Looking at the levels, I’d think she needs to start at level one anyways due to phonemic awareness. That’s been her issue since the beginning. her tutor skipped the first wilson book I wonder if that would have made a difference? She saw that DD still had trouble with vowels but said she could work on them going faster. Hmmm. I’m going to google what book one covers.

Maybe we are on to something? I can wear a Zorro mask but my kids will Probably just think I’m Westley From princess bride

I haven’t looked for the VT paperwork yet, but I did give DD the Barton screening, she passed fine, she only missed one, and got one on a repeat. So that makes me feel better that her ability to hear the sounds has improved.

Yes! Prism glasses. I couldn't remember the name. I'd actually love a different dr, the one we see is an hour away, the therapy sessions were thankfully closer with a different person (same practice.) This doc is the best around though, our ped used him for her kids VT and highly recommends so I'm hesitant to switch. I don't even know if we have one on this side of town. I did not like the person doing the therapy though and I don't think my DD did either. I'll start asking around.

I will have to go look at her paperwork and see if I can figure out if she got this. She did do VMI with her dyslexia testing as well as the OT and that was fine both times. I don't think that's what you are talking about though. lol. She did VT at the end of 2017 so it's been a while, I'm sure we need a new baseline at this point. She was prescribed glasses but she refused to wear them at school. (They were the magnifying kind for convergence and tracking, not regular prescription, her "regular" vision is 20/20. or was at age 7. I guess I should check that again too?)

Spell-links - is this becoming more widely used yet? I found my old thread from 2 years ago and PP you mentioned this one too. It looks way cheaper than Barton unless I’m not looking at the right things. Also, wilson- is there a reason I should not consider this? I did pay $600 and spend three days in the intro training. I’m definitely not certified but I’m wondering if it would be better to have her keep going with what she’s doing. She knows the swooping and tapping so I could keep going with that.

She had convergence issues but the vision therapy cleared them up according to the dr. He “dismissed” us from therapy which has held a lot of weight for me considering how much money he makes from the sessions!

thank you for this review! I’m sure it’s a great program, it seems to be the standard for dyslexic homeschoolers. I’ll look at it again. I have dd the screener at one point and she failed the screener by one. This was before tutoring last summer so a while ago. I will definitely give it to her again.

We did AAS 1-3 before she went to PS, I think it helped enough to remediated her out of a dyslexia diagnosis but not enough to fix the problem. Lol

The price, the looks, eh I’m probably being a baby about it. I’d love to not spend the money dealing with selling, etc. if there’s something else that’s less expensive but will get it done.

I missed this! Thank you for that comment on IEW, I wasn’t excited about it and I think it can definitely wait. And your comment about LoE. You and PP have convinced me it’s not the way to go

I definitely want to try to do it, I think it's possible. I took the Wilson intro training last year but I don't know if I remember enough to really be able to help her. I think it's probably better if I get something made for a parent to do. If it's an utter failure I can find a tutor. Whatever I do in the mean time will still be better than what she was getting at school.

Yeah, we dropped the tutoring once school started because she hated it and school wears her out anyways so I didn't think she would get much out of the tutoring after a full day of school. I probably should have pushed it on the weekend. Lesson learned! The school was just starting to admit that things were off with her reading scores and her writing but we were waiting for "more data" from state testing which of course never happened. Then with online school we were just trying to all not lose our minds.

Well she did really great last summer and into the fall. She's only had 3 sessions with the tutor this year so I think it's more the lack of tutoring than the tutor herself. ETA: Last summer she did twice a week for 12 weeks.

All three of mine have low processing. her Twin is just 'relatively low' but her older brother's is in the basement. They get it from my husband. 😩 ETA: No meds, she doesn't seem like she has ADHD, both testers and her teachers have said she doesn't have a problem focusing. I haven't looked at what it looks like in girls lately though, I should probably do that.

Ok, I gave her the ABeCeDarian placement just to see what level, it consists of: Letter Sounds - her worst score, you need 60 to "pass" she got 22! She went really slow but also missed 3 of 25. Text 1 (simple sentences) - all correct well within time limit Nonsense words 1 - all correct within the time limit Text 2 (Lion & Mouse Fable) - all correct within the time limit, she read it perfectly. nonsense 2 - she didn't finish and missed 3. Her score was fine to pass the level they were testing. So she tested into level C, which is the second to last, with the caveat that she needs to supplement with letter/sounds fluency sheets from level A. So anyways, this is more validation that she hides her phonological weaknesses.

I need to get diction going on our computer. I think that would make a difference. She actually has a high working memory but a low processing speed. I could definitely bribe her! I did look at story grammar marker, it does look good!

To confuse myself more I’m also looking at Rooted in language. I couldn’t find much on this board, besides me asking about it a year ago 🤣 has anyone used this yet?

Love the Mrs Renz book projects! They are very BW-esque.

Love these suggestions! I think Listography would be fun for her and her twin. I have to figure out what WEM stands for and read about copy book The Research booklet I think would actually be right on target for her. She gets tripped up keeping things straight. It would help her see how many facts she has and structure her writing better. Also need to look up Mrs Renz Thanks again!

