Today I introduced Patrick to the Lindamood-Bell program he will be using this year, Visualizing and Verbalizing. I set the climate, informing him of the what and why to the program. I created diagrams so he can see that our left and right hemispheres of our brain work together. I explained to him that in order for people to understand/remember oral and written language, "picturing and talking about images" can be extremely helpful. It helps us to express ourselves orally or in writing. Immediately following this dialogue with Patrick I had him look at a given picture and describe that picture orally. He did a good job doing so and after I described the image he gave me, we compared our pictures and added or changed some of his descriptions so that we would have a better match. He did a great job and we had a lot of fun during today's lesson! I am looking forward to seeing him make great progress with this program.