Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling [Paperback]

Nanci Bell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997

Seeing Stars outlines the reading program that has helped thousands of students learn to read fluently and spell accurately by developing an essential underlying skill: the ability to perceive and create mental imagery for the individual sounds and letters within words.

This visual processing of sounds and symbols is known as symbol imagery, and in this manual, author Nanci Bell demonstrates how the development of symbol imagery can help students stabilize phonemic awareness, quickly recognize sight words, spell with correct orthographic patterns, and read fluently in context. Sample lessons and useful techniques are provided to help you guide students through the program.

Seeing Stars is one of the program manuals used in the professional development training and instructional services provided by Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 298 pages
• Publisher: Gander Publishing (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0945856067
• ISBN-13: 978-0945856061
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #425,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeing stars Is amazing, February 14, 2010

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Cali Mom - See all my reviews

This review is from: Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling (Paperback)

For the reviewer who found it inflexible perhaps you were not flexible enough to do the program. I was skeptical myself and heard the same argument about it but my son who is gifted with a dyslexia/dysgraphia
was offered accommodations for his spelling and writing problems at school after we had him tested privately. I was told by the school spelling could not be taught, I considered one hour a week with a tutor and then we decided on the Seeing Stars at Lindamood Bell. We took him two hours a day five days a week for 120 hours of instruction. My 10 year old now is able to do work he would not do before the program. He got star student for the first time. He can see a word looks wrong and is spelling more automatically. It is amazing after all the years he has struggled. He was shy in kindergarten, got sad in first and by the end of second became more annoyed and angry. By the end of third he was at times oppositional and fourth grade began horribly. He NOW is a different child. He is happy and more flexible. Things we thought were clinical have changed now that he can do the school work. I will say we did the program there at the center and it more really was worth it. I want to buy the kit for my daughter who has no learning disability but think she could benefit from the teaching method. I feel when nobody else could help they saved him. It is an expensive program but so were all the alternatives and doing nothing was not going to work.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An imporant overview of specific reading challenges, November 28, 2008

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Marcy Willard "Marcy Willard, MA" (Broomfield, CO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling (Paperback)

This book is a keystone work for anyone who works with children who struggle with basic reading skills. There is a LOT of memorization involved with the list of sight words. However, there are a great number of other important reading tools. Further, Nanci Bell is a recognized expert in visual imagery and the importance of this skill to reading. If your child (or student) does not seem to get the concept of letters, this book is a must.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing, June 3, 2006

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S. Schroeder "Resource room teacher" (Detroit, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seeing Stars: Symbol Imagery for Phonemic Awareness, Sight Words and Spelling (Paperback)

I have only been using this program for a month or two, but I am astounded at what my students can do with it. I have the entire kit (not just the book) and find it very effective.