This document discusses the importance of using non-linguistic representations (NLReps) such as pictures, diagrams, songs and physical models to help students learn and retain information. It provides several examples of how teachers can create NLReps, including drawing pictographs to represent concepts, using gestures and movements in songs, and developing physical models. The key message is that students are better able to form mental images and remember content when teachers supplement verbal and written explanations with multisensory non-linguistic activities and representations.

1. Non-Linguistic Representations AKA: Creating Pictures in the Mind

4. (symbolic pictures in the mind) Creating Pictures/ Pictographs

10. (learning using physical movement) Kinesthetic Activity

16. (combine linguistic and non-linguistic)

18. Representations of what is being learned

21. Help Them Visualize it in their minds! The Evil Mr. Hippocampus: takes away all the info you don’t regularly use! Help fight against Mr. Hippocampus by giving your students non-linguistic representations!