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  1. Thanks for the quick replies. My son has mentioned feeling dizzy for a few minutes here and there last week and a number of times in the past, but it's always been short-lived. This time it is has been all day for 2 days straight, so I went ahead and made an appointment for him tomorrow morning.

     

    Also, he has been eating well and he wasn't even outside today, which is why I am doubtful about it being related to the pollen count. He does have food allergies and I guess he could have environmental, but he's never really had any symptoms. Maybe it is just a mild virus, but I'd rather be safe than sorry.

     

    Lisa

  2. He has no other symptoms except that he said that his head was hurting him for a little while this morning. He has no fever and his appetite seems normal. He does not suffer from environmental allergies, but my husband seems to think maybe it's because the pollen count is so high?!? It is really bothering him because he is telling me about it every 30 minutes or so throughout the day. Other than him telling me though, he is carrying on with all his normal activities.

     

    I'm thinking maybe it is a virus and that if it doesn't go away in a couple of days I'll take him to the doctor. Can you have a virus without a fever? Any other ideas? Should I take him to the doctor sooner?

     

    Thanks

  3. Can someone answer a quick question for me? What sounds does AAS use for the "y"?

     

    I'm using SWR, which only uses

    "y" as in "yes"

    "i" as in "gym" and

    "i" as in "my".

     

    I'm thinking about adding the "ee" sound for "y" as well, because I hate telling my kids that "baby" says "i" at the end. It's confusing and in the 3 years I've been using SWR, I've been waiting for it to make sense but it still doesn't.

     

    So, anyway, does AAS have an "ee" sound for "Y"?

     

    Thanks!

    Lisa

  4. My son went through this a little bit when I first started teaching my daughter. For him, I think it was more that I was now spending time with her in a way that had always been special for just he and I. I don't remember how long it took for it all to work out, but it mustn't have been too long because I don't think I did anything in particular about it.

     

    I hope it works out the same for you.

     

    Lisa

  5. I actually found out about Balametrics and bought the kit and then found out about Neuronet. I did Balametrics at home with my son for a number of weeks last summer. It did come with tapes that tell you what exercises to do so you don't have to figure it all out yourself. I felt my son benefitted from it, but needed something even more intense, so we moved on to Neuronet. Let me know if you have any other questions.

     

    Lisa

  6. Michele -

     

    My son also had a lot of trouble with word retrieval. When he was 5 and he took the pre-test at Lindamood Bell, he scored in the 2nd percentile for word opposites because he had to come up with the name of the opposite. The evaluator showed me that he knew what all the opposites were, but was just unable to come up with the word. At the end of their program, he still scored in the 2nd percentile.

     

    I began doing part of the NILD program with him at home called Rhythmic Writing. It basically consists of drawing various shapes on a chalkboard and talking about the direction you are drawing in while you are drawing the shapes. I did this with him for 10 minutes a day for the next 2 years. I intially did the RW with him to help him with his fine motor skills. And, it was excellent for that, by the way.

     

    When I took him back to Lindamood Bell again for a follow up evaluation, his word opposite score was in the 50th percentile. The evaluator was really surprised and said they never see that kind of improvement in that area. I really believe it was because of the rhythmic writing. My son used to never be able to pull the word out that he was looking for and now he rarely has that problem.

     

    So, if you are interested in pursuing that, you could go to http://www.nild.org and see if you can buy the sheets for the rhythmic writing program and do it at home.

     

    Lisa

  7. Michele -

     

    I just completed the basic Neuronet program with my son in February. We did fly down to Florida for the intial evaluation. The evaluation was about $600. Nancy spent 2 full mornings with us. On the first day, she evaluated my son and on the second she showed me how to do the program with him. After that, we met by webcab every 3 or 4 weeks. The webcam cost us $50 and each of the meetings cost us about $120 or $140.

     

    Our biggest expense was travelling down there and for the auditory processing evaluation that Nancy wanted. If I had to do it again, I would ask her to skip the APD eval. For us, I think that was a waste of money.

     

    At the end of the therapy, we flew down for a follow-up evaluation. Funds have been very tight for us and I was fortunate that my father was able to let me use some of his frequent flyer miles for the airfare. We flew down on a 6:00 am flight and returned on a 10:00 pm one so that I only had to spend money on a car rental for one day and no hotel. It was exhausting, but worth it to me.

     

    My son made significant improvements with the program and it's really one of the most cost effective things we've done when you compare it to the expense of even regular therapy, like speech or OT over a year. My husband has a flexfund at work and we put the maximum amount into that every year. This also makes therapies more affordable for us.

     

    I don't know if any of this information will be helpful to you, but I just thought I'd throw there in case it was.

     

    Lisa

  8. I think studying different countries is a great way to start out. We used Galloping the Globe for K (it would definitely be great for 1st as well) and really enjoyed that year.

