Visualization and Verbalization picture to picture

 The Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V®) program develop concept imagery—the ability to create an imagined or imaged gestalt from language—as a basis for comprehension and higher order thinking.
Visualizing and Verbalizing (V/V) is a research-based reading strategy for parents and educators to utilize with children (or adults) who have trouble with reading comprehension. Visualizing and Verbalizing was created by Nanci Bell, an expert in the treatment of language and literacy disorders.
Many readers can read words and have a developed vocabulary, but still, struggle to comprehend sentences or paragraphs. Visualizing and Verbalizing teaches students who struggle with reading comprehension and language processing to build pictures in their minds as they listen to or read the text, with the ultimate goal of being able to visualize the main idea or get the whole picture. This is called concept imagery. As Albert Einstein said, “If I can’t picture it, I can’t understand it.”