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  1. **side-note/back story**I picked all these because I was her scribe last year when using Christian Light math, Reading, and L.A. which was a little rough considering she couldn't practice independence with the 'we remember' sections and so that took a little time away when I was hoping to work with other children but anyways we made it to this year and there is so much writing in level 300 as much as we absolutely love this curriculum it's just not fitting us right now.😢😢 I have tried to find things that have very little writing but keep her moving forward until we can get the OT she needs which will hopefully be soon.** All about Spelling because on the website when talking about dysgraphia it says using AAS to learn spelling can be done without any writing. Writing With Ease level 1: because after looking at all the samples I feel like this is a gentle way to introduce handwriting again while also building on writing skills and reading comprehension.(All the prompting and focus on answering with complete sentences has really grabbed My attention) My daughter is extremely bright. She has a memory like no other, she is a Good reader, but she does struggle comprehending what she reads sometimes reading a sentence several times before it registers in her mind. Also When trying to construct a sentence ,especially if she has to write it down, it would end up being very simple ex. The dog ran fast. Instead of adding in words she knows would fluff up the sentence like ' The large black dog ran quickly into the woods' When just conversing with people she actually speaks well and intelligently so that people always compliment us on how smart the kids are how mature her conversation skills are for her age.So I'm hoping this curriculum because of it's style will help her build that written expression very very gently at her pace. First Language Lessons level 2 or 3-again although she does well with cle grammar there's just so much writing,not composition just writing in general. This program from the samples looks like about a page of a few problems a lesson I'm confident she would place in level 3 because of all she learned from CLE l.a. and reading last year but I'm leary of doing so because she can't apply so much of what she learned because of her dysgraphia *I'm going to be asking about stealth dyslexia also* I want to build her sentence construction skills up to at least 2 to 3 paragraphs by the end of our school year and I am afraid if I put her in 3 it would be putting the building ahead of the foundation if that makes sense....Anyone have experience or thoughts on this please let me know I am up for any advice.... Math u see because the 1 worksheet a day with just a few problems and I hope to help her become more independent and focused this year bless her little heart she tries so hard. Anyway thanks for reading my crazy ramblings any input on the curriculum is graciously accepted....p.s. I know there are people on this the board that will go directly to "What are you doing about the dysgraphia and learning issues we will be discussing our options and plan of action with our pediatrician soon and will hopefully get some good therapy going! So no answers there yet.
  2. Update:: they're getting him seen in the morning. So hopefully they will know more tomorrow.
  3. The mistborn series is absolutely awesome. Best series I ever read.
  4. My whole family loves Hank the cowdog! We are laughing til we cry through nearly the whole book. We also love Your Story Hour Adventures in Odyssey The Giver Lois Lowry series C.s. Lewis books The Ender Games series (It does have some bleck humor like farting and stuff which is why I didn't allow my kids to listen to it.) But I thought it was a great book otherwise War Horse is a great one.
  5. Oh Happy Phonics is a game based phonics curriculum which I love very much and all my kids LOVE it
  6. Playing Skillfully a blog I follow is in love with this program
  7. I have no idea how to find my post. But I have internet again. So i wanted to update. I had posted about my daughters vision therapist strongly implying that our daughter may have adhd bc of her severe focusing/distractability issues. We went a few days ago and our ped. Asked her some math questions and about what she wanted to be when she grows up and different things. He talked to her for about 30 to 45 minutes...He was very impressed with her conversational skills and her ability to read his facial expressions and emotions. He said she was using that to answer his questions. He said she was way ahead of her peers.He told us he she would make an excellent doctor as she possesses all the characteristics to be one. Our ped. Is very conscious and intentional about everything he says. He doesn't just say nice things I mean he has good bedside manners and is friendly but he usually keeps things on track about visit details so hearing him say that oddly made me feel better about my sweet girls struggles with vision and Add. He told us he really wanted to get her mind "trained" to slow down and focus because she has such great potential. He said he does not want to try medicine which I'm thankful for. He wants her to play a sport where she has to really focus and coordinate such as archery or baseball. He wants her to go to a comp care center for behavioral therapy or something like that. I'll be finding out more about that next week. He knows we homeschool and asked us to be lenienant with time for her subjects, which I always have been. He wants me to watch how she does when shes sleeping...like sleep apnea issues stopping breathing or snoring those types of issues which could interrupt sleep and cause focus issues during the day. On a side note all our t-ball signups were in march so we've missed that train and I saw our local archery club doing a tournament so I have to get a hold of them and find out if I sign up or if its just a jump in kind of thing. I'm wondering if an instrument would be good for her to learn I know that takes ALOT of focus to learn. But anyways thats my update. I'm extremely pleased with the results of the visit and in six months I hope Doc is pleased with my dds progression and our hard work pays off for my dd.