     

    Another option would be to get the SOTW audiobooks and use Galloping the Globe as your main curriculum and then listen to the audiobooks in the car a few times throughout the year. My son has picked up a tremendous amount from doing this.

     

     

    Lisa

  9. My daughter sounds like she was where your daughter is at the beginning of her kindergarten year. A lot of MFW is about learning to read, but the science/bible activities for this age are just awesome and I would definitely recommend it in a heartbeat if you can afford to buy a program you will only be using a part of. It was so much fun and I have such great memories from doing this.

     

    The Pathway Readers would be a great next step as well. The other program I really enjoyed for Kindergarten was Rightstart Math A.

     

    Lisa

  10. I've done all 3 cycles of Classical Conversations (at home) with my son and I've used MFW Adventures. Really, you can use anything you want to alongside CC if you treat it as a separate subject -- "memory work".

     

    When I first began CC, I had intended to tie our studies to the memory work. That idea quickly died when I fell in love with SL. We've still benefitted lots from both CC and SL and I don't think it's necessary to tie everything or even anything to the memory work.

     

    Lisa

  11. My daughter did:

     

    A Reason for Handwriting

    Funnix 1 for reading followed by Pathway Readers

    Rightstart Math A

    Sonlight 1 (Read-alouds, History and Bible) with her 8 year old brother

     

    She also learned the states and capitals and continents using http://www.sheppardsoftware.com and did some other memory work

     

    Our days were short and sweet, but she is doing very well in all areas. This is my "easy" one.

     

    Lisa

  12. My son has expressive-receptive disorder. The things that has helped him the most with his receptive language is Lindamood Bell's Visualizing and Verbalizing program. If you feel this helped her, maybe you could try IdeaChain as Claire suggested.

     

    You may want to take a look at http://www.sraonline.com. They have some direct instruction programs specifically designed for children with language disabilities. They are Language for Learning, Language for Thinking and Language for Writing. Depending on where your daughter is functioning, you might want to start her in the first level and move through it quickly. The programs are very expensive, but I have noticed that they really hold their value and resell very well on ebay. I did not use the first 2 levels with my son, but I am using Language for Writing with him this year and I am very pleased with it. If I had known how good these programs were when he was younger, I would have definitely have used the other levels.

     

    Without knowing your daughter, it is so hard to say, but have you had an SLP evaluation done outlining her specific weaknesses with language? If so, you can get a catalog from Linguisystems at http://www.linguisystems.com and you could pick an area to work on with her. Right now, I am trying to help my son have a deeper understanding of everyday words by using Spotlight on Vocabulary with him from Linguisystems. It is a computer software program that works on antonyms, synonyms, classifications, categories, attributes, etc. I have a list of things that I have noticed my son needs to work on as far as his language skills go and we are just plugging away, one area at a time.

     

    Lisa

  13. My son recently completed the basic Neuronet program and he is now "listening in" to conversations while he is busy doing other activities. He does not have CAPD, but rather auditory processing weaknesses as well as a language disorder. Neuronet is specifically designed to help kids with APD. http://www.neuronetonline.com for more information.

     

    Nancy Rowe, the creator of Neuronet is located in Florida, but we were able to meet with her by webcam after travelling to FL for an initial evaluation.

     

    Lisa

  14. I have a word document that I made for each of my kids that lists out everything that they do in the way of schoolwork as well as some basic chores they need to do each day. I have it grouped by "independent work" and "work they need to do with Mommy".

     

    Each morning, I go through the list and "X" out the things they don't need to do that day. This is nice for all of us because it keeps me on track and aware of what they have accomplished and they know that once they finish one thing, they can move right onto the next (at least until all their independent work is done). They are not allowed to play unless all of their independent work is done and I am unavailable to work with them.

     

    They both really like the lists. I think it gives them more of a sense of control because they can pick the order that they work on things and they know exactly what they need to do each day.

     

    HTH,

    Lisa

  15. I am not an auditory learner, so you would probably lose me after about 20 minutes unless you were lecturing about something I was extremely interested in.

     

    I always did well in school, but I never really listened to much teachers said in class. This was from early elementary through college. I don't have ADD or anything, but I just learn best on my own with a textbook. Even now, I attend CBS each week and have a really hard time forcing myself to listen to the entire lecture.

     

    Lisa

  16. I taught 2 first grade classes last year and I was shocked at the behavior of the children. You always hear how well-behaved homeschooled children are. Well, not this group. I experienced outright defiance on a regular basis from 2 or 3 of the boys in the class as well as belching, giving the finger, refusal to participate, constant interrupting, etc. I was so surprised! And this was a very hands-on, class that should have been a lot of fun.

     

    Lisa

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