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I love wordless pictures books. They are perfect for developing reading interests and cultivating creativity. We have several wordless picture books at home that I have read with my own children several times. As a teacher, sometimes I would give students a picture and they would need to create a story from the picture. The wordless picture book would be the best place to start because there is already a picture. I really like the comic book look of some of the writing efforts. One of the teachers that I used to work with used to have her kids fold a paper into 8 sections and then have her students sequence the events. This would be a great technique to use to develop written stories for written books. One of my favorite methods was having the student tell the story and then record it into the tape recorder and then write it back. How wonderful for students who have difficulty with print! There are so many possibilities for this in other content areas as well. Sometimes when we assess we assess only reading or writing, not necessarily content. Wordless picture books could help us to make more accurate assessments for challenged learners.