  8. I've been reflecting on the past 7 years.I did see a doc. Once about her. I feel a little foolish for not getting a 2nd opinion now looking back. In my defense,not necessarily a good defense,I was young and inexperienced with peds. And Drs. in general and I was raised that adhd is something people came up with to drug their kids so they didn't have to fool with them. (No joke my family is from a very rural area and very old timey about stuff including Drs and medicines) and so I kind of didn't want to but also I knew my kid was so wild it wasn't normal lol. I did talk to her pediatrician when she was around 20 months or so about her being adhd and he made out like I was just overwhelmed by having 3 kids.I also made the appointment to talk to him about my 3 year old who wouldn't quit eating anything gritty (still does) that she could get her hands on. The daycare could not get her to quit chewing up all their certain textured toys.She also was staying badly constipated(still does) and not wanting to eat any real food and gagging if certain kinds or textures of food touched her mouth. She still does this.She was Also having tantrums that seem to come from nowhere and I was worried she might be autistic or something.(these were not the only things just the reason I made the appointment.) but anyways he just said allot of kids chew on things that's how kids learn sometimes and that I had a picky eater and she wasn't constipated she just wasn't going because she wasn't eating. All kids throw fits sometimes over seemingly meaningless things. And that I should be thankful my daughter was able to be active and lively. He also said that 2 is hardly old enough to say she is hyperactive or impulsive. I brought it up because she was a "runner" as in trying to run away in stores restaurants parks or wherever she got the urge to. Also that she was jumping from high places or doing scary things like that. Sometimes I would be so scared I would cry and I never never cry) He said it's normal for some kids to be daredevils. I have noticed other signs she was probably adhd but I guess everyone held this guy up on a pedestal as a ped. And I kind of trusted that and thought maybe my hormones (as I recently had a baby) was also playing role in my concerns. And like I previously said I have come to a point where I just accepted this for what is was and decided she is who she is and that's all there is to it.And even if She were I'm way to scared to try meds. And then when the VT was concerned I thought I guess he barely knows the kid like an hour a week knows her and he's spotted her tendencies and he's worried maybe I shouldn't be so passive about it. And I hope that in a month we may get some answers and help for my girl.And I appreciate yalls comments. I guess this is just me thinking out loud. I'm looking back and seeing how much of a struggle we've truly had and I always chalk it up to "Well anyone with 3 4 5 kids probably deals with this too." Kind of thing but really I guess I've not really been in denial but more of well this is my lot in life type of thing kwim. Because seriously I feel like some days I'm literally on the go with the kids from before my eyes open until after my eyes close lol. Eta: made some spelling mistakes and also I saw that in my original post I said that I had never had her evaluated because of not wanting meds..but I wanted to add that I had forgotten about the Drs appointment mentioned above until my husband was reminding that I had talked to her old pedi about it once but it was like a 10 minute appointment where he shot down all my concerns with what I kind of accepted as rational answers. And I was there with an 3 year old and almost 2 year old and a newborn alone as my husband had got called into work and had to leave.And I didn't have my whole attention on the appointment and the Drs office was really antikid like it was a family practice but if any of the kids were loud or mean they got dirty looks and we got plenty that day lol. So I was sort of embarrassed and ready to leave soon after I arrived lol..(We don't go there anymore btw)
  9. Also I'm going to have to allot of research I . The other things in your post because I have never heard of anything you mentioned besides the caffeine. But I appreciate you and I am just wondering because if someone who spends 30 minutes around her 2 times a week is worried. I'm thinking I should be worried lol.
  10. -how are her standardized test scores? -is she a danger to herself or others? -is her behavior hindering her ability to participate in activities? We haven't done any standardized tests. But unless she had someone to watch her for every single problem(literally) she wouldn't do the 1st problem. She has done extremely dangerous things that it would seem as if she wasn't thinking At all. For instance nearly 2 years old we were out of state visiting relatives. We took the kids to the park and my 2 were playing on the slide. My youngest came down the slide and I helped her off my oldest came down and I helped her off the 3 seconds between helping my youngest and my oldest. Ydd had taken off at a full Sprint running toward the lake that was nearby. I was stuck between leaving my newborn (in a stroller) and my 2 year old to chase my 1 year old or dragging them both with me to get across the sand and to the lake to get her, needless to say if my SIL hasn't spotted her she may have come close to drowning thankfully she had only enough time to reach the water's edge dive in and my SIL grabbed her but she wasn't even afraid. She's was laughing the whole time. Not maniacally lol but she wasn't even scared that she was submerged underwater for at least 3 seconds ish. And that was probably the 2nd time she's ever been around a body of water minus a bathtub. She is often Being called down at youth at church not getting in trouble just having to constantly be reminded.
  11. So my YDD started vision therapy a while back because she was having trouble with schoolwork. I had her vision checked and it turned out that she has lazy eye and her eye is turning in and it's pretty weak. She was at VT today and the Dr. Told my DH that he has had many adhd patients over the last 20 years. And some that forgot their medicine alot and he said our DD was by far the worst patient when it comes to staying on task or getting distracted. He has a very hard time getting her to start/finish a task. My husband has to take her so he can make her do whatever dr. needs her to do that session. I never had her evaluated because I do not want her on meds. But I'm wondering if there is anything else besides meds. Or if anyone has any kids on meds what are they like? Are they zoned out or have like suicidal thoughts or paranoia (these are all the things Im scared of.) Edited for title and a lot of rambling lol and also to say I called my son's pediatrician today to see if he could see her and at first they told me no they weren't taking any adhd patients but I explained that her vision therapist expressed concerns about her and so they're gonna see her in a month.
  12. DS will be doing Christian Light Math (not sure the level. We will have to do the placement test.) Life of Fred (which is more like a fun extra) Christian Light reading and Language Arts Beautiful Feet Early American History Sassafras Twins Zoology and Anatomy He's going to fall in love with the history and Science. He Lovds books and my 2nd and 3rd grader will also be doing the same things but math, la, and reading at their level.
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