Comprehension
10 Signs your child may benefit from comprehension instruction
Very small vocabulary and/or slow vocabulary growth
Often unable to find the right word and speaks in very short sentences
Difficulty remembering sequences such as numbers, alphabet, days of the week
Difficulty understanding simple directions and following routines
Extremely restless and easily distracted, compared to other children of the same age
Strong avoidance of certain activities, like storytelling and circle time
Trouble interacting with peers
Slow recall of facts
Slow to learn new skills, relies heavily on memorization
Difficulty with getting the main idea, summarizing information, organizing information, and/or relating previous knowledge to new information
Visualizing & Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® *
The Visualizing and Verbalizing® program is used to increase language comprehension; the ability to understand, organize, and express what one reads, hears, and sees. It includes the ability to recall facts, identify the main idea, conclude, predict, and evaluate.
Instructors will work with your child to practice describing, summarizing, and thinking and reasoning critically with what they see, hear, or read by “picturing” images in their mind. This practice progressively becomes more and more complex, moving from pictures to sentences to paragraphs, and then to whole pages of information. At the same time, new vocabulary is discovered, visualized, and practiced to enhance descriptions and encourage creativity. This can then be applied to writing, specific subject learning, study skills, and test-taking.
*Fort Wayne Center for Learning is not affiliated with, endorsed, licensed or sponsored by Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes® Corporation.