From the website : Reading Rockets offers a wealth of reading strategies, lessons, and activities designed to help young children learn how to read and read better. Our reading resources assist parents, teachers, and other educators in working with struggling readers who require additional help in reading fundamentals and comprehension skills development.
The latest newsletter has a piece by Joanne Meier about the importance of visualisation as a comprehension strategy. "The National Reading Panel includes mental imagery as one of their "top 7" comprehension strategies, citing research that suggests imagery can improve memory, comprehension, and an appreciation for text. "
The Magician's Elephant, a wonderful story by Kate di Camillo is a great resource to practice this strategy - see here for the post : http://www.readingrockets.org/articles/34040
The book's website has a resource kit to go with the book - all sorts of magic tricks and and other activities...
http://themagicianselephant.com/images/resources/ME_ActivityKit.pdf
