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Visualising and Verbalising: How Mental Images Unlock Language

Visualising and Verbalising: How Mental Images Unlock Language | Total Communication

Some children can read words fluently but struggle to explain what they’ve just read. Others find it hard to express their ideas, even when they understand what’s happening. 


The issue? They might not be creating mental images, and that’s where Visualising and Verbalising come in. 


What is Visualizing and Verbalizing? 

Visualising and Verbalising is a structured programme designed to help children turn language into mental pictures and vice versa. It helps them build a bridge between what they hear, see, and say. 


The goal is simple: if you can picture it, you can talk about it, remember it, and make sense of it. 


What the Programme Works On 

At Total Communication, our Visualising and Verbalising programme focuses on five key areas: 

  • Sentence imagery 

  • Comprehension 

  • Verbal expression 

  • Vocabulary growth 

  • Critical thinking 


Through guided activities, children learn to: 

  • Create mental images from what they read or hear 

  • Build detailed, structured sentences 

  • Sequence stories and develop plotlines 

  • Express their thoughts clearly 

  • Use richer vocabulary in everyday conversations 


What it looks like in action 

Imagine your child hearing the sentence: “The cat sat under the blue umbrella.”  Can they picture it?  Can they describe it back in full detail?  Can they add on: “...while it rained and the dog waited nearby”? 

These small steps - from sentence to story - form the backbone of Visualising and Verbalising. 


Children in our holiday camp, aged 6 to 9, go through activities like: 

  • Drawing from descriptions 

  • Building sentences with peers 

  • Acting out stories they help create 

  • Guessing new vocabulary based on clues 

  • Participating in skits based on their own stories 


All of this happens in a structured, supportive, and language-rich environment. 


Why it matters 

Struggles with comprehension and expression aren’t always obvious.  You might notice your child: 

  • Giving short answers 

  • Avoiding writing 

  • Forgetting story details 

  • Struggling with reading comprehension 


These signs often point to a gap in how they visualise language, not in intelligence. 

With the Visualising and Verbalising approach, we teach children how to see language in their mind, connect it to meaning, and express it with confidence. 


Join the Programme 

If your child is in K2 to Primary 3 and could benefit from stronger language foundations, this is the right place to start.  Our Visualising and Verbalising programme runs in small groups, so every child gets the attention they need. 


Call or WhatsApp us at +65 9115 8895  or visit totalcommunication.com.sg 


Let’s help your child move from “I don’t know how to say it” to “Let me tell you what I see.”  




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