I’m using v/v with a child who has attentional issues (along with the comprehension and other language issues), and he can be very unresponsive when doing v/v. I know part of this is his difficulty visualizing, and I’m addressing that. During my v/v training, another teacher said that she made up a great game using v/v structure words (guessing what someone is picturing). Has anyone else come up with such engaging activities—outside the parameters of the program—using v/v materials? The child I’m working with is more responsive when we do this game, and it can help him get into the entire activity more easily.
Re: v/v ideas
Sure—using the structure words, you ask the child to picture something and then describe it (using all but the first “what” card). If you are able to guess it, the child gets two points; if you have to guess again, and get it, the child gets one point; no points if you can’t guess it. Sometimes I give a list of things to visualize, because my student has trouble coming up with ideas. You can also have the student describe something he/she can see in the room if you’re at the picture-to-picture phase and the child has not started visualizing yet. I’m not sure how the Lindamood purists would feel about it, but it breaks up the monotony for this student (part of which is because visualizing is so hard for him).
Re: v/v ideas
Judging by the LiPS manual which is stock full of all kinds of imaginative games (and the vowel tape that ends in an imaginative little ditty), I’d think the LMB folks would love your game.
—des
could you please share with me what is the game that can be with v/v to make child more engage ?
Thx.