RESOURCE LIST FOR VISUAL SPATIAL LEARNERS
Books
Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual Spatial Learner by Linda Kreger Silverman, the pioneer of the
Visual Spatial Learner concept. Published in 2002, this book provides vast amounts of
information, checklists and strategies for Visual Spatial Learners.
Right Brained Children in a Left Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of Your ADD Child by
Jeffrey Freed 1998 - Specific techniques for teaching visual spatial learners reading, writing,
spelling and mathematics
Look Closer: Visual Thinking Skills and Activities K-12 by Nancy Johnson
The Stop, Think, Do Program by Lindy Petersen
Stop, Think Parenting 1992
Stop, Think Learning (Teachers Version ) 1998
Helps with acting on impulse – available through The Australian Council for Educational
Resources, 19 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria, 3124 Telephone 039 277 5555
Children Are People Too : A Parents’ Guide to Young Childrens’ Behaviour by Louise Porter 2000
– available from the Gifted Resource Centre
Books by Priscilla Vail
Smart Kids With School Problems: Things to Know and Ways to Help 1989
Learning Styles: Food For Thought + 130 Practical Tips For Teachers K-4 1992
About Dyslexia 1990
Emotion: The On/Off Switch For Learning
These books can be hard to get but are worth finding.
Use Both Sides of Your Brain by Tony Buzan 1991 - Strategies for thinking and learning
Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin 1996 - A very good description of visual thinking
Counseling the Gifted Edited by Linda Silverman 1993 - A very good resource book that covers
many areas of concern to parents and teachers of gifted children
In The Mind’s Eye by Thomas West 1997 - Covers visual thinkers, creativity and gifted
People with dyslexia and other learning difficulties
Mapping Inner Space by Nancy Margulies 1991 - Learning and teaching Mind Mapping
The Faces of Gifted: A Resource for Educators and Parents by Nancy Johnson 1989
Raising Your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N Aron
1997
Keys To Parenting Your Anxious Child by Katharina Manassis 1996
Web Sites
www.gifteddevelopment.com/ - Articles on Visual Spatial Learning - Dr Linda Silverman’s home
page
www.picturemereading.com - "Picture Me Reading!" - A visual-conceptual method of teaching
reading that enables bright children to learn to read at an accelerated pace because it capitalizes
on their ability to grasp wholes instantly and retain them.
www.inspiration.com – Visual thinking, mindmapping and learning software
www.visualspatial.org – the sister website of the Gifted Development Center
www.piecesoflearning.com – Nancy Johnson’s book of visual teaching activities
www.hoagiesgifted.org - Visual Spatial Learners, Emotional intensity and sensitivity, Sensory
integration dysfunction
www.egroups.com/group/OnTheRightSide – a discussion group for parents of “right” brain
children
www.sinetwork.org – a resource page for sensory integration dysfunction
www.bibliofind.com – good site for finding second hand and out of print books
www.users.bigpond.com/pjnolan/Visual%20Spatial/default.htm - Tony Nolan's Visual Spatial
Web Page; includes a discussion group for visual spatial thinkers
www.naturalmath.com - an environment for learning mathematics with the aim of customizing the
learning process to reach very high levels of freedom and flexibility in mathematics and sciences
www.daisymaths.com.au – a free mathematics program for primary age students
Other
Speech recognition programs for computer e.g. Dragon Write Naturally Speaking
Graphic Organisers for school work – Hawker Brownlow Education, Melbourne, Victoria
Jo Freitag, Gifted Resources - The Centre for the Exceptional Learner, Luther College,
Plymouth Road. Croydon 3136. Phone : (03) 9724 2452 E-mail : jo@giftedresources.org
Web: www.giftedresources.org
Lesley Sword
Gifted & Creative Services Australia
www.giftedservices.com.au
20 Kestrel Court Vic 3201 Australia