children. There are many free podcasts and [...]

Students love using cameras so why not capitalize on their natural interests by getting them to use visual images to create a story in 5 frames.  This task has two important parts. The first is thinking about the story line visually, creating a title that tells about the story in a very direct way and [...]

We know that good readers visualize characters or the information in the text as they are reading. Research shows that students  are more likely to remember new factual information in nonfiction books if the student tries to “see” the information as it is presented in the text. Teachers can help students better develop this ability [...]