I needed to read this. Thank you for posting! :)

Thanks for the advice! Sounds like I really need to focus on what works for me and chill a bit!

This is our daughter's kindergarten year. This is actually our second year of it. Her birthday is late, she obviously wasn't ready, so we decided to wait. My dilemma: reading instruction has been so very difficult for us. I taught school, even worked on multisensory reading instruction for my graduate degree. I should know how to do this!!! But I feel I failed her. We worked on phonemic awareness activities early on, she learned letter sounds from Leap Frog, then I tried sitting her down for direct instruction. Progress stopped. During this period, I tried 100 Lessons, OPGTR, AAS, Starfall, ETC, ETC online, Orton-Gillingham instruction, etc. She hated all of it. Then we tried Reading Eggs - success! She's reading several words, books, and asking for more! What is her learning style? Is it visual? What am I missing? What other programs are out there that I can utilize for her style/benefit? We did MUS Primer last year and she loved it. I wanted to try RS (thinking she was kinesthetic) but it hasn't kept her attention like MUS. We were going to start BFSU for science but I'm second guessing everything now. (We tried MFW K and it was not for her, either. She hated the craft projects.) Any advice?

We use the Primary Phonics series from Educators Publishing Service.

Do-a-Dot markers. She lovessss them! So do her little sisters.

Ok, thanks. I was afraid of that.

I bought a used set locally and thought it was complete. Didn't work out for us and now that I'm trying to sell it, it has been brought to my attention that it's not a complete set. Everything is there except for the 10s - my set only has eleven 10s. The new sets come with twenty-one 10s. Did I just buy an incomplete set or did they originally come with 11?

In Multisensory Teaching of Basic Language Skills (Birsh, 1999), one chapter is devoted to Multisensory Mathematics Instruction. It's based on Structural Arithmetic (Stern & Stern, 1971). I've no experience with it. What about Montessori materials and manipulatives? The self-checking attribute might be helpful as well.

I'm going on the assumption you're looking for someone in Memphis, TN. I referred potential clients to Dr. Zinkus (sp?) in Le Bonheur's Clinical Psychology department between 2001-2003. It's a long shot that he's still there, but their write-ups, diagnostic information, and recommendations were right on spot for parents and teachers. (FWIW, I received OG training in graduate school.) Keep us updated as to where you end up.

We're with Family Christian Academy. Not sure what their graduation requirements are, but it's worth a shot.