Forward by Linda Rief, the well known teacher and author.                                                          

 Introduction: An Essential Overview of Visual Tools-- See how tapping students visual intelligence transforms learning in many classrooms, offering learners the tools scientists and writers use to make content more engaging and ideas more concrete.

Chapter 1   Integrating Visuals Across the Curriculum
-- see how visual display tools support 2nd grade animal classification and fifth grade exploration of cultures anchoring and amplify reading, discussion, and writing.  

Chapter 2   Building on Natural Literacy Skills: The Learning Tripod
--  explore how visual skills are essentially integrated in early learning, and how integrating visual verbal and text skills advances all learners, making inclusive practice a reality for different learners.

Chapter 3  Vocabulary Power: Linking Words, Images, and Ideas Across the Curriculum .
-- explore linking words and images to make vocabulary more memorable, note taking easier, and how building pictures that connect ideas makes content easier to grasp.

Chapter 4  Teaching Science With the Visual Tools Scientists Use
-- see how a coherent use of simple images build understanding science concepts, how visual lab notes make experiments more hands-on meaningful, and how simple pictures build bridges to traditional science visuals like charts and graphs.

Chapter 6  Teaching Math to Solve and Move Beyond the Story Problem
-- See in practical detail how drawing helps learners better visualize math concepts, solve story problems, and increase success on the State test.

Chapter 7  Low-Tech Visual Tools Build High-Tech Understanding
-- See how tapping learners visual skills connects students with high-tech tools. We see how simple hands-on tools can make digital presentations more effective, connecting learners with the visual -digital literacy of the 21st century.

Chapter 8  Assessing Students and Assessing Our Own Practice
-- We examine the unique value of visual tools for formative assessment, giving teachers a window on learners understanding of content while offering students true