Authored by Nanci Bell

Seeing Stars develops symbol imagery: the ability to visualize sounds and letters within words for both phonological and orthographic processing. Students move through a series of steps—from single consonants/vowels to multisyllabic and contextual reading—to develop the imagery-language connection for competency in written language.

Seeing Stars instruction develops:

• Phonics / Phoneme awareness
• Word attack
• Orthographic awareness
• Word recognition
• Spelling
• Reading fluency

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Authored by Nanci Bell

Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) develops concept imagery for both oral and written language. Through a series of steps, students learn to create an imaged gestalt and integrate that imagery with language as a basis for language comprehension and thinking.

V/V instruction develops:

• Reading comprehension
• Oral language comprehension
• Oral language expression
• Written language expression
• Following directions
• Vocabulary

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Authored by Nanci Bell and Christy Bonetti

Talkies is the primer to the Visualizing and Verbalizing program for students who need simpler, smaller steps of instruction to establish the imagery-language connection. The goal of Talkies instruction is to develop mental imagery as a base for language comprehension and expression. Talkies instruction may benefit students with prior third-party diagnoses of expressive language delays or autism spectrum disorders.

Talkies instruction helps:

• Bring nonverbal imagery to consciousness
• Establish the imagery-language connection
• Increase oral vocabulary
• Improve language comprehension and expression

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Authored by Patricia Lindamood
and Phyllis Lindamood

The LiPS Program develops phoneme awareness. Students learn to recognize how their mouths produce the sounds of language. This kinesthetic feedback enables them to verify sounds within words and to become self-correcting in reading, spelling, and speech.

LiPS Program instruction develops:

• Phoneme awareness
• Phonics
• Pronunciation
• Word attack

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Authored by Nanci Bell and Kimberly Tuley

On Cloud Nine Math (OCN) stimulates the ability to image and verbalize the concepts and processes of math. Concept imagery and numeral imagery are integrated with language to improve math computation and problem solving.

On Cloud Nine Math instruction develops:

• Math facts
• Word-problem solving
• Mathematical concepts
• Improved math test scores

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