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  1. I have wide in front and narrow in back and crocs & flip flops work for me. It's really hard to find nice shoes. Sometimes men's are better. When I was a teen I had a pair of boys black patent lace ups that I found used which were very comfortable. No good advice for brands, etc. But I feel your pain. I used to get huge blisters on my heels as a kid as the shoes would flop up and down when I was walking. UGH. Those heel pads never stayed in at all. One idea, I think european shoes are sometimes wider in from and narrower in back, so you might try to see if that would work. It doesn't for me, but her feet may be more "normal" than mine! Also, things without heels, even in winter, like clogs might be good. Or higher lace-up boots, like hiking boots seem to work, but I have to get men's or wide.
  2. My husband takes it as a liquid (tincture from HerbPharm) or tea sometimes with no side effects. I have tried it and it didn't work well for me, but I hate things that make me too sleepy. I have had good luck with chamomile or an herb blend with chamomile from bulk herbs. I don't know that that'd be strong enough for your son, though. Have you tried white willow bark for the pain? I have used it for pain that ibu, etc didn't touch.
  3. My dyslexics did well with this. http://www.soundfoundations.co.uk/en_US/ The stories are crazy so I'd skip them unless you are teaching an older kid. The flashcards and notched card along with the mastery/overlearning were priceless!
  4. I made my then 3 yo daughter a binder full of tracing letters and other fun things, like mazes and put each page in a plastic sleeve so she could do the book over and over and over! She loved it and even though she is 6 now, I think she still misses it, LOL. She had a purple binder and a purple dry erase marker. I found most of the worksheets on the website ABC Jesus Loves Me. http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/ideas1/handwriting/learning-to-write http://www.abcjesuslovesme.com/visual-perception/350-worksheets
  5. I was also going to suggest Kumon. The favorites in my house have been the craft books - cutting, folding and gluing - to make a toy.
  6. Just to introduce science, you might try some videos. My kids like Wild Kratts, The Cat in the Hat (knows a lot about that) and The Magic School Bus. These are all on Netflix. I am using ES Intro to Science with my 6 yo next year, but I think it's just a bunch of fun experiments. ( I don't have it in hand yet, so I can't tell you anything for sure!) I also plan on going through Sonlight's Core A Science, which has much more reading. One nice think about SL is the experiment videos. I have already had big brother help her do some of the experiments after they watched the video and it is so great that they can accomplish that without help.
  7. My son could read easy chapter books. His first was the Sword in the Tree, but he knew tons of phonics before starting DB, so this information may not be helpful to you! We never did B or C because he didn't need them. He did need A, and even though it was painful to get through, it was oh so worth it!
  8. SL is not CM, but it is literature-based. Also, CM is not a book list, but a method, so there really isn't a book list for you to use to compare with TOG. Have you tried reading some of the articles at Simply Charlotte Mason or on the Ambleside Online website? If you are interested in CM my recommendation would be to spend some time at SCM first since it's a more approachable site. :)
  9. They have taught us the Bal-A-Vis-X exercises. The latest one is really hard for us to do, we keep losing our balls. It's 2 balls thrown across to the other person who is also throwing 2 balls. I find throw poorly when I am trying to also catch at pretty much the same time. I also haven't mastered the solo 2 ball bouncing thing! My son is better at that than I am. I will check out the Focus Moves and try to talk in more detail with the VT this week. They kind of act mysterious, which I am sure is not on purpose, but it's all old news to them and I kind of get the impression that most parents aren't as interested in the details. And we are not paying ahead. They do offer discounts, the more you pay upfront, the cheaper it is overall but we went with the pay as you go option. I totally want ds to get the full benefit of VT but at the same time the cost and time commitment are issues, too. Overall, I am so happy with how he is doing and it's great that finally someone was able to diagnose and help him! This office was the 3rd place we went which claimed to do VT, but now that I've seen what they do, I don't think the other ones were really doing VT at all.
  10. Thanks, OneStep, that was something I hadn't thought about.
  11. Hello! First of all, I have to say I am so happy that my son has finally been able to have VT. He has been going twice a week for 2 months and it has helped him a lot. No more headaches when reading and more patience are 2 positive benefits. He can also read small print and his handwriting come much easier. They have not sent anything new home, other than more complicated Bal-A-Vis-X exercises, for about a month. He has "goaled out" of many things, the Hart Chart, the Beads and String, etc, and I think he has progressed faster than they expected. In session, he is mostly just working on the computer programs to further work on his convergence and eye teaming, at least this is what I think the computer work is doing. I know it is still a bit of a struggle for him to keep his eyes working together at VT, but at home he seems to do fine. I am wondering if it is helpful to keep on going, and if the continued strengthening is needed. I also wonder if he is pretty much just doing computer stuff if that is something he can finish out at home. He does really enjoy the Bal-A-Vis-X and I know I can buy the book to go on with that. They predicted him needing 4-5 months and dh thinks they will drag things out just to keep getting paid. What do you think? How do you know when it is time to end VT...should I just go along with their expensive program? Now that he is in, I want him to get the full benefit, but I don't want to go unnecessarily.
  12. I think MFW is more what you are looking for. Their forum has ideas for kids who are already reading and I think the science is more interesting. Each week has a new topic, like apples, or the sun, so grandma can grab extra books from the library, too, if you want more! I did MFW and kind of streamlined it for my 4/5 dd, but you could totally go the other way and expand, which would be fun. MFW is also easier to tweak, IMO, as I think it is easier to modify as you go to work at your child's level. But I personally find HOD's boxes stressful, so I may not be a good judge of tweakability in this case! :001_smile: And I think you would want it tweakable, so it could work for both of your kids.
  13. If you find something, I'd love to have a link. I can't stand the current quality of loose leaf paper in the stores.
  14. I know you think this is a behavior thing, but my son was kind of like that with Spalding. He did very well with Dancing Bears, which is a different approach and obviously what that he needed! I have to say, if he acts frustrated, why would you assume he isn't? My son was, and I needed to show him the phonogram card in similar situations to what you described because he just couldn't pull out the spelling from being told the four sounds. BTW, Dancing Bears is excellent to stop the guessing!
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