Reporters are also welcome to cover the colloquium itself.
Sometimes a picture might be worth only 50 words, but that may be enough to help a struggling child learn to read. Because many children who cannot read also cannot create a mental image of what the words are saying, teaching them to visualize can improve their skills dramatically - even in a few months. At a free public colloquium Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 4 p.m., she will demonstrate some visualization exercises - which employ such props as ice cubes, powderpuffs and peanut brittle. Because most teachers are good visualizers, she says, it usually doesn't occur to them that some children are not. Her book, a manual of activities and strategies published by Zephyr Press, helps teachers introduce slow readers to various memory exercises.