Thank you! In the process of typing out a bunch of responses I've managed to work some things out. So thinking back on what she really struggled with once they came home and had online school, it was the output. She had to make a google slide every day for Trumpet of the Swan, and while she could tell me the answers, it was often painful getting them on to the slide. The teacher would ask for a few sentences and DD would write a few words. So it's the whole the words are getting stuck on their way out. If she doesn't worry about spelling she does do better, which will be nice for us this year, I can help her work on the language and the stamina of writing without worrying about the spelling. When I look at IEW, it does sound like it would work. But I've read that it's boring and I don't know if that's the way to go, or like you were suggesting, and how I sort of lean anyways is more creative short things. I haven't heard of writing tales, I'm going to look at that one! So I agree, focus on tech and I'll work on the Wilson thing. I was sort of if I did something with her we could work on it more often than once a week and that may help her progress faster. DD also HATES the Wilson tutoring. I'm sure she would hate anything, but that's why I want to get it over with instead of dragging it out once a week, KWIM? That's why I started looking at ABeCe. I understand about switching programs though. Hmm, I'll have to work on this.

Well, I'm back. 🙃 Short history - DD (who just turned 10 last week) started PS in the middle of 3rd grade. By the end of the school year she was dx dysgraphic officially and the tester told us she's got dyslexia but she tests remediated so no official diagnosis. DD spent last summer doing Wilson tutoring. The tutor started her in book 2 and she made it to the middle of book 3. We stopped tutoring once the school year started. DD started 4th grade strong but in the middle of the year started slipping a little ( the school has been meeting with us and doing useless testing with her through the year to "monitor" her situation.) Then covid, then crisis schooling which was a joke at best. Now we are here. She's doing remote Wilson tutoring with the same tutor as last year once a week and TTRS when I remember to have her do it. So where she is now- Her reading is at least at grade level if not above. She will read graphic novels for fun, she has read the babysitter's club books multiple times. She also read the first few James Patterson House of Robot books on her own. Reading does make her tired, she complains of headaches but I think she's just saying that because it's difficult. (Is that a crappy thing to say? It's just I know this child and she does these things.) She did do VT in 2nd grade, and had some tracking issues that the dr felt were corrected. She may need to go back for a check up, but I'd like to put that off as our county is raging with cases right now. I really did try to make this short. 🤦‍♀️ So we are definitely homeschooling for the coming year at least. I don't know if we will be able to continue tutoring once the school year starts. Her tutor is a public school teacher and well, that's all a mess. lol Her main difficulties are spelling, and written output. She does do MUCH better with typing, but it's still very laborious. (and maybe it will always be.) I do suspect that reading could be easier, it seems like while she can read well, it takes a lot of work. I was looking at LoE but wonder if it's enough. Then I went to ABeCeDarian, and wonder if that's too much. (I still need to give her the placement test, I'd guess she's either level c or d) TIA if you got through this and double TIA if you have any suggestions! ETA: I am also thinking she needs a writing curriculum? She has great creativity, I was thinking maybe BW but perhaps I should be doing something more formulaic/academic like IEW?

I'm not sure how many times is appropriate to post in a planning thread, but I'm sure I'm approaching the limit. For DS 13 I ordered Lightning Lit Early British Novels. We will take it easy while he gets his bearings in AP History. I may drop Linguistics. Science is still up in the air. I didn't even remember it was a subject when I posted last time. 🤣🤦‍♀️ My twins, I'm back and forth about a lot of what I originally chose. BW, while I LOVE Julie and BW lifestyle, I am often not that successful with the curricula. (this is definitely my fault and not the curricula) I may just make a literature list and figure out writing. Maybe IEW? DS 13 had a writing workbook thing called "Write Brain" that he liked at that age. Maybe I'll do that for both of them and Big Life Journals. DD is dysgraphic so I'll have to figure out if she needs more as we go. Science! I bought SCI (Scientific Inquiry through Connections) based on BFSU and I'm really excited about it. History I think we are just going to do Horrible Histories and History Unboxed even though it costs a small fortune. Math: Ugh, I don't know. I have random pieces of Singapore, Jousting Armadillos, & MM. DS is kind of mathy, he likes it and he's good at it. He seemed to enjoy the puzzle aspects of his GT pull out at PS. I'm thinking of doing BA online with him and either Singapore 5 or Jousting Armadillos. Maybe JA just for fun on Fridays? DD says she likes Singapore, but it often tripped her up. I believe she just liked it more than MM because there was more space on the page. She would be level 4 I believe, and I'm hesitant to put her in the same curriculum a level below her twin. She does a lot of comparing despite my constant reassurance. I'm thinking of trying MUS with her. I can't figure out if this is a good idea or not. Anyone want to decide for me? DD will do AAS 4 & probably 5 this year. DS would do well with a bit of grammar but MCT is expensive and I don't know that he needs or would even benefit from the depth of all that. And not to harp on this but I will also be in at least 2 grad classes so I don't want to have to plan *too* much. I really want this to be a fun year for them where I get my DD a little caught up dysgraphia wise in case they go back to school in 6th grade. (I'm entertaining the possibility that we will stick with homeschooling after having a true comparison to PS.) I really wish something like BYL would work for us but we do not want to do US history again and my kids have read most of the books in the younger levels. Maybe I should look at MBTP? TLDR: I'm all over the place.

I have a similar issue, although with a much younger kid. My 10 year old DD has been in PS for 1.5 years and after having her do a few placement tests, it's clear she is behind, and was even before distance learning. I'm pulling her and catching her up this year. At this point I don't even know if she'll go back, she's 2E and obviously not having her needs met. In our experience, distance learning was exhausting busywork and there was not really an opportunity for supplementing. I'm sure your situation is way different and if that could work it's definitely an option. I'm kind of disillusioned with public school in general right now, and feel like it's better for all of us if I just take control and have her focus on what I know will work. So, that's prob not helpful because my dd is so young, but I thought I'd mention it to let you know that there are probably a lot of people who are going through this as well. My oldest is going into 9th grade and was supposed to go to B&M school for high school and that's not happening either. It's a weird time!